Okay, well I guess season two premiered last night, but we were watching Horrible Bosses 2 on HBO, so hopefully I’ll be catching up tonight. I read the original Strain book a year or two before they adapted it into a show, but never got around to reading the other two (even though I did like it). I really liked the first season — they did a good job adapting it and it’s so wonderfully over-the-top and gross — and I always like reading a book before […]
Laughing at (His) Nightmare
Shane Burcaw is a funny, funny dude. I’ve read his blog off and on for years, and occasionally a story of his will go viral, or he’ll be featured on a prominent site (Buzzfeed did a feature on him and his girlfriend not too long ago). I finally read his book Laughing at My Nightmare, which is also the name of his website AND his nonprofit (he runs a second nonprofit called No More Nightmares that helps people with muscular dystrophy get the medical equipment and assistance […]
Like a bad sitcom
I don’t know why I read this book. I didn’t particularly like the first one. And the only part I did like about the first one — the character of Rosie, who’s a little goofy but overall smart and warm — is barely even in this book. This book is pretty much ALL Don, and his obnoxious friend Gene, and the two of them make me crazy. “I thought you were happy about having a baby.’ I was happy in the way that I would be happy […]
Rainbow Rowell at Comic Con
This was cute, if a little silly. If you’re a fan of Rainbow Rowell — specifically Fangirl — you should give it a shot. Ana and Zak are both very smart, and unhappy at home. Ana’s parents are incredibly strict, and she’s terrified of them since they sent her sister away after catching her sneaking out one night (there’s more to it than that, but you’ll see). Zak’s father died a few years ago, and he resents his stepfather’s attempts to bond with him. These two go […]