Ah, funny books by funny ladies — they almost never fail me. “This was when I learned one of the biggest secrets of being a woman, which is that much of the time, we don’t feel like we’re women at all.” Jessi Klein is a writer for Inside Amy Schumer, which I watched pretty religiously the first season only to abandon in season two (sorry, Amy, we cancelled our cable). Klein starts this very well-written memoir by talking about how girls can be tomboys when they’re little, only […]
I’ll forgive the rather tortured “leftovers” metaphor, because this was a great read
Poor Fizzy — she does everything she can to get it right, but just can’t seem to make everyone happy. Everyone being her recently divorced parents, their new significant others, the school counselor and her mean math teacher. Her mother moved her across town after the divorce, so she has no friends at her school. In fact, she has no one to talk to at all besides her aunt, who’s helping her try to win the Southern Living cook-off. And even that relationship has had its […]
“Some people spend the whole of their lives sitting waiting for one train, only to find that they never even made it to the station.”
Peaches for Monsieur le Curé is the third novel in Joanne Harris’s Chocolat series, but you really don’t need to read the first two to understand what’s happening here (although I recommend you do!). Like the other two novels, very little happens in the way of plot, but you’ll be so wrapped up in all the French and the food that you won’t really care. “Those people who say that words have no power know nothing of the nature of words. Words, well placed, can end […]
I want my 25 cents back
My best friend introduced me to Robin Cook in sixth grade, and we both loved his medical thrillers. I found some of his books recently for super cheap (a quarter each!) at a rummage sale, and couldn’t resist grabbing them all. I sent her a snap of Abduction when I started it, and she warned me that it doesn’t hold up well — but I’m pretty sure I never read it the first time around (it came out in ’02, and I’d moved on from Cook […]