I don’t even know how to review this book (which is why I’ve put it off for a week). It definitely grabbed my attention, but I have no idea if I really liked it or not… “History provides a compelling argument that every scientist who tinkers around with unstoppable shit needs a reliable flamethrower.” Andrew Szerba is 16, lives in a small town in Iowa, and has a major obsession with history — primarily his own, but also the general way that lines of history cross […]
“If my penis were a writer/director, it would be Woody Allen – small, neurotic, and, frankly, hit or miss.”
This book is about a struggling writer and his mid-life crisis, and begins with him having a discussion with his flaccid penis. I have to say, I liked it quite a bit more than I expected, based on all that! “Married silence is a specific kind of silence, typically one in which the woman goes mute while the man pretends as if it’s perfectly normal that she hasn’t spoken in hours.” Tom Violet has been struggling with his novel for years, while working a dead end job for […]
“Just because you see something doesn’t mean it’s really there”
This is one of those sad, beautiful books that will stick with you — definitely one of the better YA novels I’ve read this year. “Susie: Okay, Calvin. But you know what? You can’t say, youcan’texpectanythingfrommeI’mbroken! And turn around the next minute and say, ohwoeismeeverybodytreatsmelikeI’mbroken! Which one is it? I can treat you the way I really feel, or I can treat you careful. Me: Real. Just be real.” As a kid, I loved the Calvin & Hobbes series. My best friend had all of the comic book […]
Eleanor West’s Home for Wayward Children
I LOVED this. My biggest complaint is that I wish it was about ten times longer. “For us, places we went were home. We didn’t care if they were good or evil or neutral or what. We cared about the fact that for the first time, we didn’t have to pretend to be something we weren’t. We just got to be. That made all the difference in the world.” Eleanor West’s Home for Wayward Children serves a unique purpose: it acts as a boarding school for […]