Ah! Where did Alex Jennings go? After listening to the same narrator for the first three audiobooks in the series, I was initially jolted to hear a different voice for The Grey King. I thought nobody would do as well with this book as Alex Jennings had been doing. But happily, I soon accepted Richard Mitchley’s voice and as the story unfolded, it made a lot of sense to have a different narrator. Although, Will Stanton was in the previous two books, The Dark is […]
Jane gets to do something
It will be a surprise to nobody that I came up short of my book review goal again. At least this year I have a good excuse. I jumped through a lot of immigration hoops and moved a big truck full of stuff from Canada to the US, all while planning a wedding. It went more or less as planned, but of course everything took more time and work than anticipated. Fortunately, I have a great husband and in-laws to help make the transition to […]
Not Really About Loving Cleve
Sixteen-year old Zander Osborne is spending her summer at Camp Padua, a camp for at-risk teens who seem to suffer from some form of a social-emotional-psychological issue. There’s Cassie, a self-described manic-depressive-bipolar-anorexic; Alex Trebek, better-known as Bek, a pathological liar; and the titular Grover Cleveland who anticipates becoming a schizophrenic. These four teens are at the center of this coming-of-age story of teens searching to feel grounded in who they are. Read the full review.
Humanized & Immortalized
There was a heaviness to my chest after I finished Skloot’s The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (2010). I was in the midst of what felt like a social, emotional, philosophical, and moral gyre that highlighted the uglies of science, race, poverty, and many —isms. I couldn’t put into words what I was feeling because there was just too much. Read the full review.