This book is the third in the Desperate Duchesses by the Numbers, which is kind of a sub-series of Desperate Duchesses. These books feature the children of the original group, so it can be confusing sometimes if you haven’t read the original series, and even if you have (which I did) and forgotten who is related to whom. The first book in this series, Three Weeks with Lady X, is one of my all time favorites; the second book wasn’t as good and this one […]
Gunpowder, gelatin. Dynamite with a laser beam.
I was skeptical about this graphic novel when I picked it up. I’d been looking for some more female-centric stories and I’ve been a Dungeons and Dragons player practically from the time I was in the womb. The description of this book sounded possibly fun but potentially more character quirks than actual story. I’m definitely glad I took a chance. Reading Rat Queens is a bit like playing a table top RPG with your best gaming friends. The stakes are serious but the atmosphere […]
There will be no June 27th this year. . .
Shirley Jackson’s The Lottery is a short story that stretches just a dozen pages, but those twelve pages have helped to define what horror writing should be ever since. First published in the New Yorker in 1948 to unprecedented public reaction, the Lottery has become a classic. A seemingly innocent town square gathering, a tradition that happens each and every year in each and every town across the country. Herd mentality, mob rule, crowd psychology – call it what you will, but blindly following […]
Sex Object: A ( ball bustingly honest ) Memoir
Jessica Valenti is one of a select group of Generation X feminist bloggers who have cemented their careers online – She is a force to be reckoned with, after publishing a litany of feminist tomes ( Full Frontal Feminist, He’s a stud she’s a slut ) Sex Object is her brutally honest, darkly funny memoir. By retelling a series of formative events in her life, Valenti describes what toll everyday sexism takes on a young woman’s life. The events that helped shape her confident persona […]