I’ve been sitting on this review for quite a while, not 100% sure what I wanted to say about this book. I was only about half finished with it during our book club discussion, but reading all of the comments, I knew I just didn’t feel as strongly about this book as most of you did. And I was pissed. I really wanted to love this. I was so fired up to read it. But maybe there was just too much hype, that when I […]
“If blood inside you is on the inside of someone else, you never want to see it outside of them.”
Another brilliant book told in verse (similar to those by Kwame Alexander), Long Way Down takes place in a single elevator ride over 60 seconds. I was doubtful that this could be pulled off successfully, but my god, what Jason Reynolds does here is extraordinarily effective. Will is mourning the sudden shooting death of his brother, Shawn. According to “the rules” of his neighborhood, Will must now plan to take his brother’s gun and shoot the boy who he thinks killed his brother. THE RULES […]
This is a fake book by a fictional character, which I don’t completely understand, but I’m totally on board.
Does anyone else watch the extremely binge-worthy Younger? I didn’t give it a chance at first, mostly because it’s on TVLand, which pretty much makes me think of old Taxi reruns and that Betty White sitcom Hot in Cleveland. As much as I adore Sutton Foster, I just assumed it was dumb. My tv critic friend convinced me otherwise. Her tweets about how funny and charming this show was made me realize I was missing out. So on a trip to Cape Cod last summer, […]
You’ll never think of vegetables the same way again.
Who among us would ever have thought that Reese Witherspoon would end up being one of the most supportive voices in the world of women authors? It turns out that now I’ve read three of her picks, and ended up really impressed with two of them. Well done, Reese. Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows was her pick for March, and it really wasn’t on my radar until leedock reviewed it last week, but after reading that, I went out and got it the same day. […]