Beautiful Boy was put on my radar after watching the haunting preview for the Timothee Chalamet and Steve Carrell fronted film adaption based on this book as well as Nic Sheff’s memoir, Tweak. When I was in college a friend of mine set me up with his childhood best friend after we hit it off at a small party. He wasn’t really my type looks wise but he was funny, lived in a apartment over his dad’s garage that house a dozen classic cars* and showered me […]
Midterm election are Tuesday, November 6th
You’ve probably forgotten about Michael Wolff’s Trump expose Fire and Fury as well as the explosive media surge its release caused in January because 10 months in the Trump White House is the equivalent to 10 years in anyone else’s. Personally I was reminded of Fire and Fury by a friend who was reading it on the beach this past August so when I was looking for my next read (besides the dozen or so books currently unread on my bookshelf) I sought out this already outdated publication. How […]
If Scott Kelly can vote in the midterms elections from ISS then you can vote in November from Earth
Misha’s and my mission to spend a year on ISS is unprecedented. A normal mission to the space station lasts five to six months, so scientists have a good deal of data about what happens to the human body in space for that length of time. But very little is known about what happens after month six. The symptoms might get precipitously worse in the ninth month, for instance, or they might level off. We don’t know, and there is only one way to find […]
CBR Bingo: Cover Art
I actually struggled with the Cover Art Bingo square because a lot of times I pick books without ever looking at the cover. Review a book you pick solely on the title? I could write a dozen. I figured I’d know the book when I saw it (heh) and sure enough I was scrolling through Barnes & Nobel’s website during their Labor Day Sale and came across My Girls. At first I didn’t see the title or author just the photograph that takes up the bottom […]