Confession time: I was a lonely kid. My childhood wasn’t the greatest and tons of bad things happened. My toys and cartoons were my best friends. I’m not sure where I’d be if I didn’t have those little things. I think things would have been so much better if I had a Little Robot. There’s a little girl who lives in a trailer park. We don’t know how old she is, but she’s apparently too young for school since there’s a scene where she watches […]
What did I just read?
So, I finished this book this morning and I might have liked it? Maybe? I’m not really sure how I felt about it. It might have been good, but I think I might have simply been trying to figure out WTF was going on. Instead of good, maybe intriguing would be a better description. I’ll try to explain. The book has many viewpoints/location points. There’s some sort of interplanetary organization (John and Quinn work there)where the Chair has died, a successor has been announced […]
Darn Hooch
This is the fourth book in the Sweet Pepper Fire Brigade series by JJ Cook. The story centers around fire chief Stella Griffin, some ghosts and a hooch war. By the way, that’s hooch as in moonshine, not any of the other terms you might be thinking of (money, female private parts, a loose woman, a scuzzy man or half of a K-9/cop duo). There’s also some stereotypical small town stuff (romance or the lack thereof, family issues, politics, misogyny and food) to round out […]
Who gives a Helvetica
Clare Henry lives in Star City and works at a typewriter repair shop called The Rescued Word. She also repairs books and sells stationery (pens, animal note cards separated by region , yellow No.2 pencils and some fancy paper that can be personalized by Clare’s niece, Marion). An old family friend/regular customer, Mirabelle asks Clare to repair an old typewriter, but before Clare can fix it, some random guy comes in and demands the typewriter. Clare says no, calls the cops and random guy splits. […]