You wouldn’t think a story about an adult man creeping on two women’s private email conversation would be cute and charming, but this is a Rainbow Rowell book, so of course it is. “I know that people change. I thought … I thought we’re going to change together. I thought that’s what it meant to be in love.” Lincoln is lost in life. He’s been reeling ever since his girlfriend broke up with him first year in college. He now has several degrees and a […]
We all write poems; it is simply that poets are the ones who write in words.
The French Lieutenant’s Woman follows Charles as he first meets Sarah by the ocean in an English seaside town. He is walking with his fiance, Ernestina, but is immediately drawn to the black, forlorn figure standing with her back to the shore. When he later chances upon her again he cannot deny that he is fascinated, and not just by her mysterious, tragic past, but also because he totally wants to bang her. “There are some men who are consoled by the idea that there […]
When I was a baby I urinated into my own mouth
I first witnessed the glory that is James Acaster on an episode of Would I Lie to You where he recounted the, now infamous, cabbage tale. I watched that episode twice. Then I googled the man and watched pretty much everything on YouTube, including obscure clips from before anyone knew who he was. What I’m trying to say is that I was very much the target audience for this book and my review is in no way objective, but based purely on the fact that […]
Turns out astronauts are massive nerds
Every child grows up wanting to be an astronaut, but few people ever succeed. Most people abandon the dream quite organically, but I think everybody wonders sometimes what it’s like out there. Mike Massimino’s dreams of space were first ignited when he watched Neil Armstrong set foot on the moon. This book covers his journey from small kid, to university, to NASA. It’s filled with loads of obstacles, he flunks exams, his application is rejected twice before he makes it through only to fall short […]