Hi everyone! I’m back. Or attempting to be this year. And setting my standards way lower. Hello, quarter Cannonball, how you doin’? Anywho, I decided this year is going to be the year of seeing what’s up in kid’s books. Not BlackRaven’s level from last year (I read way too many kids books on repeat to actually analyze them), but intermediate readers. I go to the library every week, and spend my time wandering the children’s section, which at our library is ringed by the […]
Mine eyes have seen the glory
Buckle up, this one is pretty long. I finished this book a few days ago and the impression it made on me was so visceral, I had to wait to write about it. When I consider what it takes to be a classic, regardless of the medium, my first thought is timelessness. Will this item stand the test of time and all that entails? I believe that the term classic is bandied about too often and too frivolously. We call anything that we like […]
The girl with kaleidoscope eyes
Samanta Schweblin. This is a name I have been hearing for years but for some reason I had never read any of her books before this past December. After three books, she is definitely one of my favorite writers. Well, after one book, really. As soon as I finished her story collection “Siete casas vacías” I knew I was in literary love. For me, Schweblin is Lucy in the Sky with a touch of Kafka. Her stories are surreal and whimsical but with a dangerous […]
Now We’ve Got Vlad Blood
The Historian, by Elizabeth Kostova, is a sweeping historical fiction about, well, historians. This epistolary novel takes you on an adventure spanning centuries, hunting for the truth behind the myth of Dracula. If that isn’t enough for you, there’s romance, mystery, and suspense on every page. Click here for the entire review.