I have so many THOUGHTS about this book that I am going to go the other route and only hit the highlights. I am already ten reviews behind and I'm not going to have time today to write them all, so I might honestly have to declare REVIEW AMNESTY and start fresh in the new year. (Although there are … [Read more]
Tony, informed, said: They love funerals.
New York Stories - 4/5 Stars I read Elizabeth Hardwick's collected essays earlier this year. I also read her novel Sleepless Nights last year. This is a collection of stories that encompasses about 45-50 years worth of short stories edited and selected by Darryl Pinckney, another novelist and … [Read more]
When you have Yeti Crabs
Seymour Simon is a genius. I have been recommending him for years without really having read a book cover to cover. The other night I found two reader copies just laying around, waiting to be read. I figured I had a few minutes to skim them. I have no idea how many hours later I have not only … [Read more]
Well, I got to 52!
Ahern wrote this book when she was 21. The premise is clever, a bitter-sweet gimmick where Holly’s husband dies, but he leaves her a series of letters to help her cope in the first year without him. Each letter has a surprise or a challenge and always ends with “P.S. I love you.” “Their plan had … [Read more]