Beartown has had a rough few months. A small community in the middle of the forest, the factory that sustains its workers might be shut down, and the one thing they hold fast to more than anything - ice hockey - has been tainted by scandal. Their best player raped a girl and has now left town, the … [Read more]
On one of the covers it says “you will be charmed” but I was not charmed, not at all.
Book: Call Me Irresistible by Susan Elizabeth Phillips Series: Wynette Texas Dates Read: Jan 11, 2019 Medium: Audiobook Overall Rating: 2 old fashion "good men"/5 I have this obsession with trying to find really good dirty explicit romance novels. As such, I end up trying to find … [Read more]
You, Sir, Are No Colin Firth
It has admittedly been a long time since I read Pride & Prejudice. My memories of that book have probably been conflated with the several retreads that have come out in the last twenty years, most notably Bridget Jones. And maybe I need a reread in order to compare Austen to Angelini. Or maybe … [Read more]
Drop-kick That Magic Lamp into Mount Doom
Short story collections are like Forrest Gump’s box of chocolates: you have to gnaw some nuts and chews to eventually find that chocolate truffle. That said, The Djinn Falls in Love is phenomenal. Six of the twenty-one stories are among the best short stories I have read. Ever. (Jhumpa Lahiri, I’m … [Read more]