I found out about this book from a post linked on Lithub, and I was interesting by the ways the author portrayed this detective series I'd never heard of: https://crimereads.com/how-a-drug-addicted-art-critic-created-the-perfect-sleuth-for-the-jazz-age/ So I checked my local library … [Read more]
Oftentimes these ministers of darkness tell us truths in little things, to betray us into deeds of greatest consequence
I read this book because of how often it's mentioned in 19th century Victorian novels (as well as novels about Victorian England) as being just one of those novels on the shelves in houses for children. There's something fascinating about this book in a kind historical sense, and relatively boring … [Read more]
Sharpe I can make you a captain, but I cannot keep you a captain.
So if you've read any of the Aubrey/Maturin books like Master and Commander or The Far Side of the World or any of the Temeraire dragon books, you kind of have this one down already. Richard Sharpe is a lieutenant in the British infantry in 1809 fighting against the French army in Spain. He's on a … [Read more]
What might happen if a fan got to live inside her favorite story.
"What the fuck is the fandom?" — Reagan, Fangirl Every time I have seen the title of this book, or the word "fandom" in any context since 2013 (the year Fangirl was published), I have thought of this line. And it somehow feels fitting for my reaction to this book to be precluded by a quote from … [Read more]