Halfway through Moonglow, I caught myself with my hand over my mouth, trying to keep my breath inside my body because the prose was so exceptionally beautiful. I had my worries before reading this book. I have only recently discovered Chabon, and have only otherwise read The Yiddish Policeman’s Union, which was so stunning that it made me want to punch something. There is a lot of hype surrounding Moonglow, and even I only got it by accident from the library on a strict, one […]
To run a shtinker, you have to see the broken heart inside the deadest pan.
My first Chabon! OOOOOOF. WOW. Holy crap, you guys, did you know that his prose is exceptional and that there’s no exposition, and that he creates an utterly believable alternate timeline and a narrative that ramps up until you’re flying down the other side of the rollercoaster with no brakes? Are they all like this? Is my brain going to melt? How have I missed out this my entire adult life? Full disclosure: it took me a really long time to gather momentum with “The […]
This is the Great American Novel
I’m not a comics girl. I’ve never gotten the appeal of graphic novels. I don’t watch Jessica Jones or Supergirl, the only Iron Man I’ve seen is the third one and that was only because my kid made me, and I’ve never seen a Batman movie, although I do own Wonder Woman Underoos. Also, apparently there are two different comic universes and you can’t cross characters, which is something I just recently discovered, much to the chagrin of my friends, but I still don’t know […]