Thank you so much, Bonnie! I was very happy to pick these up from my resident’s office this morning! Such a shame I had to go to work and couldn’t crack into them then and there. I even had The House in the Cerulean Sea on the wishlist I sent my family—I can cheerfully strike that off now I feel a bit spoilt with book exchange, honestly. This is another year I have gotten some great stuff!
Archives for December 2021
Gracias, LittlePlat! Muchos Gracias!
I rarely miss having a car, even though I live in a city with a terrible public transit system, but today, if I had a car, I would drive down to Houston and buy LittlePlat some really excellent tacos and some of these cookies I keep making. I am very happy to have both Hench and Donut Fall in Love. Thank you!
A little more hockey romance
Sure Shot by Sarina Bowen
I’ve read a lot of hockey romances by Sarina Bowen, and this will probably not be my last one. Sure Shot (2020) takes place with the relatively new NHL franchise, the Brooklyn Bruisers, which happens to be the setting of most of Bowen’s recent hockey romance novels. In fact, at this point there are so many rich, beautiful, and happily married players in Brooklyn that it feels like an idyllic, paradise land. Bess Beringer is a successful sports agent, making it to the top through talent, hard work, and […]
Matt Scudder – Nostalgic NYC Noir
When the Sacred Ginmill Closes by Lawrence Block
My dad was a huge fan of the prolific author Lawrence Block. Block is best known for two series of books, one following ex NYC cop Matthew Scudder and his battles with alcohol and guilt, as well as a light-hearted series about the charming burglar Bernie Rhodenbarr, who always seems to find himself on a job in a fabulous residence that also happens to contain a dead body. Most of the Scudder novels are included with my Audible subscription, so I have been enjoying revisiting […]
“In heroin addicts, I had seen the debasement that comes from the loss of free will and enslavement to what amounts to an idea: permanent pleasure, numbness, and the avoidance of pain. But man’s decay has always begun as soon as he has it all, and is free of friction, pain, and the deprivation that temper his behavior.”
Dreamland: The True Tale of America's Opiate Epidemic by Sam Quinones
This was extremely informative, and I should have read it sooner. More info and developments have come out about the opioid epidemic since this book was published in 2015, but this book itself won’t ever really be dated, because what he did here was to investigate its origins. No matter what happens down the road, this will always be how it started. (I’ve heard that Empire of Pain is a good follow up, but I don’t know if I have the emotional fortitude to tackle […]
Pretty Good, Not Bad, I Can’t Complain
John Prine by Erin Osmon
In 1971 Chicago folk-singer John Prine put out his first album. In the years since it has become a celebrated classic, featuring such timeless songs as “Sam Stone”, “Hello in There”, “Paradise”, and “Angel From Montgomery.” Though I wouldn’t hear these or any of Prine’s music until nearly forty years later, “John Prine” is one of my favorite albums. So when I heard that there was a new book about the album I jumped on it. Erin Osmon’s exploration of “John Prine” is my first […]
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