I must confess that this a re-read of this book, but I honestly couldn’t remember much about the plot. Terry Pratchett is my comfort food. I can reread his books over and over and still be entertained and gain deeper understanding of the author and the characters he has created. I have been reluctant to read the final book in this series as it is final book by the author who died last year from Alzheimer’s Disease. So I procrastinated by re-reading I Shall Wear […]
An Interesting Origin Story. How……….original.
Kamala Khan is having the typical high school experience of a first generation child of immigrants. At least the one that I have seen represented through My Big Fat Greek Wedding and Aziz Ansari in Master of None. As a grand daughter of immigrants, I got to experience the food and the holiday traditions, but otherwise had the typical middle American and middle class childhood. However, I strongly identified with the experiences of the characters in this book. I don’t usually like to relive high […]
Forrest Gump for the Downton Abbey Set
Lady Pamela Hicks was in the room where it happened. Frequently. The daughter of the last Viceroy of India, Hicks was born in Madrid. She was very nearly homeless during World War 1 because her mother forgot which hotel she had sent her daughters to. She was evacuated from the family manor in London lived with the Vanderbilts in New York during World War 2 while her father commanded the British naval fleet. She goofed around with cousin, Phillip, on the trip where he met and fell in […]
Going Outside is Highly Overrated
This book has been reviewed by other, more eloquent, cannonballers but I really enjoyed the book so I will take a whack at it. Another YA dystopian novel, but so much more. I have had this sitting on my to be read pile for a long time. Stranger Things sent me on an 80s nostalgia trip and finally got this novel moved up to the top of the list. Set in 2044, the world has become a terrible place. People escape the horror of everyday life […]
There is no Cure for Being Who You Are
The Mermaid’s sister is about, well a mermaid’s sister. Clara lives with her adopted aunt, a medicine woman and her adopted sister, Maren, high in a mountain living a simple life. As Maren ages, she develops a tail and a need for water. It becomes fairly obvious that Maren’s only means of survival is to travel to the ocean and re-join her people. Clara teams up with childhood friend, O’Neill, a peddler’s adopted son (sensing a theme here?) and makes the long journey. The trip […]
I’m the most cold-hearted son of a bitch you will ever meet.
The title is a quote from Ted Bundy, but it could apply to Joshua Wade. Ice and Bone is a report of the murders of Della Brown and Mindy Schloss, committed by Joshua Wade in Anchorage Alaska between 2000 and 2007. I’m not the most objective person to review this book because I knew Della Brown and Joshua Wade. Not well, but in passing and had met them several years apart. I met Della working for a victim’s advocacy group shortly before she was murdered. […]