I’d heard of William Goldman’s Marathon Man before picking up a copy, but I really had no idea what it was about — only that Dustin Hoffman starred in the movie adaption. I think I was picturing something along the lines of Stephen King’s Running Man — like some dude who can’t stop running to save his life. “I don’t know that you’ll understand this, but once upon a time, long ago, I was a scholar and a marathon man, but that fella’s gone now, dead I […]
This was a weird little book
Double cannonball, baby! This was my first encounter with Haruki Murakami, and while I’m not 100% certain that I actually liked this weird little book, it definitely piqued my interest in the author. “The tricky thing about mazes is that you don’t know if you’ve chosen the right path until the very end. If it turns out you were wrong, it’s usually too late to go back and start again. That’s the problem with mazes.” A lonely boy (do we ever learn his name? I can’t […]
Let’s spend a little time in Calla Bryn Sturgis
Wolves of the Calla takes place immediately following the events of Wizard and Glass. Roland and his ka-tet are making their way to the Dark Tower, when they are interrupted by a request to help. A farming town called Calla Bryn Sturgis has a plague fall upon them once a generation: a pack of “wolves” on horses come to their town, and take half their children (most of the town’s children are twins, and the wolves take one of each pair). Weeks later, the children are returned […]
Definitely not a positive image for Florida
Carl Hiaasen’s Bad Monkey reminded me a lot of Dave Barry’s books — lots of crazy shit going down, kooky people, weird coincidences, and of course, it all takes place in Florida. I was not quite blown away with the plot of Bad Monkey, but the dialogue was extremely well-written and witty. I loved the two main characters — Yancy and Rosa — based entirely upon their conversations with each other. “Miami … the floating-human-body-parts capital of America.” Andrew Yancy is a disgraced Floridian police officer — I’ll let you […]
Fun and creepy
This is one of those books that reveals something about 100 pages in that makes you want to flip back to the beginning in order to reread everything with that new information in mind. Which makes it a great read, but extremely hard to review without spoiling that fun for someone else. So bear with me! I picked up Magic (and Marathon Man, which I’ll be reviewing later this week) after listening to As You Wish, in which Cary Elwes mentions William Goldman’s other works. I’ve only ever read The Princess […]
A bit too much mommy-bashing for me
So I’ve read two other books by Stefanie Wilder-Taylor. One was written prior to her starting a family — it’s all stories about boys and drunken nights and celebrity encounters. It’s cute, but nothing special (I reviewed it at one point this year on CBR). Then I read another of her books, written after she came to terms with her drinking problem, which struck in earnest while she struggled with three kids, two of whom were preemie twins. That one was pretty good –frankly written and funny. Sippy […]
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