I’ve heard of Jon Krakauer before, due to Into the Wild, which he wrote about Christopher Johnson McCandless’s death in the wilds of Alaska. I knew Krakauer had a reputation for excellent writing, but I’ve never read anything of his before. After finishing Into Thin Air, I plan to find more of his work — this book was fantastic. “It was titillating to brush up against the enigma of mortality, to steal a glimpse across its forbidden frontier. Climbing was a magnificient activity, I firmly believed, not in spite of […]
There’s gold in that there swamp!
Picked this one up on a whim from Half Price Books, and it turned out to be a pretty good read. The Outcasts is set in Texas in the 1800s, and I really enjoyed the aspects involving across the state (I live in Dallas, so it was fun recognizing some of the landscape). “Dr. Tom had said that Texas was the only place he had ever found that, when it killed you, it didn’t forget about you.” The Outcasts focuses on two sets of characters. Lucinda works […]
Apparently, there are four of these books now?
I remember reading Da Vinci Code when it first came out, and of course I’ve seen the movie a few times. I liked it, and I’m pretty sure I liked Angels & Demons, though I couldn’t tell you what it was about…I didn’t know a third and fourth Robert Langdon book had even come out until I stumbled across Inferno while looking for a e-audiobook to download from the library. It’s pretty formulaic, but interesting enough for the treadmill at least. “Dante’s poem, Langdon was now reminded, was not […]
This John Snow knows a thing or two
So I rented this ebook from our library last night, and read the whole thing in one sitting. I didn’t exactly realize that it was aimed at young adult readers — I just saw that it referenced the cholera outbreak on Broad Street in 1854, which I had just read a great book about called The Ghost Map, which focused on Dr. John Snow and his investigation of the Broad Street water pump (the author of The Great Trouble actually mentions at the end of her book […]
Detective story by a horror master
I have very strict rules when it comes to horror, particularly movies. I love supernatural horror — ghosts, demons, haunted houses, etc. — because I know deep down that it’s not real, so it’s not as scary to me. I don’t get obsessive about it. But I can’t handle stuff that could really happen very well — murderers, torturers, kidnappers, etc. — unless they’re overblown and cartoonish. I know murderers exist, and that people have really died in that way, and it just sticks with me […]
Surprisingly well-written romance
My mom borrowed this novel from a friend of hers, and when I saw the author’s name, I snagged it for myself. I’ve never read anything by Jojo Mayes, but I remember the reviews of her book Me Before You being really good, so I thought I’d try out this one. I really enjoyed The Last Letter from Your Lover, despite the fact that it was wedged a little bit more into the romance genre than I typically read, and I’m going to have to get a copy […]
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