I first discovered Bernie Rhodenbarr, gentleman burglar, in middle school. My best friend and I were obsessed with Lillian Jackson Braun’s “The Cat Who” books. I was looking for one at the library one day, and something caught my eye “The Burglar Who…” bu Lawrence Block, just a few shelves up. I think the first one I read was second in the series (The Burglar in the Closet). I loved it, and quickly devoured the rest of the series. That would have been in the mid-90s. Block has […]
Yes Please by Amy Poehler
Okay, now here’s something that may surprise you: Amy Poehler’s book is really, really good. I know–you’re shocked, right? How could someone with so much talent and general coolness be a good writer, too? It’s totally unfair. But it’s the truth–I inhaled this book and am now hoping and praying that she’ll find some time to write another (not holding my breath, however, as she reminds us several times: writing is hard). “That is the motto women should constantly repeat over and over again. Good for her! […]
Doctor Sleep by Stephen King
I’m going to say upfront that I love Stephen King, unabashedly and wholeheartedly. I fell in love when I was 11 (with Tommyknockers, of all things), read everything he ever wrote in about a year, and eagerly anticipate new works. My favorite of his novels are the long, meandering ones with a huge cast (extra points for single moms and/or precocious kids!) and a lots of references to other his works– The Stand, It, the Dark Tower novels, Talisman (oh god I need to reread me some Stephen […]
Lost in Shangri-la by Mitchell Zuckoff
I started this audiobook, Lost in Shangri-la: A True Story of Survival, Adventure, and the Most Incredible Rescue Mission of World War II, while I was waiting for the library to get the next book from the Century Trilogy in on CD because it was a free download and sounded vaguely familiar. It turned out to be really good, way more interesting than I expected. “Fear is something I don’t think you experience unless you have a choice. If you have a choice, then you’re liable to […]
The Drop by Dennis Lehane
Ooh, this was good. This was so good I picked it up from the library at 2pm and had the whole thing done by the time I went to bed. It’s not a Patrick & Angie story, but if you like anything by Dennis Lehane (and the only way you could not is if you haven’t read anything by him, and you should really do something about that) you’ll like this. Set in Boston (of course) just after Christmas, The Drop stars a lonely guy named Bob, who […]
Where the Heart Is by Billie Letts
Wow, this was all sorts of terrible, but I still had to finish the damn thing to find out if the OTP gets together because I really, really liked (half of) them. So I vaguely remember seeing trailers for this book when it was turned into a movie. Natalie Portman lives in a Wal-Mart, then gives birth in it. What I really remember is that she names her child “Americus”, and her last name is Nation, and that’s just mean. So I wasn’t expecting Pulitzer […]
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