Y’all, I am way behind on my reviews right now. I don’t think I’ve posted one in over 2 weeks and I’ve read probably six books in that time. So I’m trying to blow through a few this morning. So this book, Every Day, by David Levithan, was a little bizarre but I actually enjoyed it a lot more than I expected to. I borrowed it from my sister who also reviewed it for Cannonball Read. Her summary of the plot: a person, not a […]
The Night Guest by Fiona McFarlane
Y’all, I don’t know what I was thinking, reading this story of a mentally-abused old woman after finishing a book about a woman forced to care for her mentally abusive mother….I’m picking up something about puppies next time, I swear. I’m going to have nightmares otherwise. The Night Guest, which a few other people have reviewed for CBR with mixed results, is one of those books that makes you curl up under the covers because you know what’s going to happen and you can’t stop it […]
The Worst Day of My Life, So Far by M.A. Harper
Ooh, this book packs an emotional punch that left me reeling, but unable to put it down. I read the entire thing in one night. Woke up the next morning with what felt like a hangover. The Worst Day of My Life, So Far stars Jeanne Roth, who at the age of 40, has returned to her shitty little hometown to care for her mother, who was never very nice to her even before the Alzheimer’s set in. Jeanne is divorced, lonely, jobless and unhappy. […]
I Was Told There’d Be Cake by Sloane Crosley
Well, this was sweet and cute and ultimately, I probably won’t remember a word of it in six months. But it was a fun book to read in the bathtub. Sloane Crosley’s collection of essays, I Was Told There’d Be Cake, touches on all sorts of important topics: the mall, weird parents, bad bosses, shitty boyfriends, etc. She has a good, self-deprecating sense of humor (important for a collection of memoirs) and an interesting take on a variety of subjects in life. Her brutal story about […]
This is Where I Leave You by Jonathan Tropper
I feel like I should have liked This is Where I Leave You more than I did. I like books (and movies) with big ensemble casts. If there’s ever a movie where someone says “we’re getting the band back together!”, I’m there. And I love stories in the vein of dysfunctional families. And I don’t even mind an unlikable protagonist, which is certainly the case here! But the combination of those elements in this story left me wanting. After the patriarch dies, the rather fucked up […]
McSweeney’s #10 (McSweeney’s Quarterly Concern #10)
I saw the cover of this book at a book sale and I fell for it, hard. It’s a compilation of “genre” short stories: westerns, sci-fi, horror, crime, etc. The reason for my instant need to own? Contributing authors include: Michael Chabon (who also edited), Elmore Leonard, Neil Gaiman, Nick Hornby, Stephen King, Michael Crichton (who sadly contributed a rather lame tale), Dave Eggers, Harlan Ellison, and more. Love at first sight, I’ll tell you. It mostly lived up to my expectations as well. The majority […]
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