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Sorta bummed to hear that Life of Brian was originally called “Jesus Christ: Lust for Glory”, which is obviously superior

Always Look on the Bright Side of Life: A Sortabiography by Eric Idle

February 7, 2019 by badkittyuno Leave a Comment

My dad is a huge fan of Monty Python, so I have been exposed to Eric Idle’s music and characters for most of my life. That being said, I haven’t really seen him outside the context of Monty Python, and definitely don’t know as much about him as I do other members. John Cleese, for instance, has appeared in a lot of movies beyond Monty Python, and I’ve read books by both him and Michael Palin before. So I was interested an expanding my Monty […]

“Beware the woods and the dark, dank, deep. He’ll follow you home, and he won’t let you sleep.”

Sawkill Girls by Claire Legrand

February 7, 2019 by badkittyuno Leave a Comment

On Sawkill Rock, a quiet little island, girls go missing. They just disappear, and having been doing so for years. Yet, no one seems very concerned — life goes on, explanations aren’t needed. And there’s a legend of a creature who lives on the island, who takes the girls for himself…takes them into the woods… Sawkill Girls focuses on three teenage girls, shortly after the disappearance yet another. Zoey’s father is the sheriff, and she recently lost her best friend under mysterious circumstances that no […]

“I may know myself better now than I ever have before, but ask me again in a year or two.”

Would You Rather? A Memoir of Growing Up and Coming Out by Katie Heaney

February 7, 2019 by badkittyuno Leave a Comment

A few years prior to Would You Rather?, Kate Heaney published a memoir about never having had a boyfriend at the age of 25. Now, she returns with another soul searching autobiography, which focuses on an amazing realization: she’s gay. I related with a lot in Heaney’s first book. Unlike her, I was not single at the age of 25 — instead, I got married at nineteen to the first guy I ever dated because I was so awkward and uncomfortable with myself that I latched on […]

“My mother would say to me, ‘Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping.’”

Irena's Children: A True Story of Courage by Mary Cronk Farrell

February 7, 2019 by badkittyuno Leave a Comment

Largely unknown to history, Irena Sendler has been called the “female Oskar Schindler” for her incredibly brave work during World War II that results in literally thousands of saved lives. Sendler, whose father was a doctor and showed her from the beginning the sacredness of human life, and the nobility of protecting those lives, used her position as a social worker in Nazi-occupied Poland to save about 2,500 children’s lives by smuggling them out of the country to safety. Most extraordinarily of all, she kept incredibly […]

How have I never heard of Wendelin Van Draanen?

Wild Bird by Wendelin Van Draanen

January 29, 2019 by badkittyuno 6 Comments

This is probably one of the best YA novels I’ve read in the last year, and I read a lot of YA. “Out here Mother Nature is my judge and jury, and no amount of objecting or redirecting or even being out of order will get me out of this. The only way to survive my sentence is to serve it.” Wren is an angry, unhappy 14 year old who fell in with the wrong crowd at a new school. Drugs, sex, alcohol, shoplifting — out […]

I, too, live with a kid OBSESSED with world records

Ghost (Track #1) by Jason Reynolds

January 29, 2019 by badkittyuno 2 Comments

This was a great little read. Apparently Jason Reynolds has published four in this series, so I’ll be looking for the next one for sure. “Trouble is, you can’t run away from yourself.” Coach snatched the towel from his shoulder, folded into a perfect square, and set it in the space between us. “Unfortunately,” he said, “ain’t nobody that fast.” Ghost (his real name is Castle Cranshaw but he expects you to understand why he doesn’t want to go by that) has always been fast. But […]

Zirza on A Gothic Classic for a ReasonIt's one of those wish-you-could-read-it-again-for-the-first-time books. I loved it.
Emmalita on “It came to something when you found yourself hoping that the footsteps you heard were ghosts.”I loved the ending! I don’t think it’s been out long enough to talk about why though.
Dixie on Track Her Down by Melinda LeighI am just starting Track Her Down and I have read them all in order till now and thought I...
Roland of Gilead on How can you give us the gift of a crazy character named Rando Thoughtful and then just as suddenly take that gift away? We need to talk, Uncle Stevie.I came across this randomly years after it was written because I was searching "Random Thoughtful. But I have the...
Emmalita on “Only you, Em, would refer to heartbreak as a distraction. I think I would have a more sympathetic response if I asked to marry a bookcase.”Oh my goodness, Gallifrey was beautiful. I’m sure her mittens were gloriously murdery.

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Sorta bummed to hear that Life of Brian was originally called “Jesus Christ: Lust for Glory”, which is obviously superior

“Beware the woods and the dark, dank, deep. He’ll follow you home, and he won’t let you sleep.”

“I may know myself better now than I ever have before, but ask me again in a year or two.”

“My mother would say to me, ‘Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping.’”

How have I never heard of Wendelin Van Draanen?

I, too, live with a kid OBSESSED with world records

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