I’m alive! I’m also very behind on my reviews! Now that I’m *finally* caught up with all my grading, I can begin to buckle down and blog. I remember one of the veteran Cannonballers (maybe it was Malin?) saying that after completing a triple Cannonball, reading and reviewing books was a bit of a slog. I don’t feel that way about reading (because that’s one of my relaxers, and I seriously could never give up reading), but reviewing has been *really* difficult to keep up […]
Like three tumblersful of raspberry cordial. Okay, maybe just two.
Confession: I am an Anne of Green Gables nerd. As a kid, I re-read the entire series at least twice a year well into my young adulthood. I am fairly certain if The Chancellor and I were to take a pilgrimage to Prince Edward Island, he’d have to Xanax me up, because I’d have a full-on, Kristen-Bell-meets-a-sloth panic attack at seeing the Cavendish farmhouse. I’m not even kidding. It’s really serious. So I was intrigued when yesknopemaybe posted a CBR review (happy Cannonball, by the […]
So THIS is where Amy Dunne comes from…
Do you remember the female student who was all aghast when I confessed I hadn’t read Beloved? Well, she has several male counterparts who expressed equal indignation that I hadn’t ever started East of Eden. So I decided to do them a favor, as well. I had no idea what I was headed into, but after Of Mice and Men, I held no illusions about the content. I seriously *hated* Of Mice and Men. Still, I had no idea what I was getting myself into. […]
Bret Easton Ellis goes bananas. Hijinks ensue.
I read American Psycho for CBR5, and it was—at the time—a profoundly shocking and defining experience. If you’ve followed me for the past few years on CBR or Goodreads, then you’ll recall that I ended up featuring the novel in my fourth chapter of my dissertation and have since continued talking about it to this day. So apparently, the trauma couldn’t have ruined me forever, right? I wondered what other Ellis novels would be like, but I read Less Than Zero and HATED IT. So, […]
Spoiler: God loves gay people and Republicans alike.
Book Club is coming up this weekend. And when you choose a brand-new book, you’re guaranteed a long wait at the library. So, when our friend B chose Accidental Saints, a sort-of follow-up to Nadia Bolz-Weber’s Pastrix, I was elated and dismayed at once. Were The Chancellor and I going to get a copy of the book before Book Club? Thanks to kind friends, yes. But perhaps that means we limit our new-books-for-Book-Club ideas unless we plan ahead. Like, 3 months ahead. So, on to […]
A denominational book of biblical importance that just didn’t grab me.
Every religion or denomination has prominent writers, thinkers, or church leaders that become a faith touchstone and keyword for the religion in question. As a Seventh-day Adventist, mine is Ellen White. She was a Methodist who became Adventist during the Millerite movement in the 1840s. Her ministry and influence helped solidify the Adventist Church as a denomination, and her writings have helped cement her continued influence even today. One of her most famous set of writings is her Conflict of the Ages series, which is […]
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