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“Because a goddess’s job isn’t to be good. It’s to have compelling stories lyre players can tell about her at the court of kings and princes.”

My Life as a Goddess: A Memoir through (Un) Popular Culture by Guy Branum

March 15, 2019 by Caitlin_D 3 Comments

My Life as a Goddess was recommended to me by my sister, the elusive badkittyuno, who told me I needed to get the audiobook in order to enjoy the full experience. I will echo her advice- you must read this book, you should also try and listen to the audio. I know Guy Branum from Chelsea Lately but I grew tired of Chelsea Handler before Guy did so I didn’t know they’d had a falling out. It does seem like Guy has managed to come out on top […]

“Something’s wrong in the air, you know, when a book costs less than a bullet. Or a Coke. Values-wise.”

Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore by Matthew J. Sullivan

March 15, 2019 by Caitlin_D Leave a Comment

Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore is not the book I thought it would be when I found it on Overdrive. But it was actually better than I was expecting! There are two mysteries at the center of Midnight, one in the past and one in the present, that our protagonist, Lydia, finds herself struggling to solve on her own. In the present day Lydia works at a bookstore where one of her favorite patrons, an unemployed ex-con with a penchant for books named Joey, commit suicide by […]

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Rock Needs River: A Memoir About a Very Open Adoption by Vanessa McGrady

The Opposite of Loneliness: Essays and Stories by Marina Keegan

March 15, 2019 by Caitlin_D Leave a Comment

My favorite uncle (admittedly the bar was set very low) passed away last week; my mother, sister and I descended upon my aunt’s house in rural Arkansas for four days along with everyone else I share my maternal DNA with where we sat around the kitchen table drinking as well as sat in the living room drinking. It was in rural Arkansas that I learned Amaretto and orange juice is the best way to start your morning, the best way to make bacon involves adding […]

Somehow I’ve become the girl who reads a lot of Space books

Apollo 8: The Thrilling Story of the First Mission to the Moon by Jeffrey Kluger

March 3, 2019 by Caitlin_D Leave a Comment

There was no established way for a man to tell his wife he was going to the moon. A man could tell his wife he was going to sea or going to war; men had been doing that for millennia. But the moon? It was a whole new conversation. I recently watched Ryan Gosling’s First Man and, while it was beautifully shot, I could understand why it was largely left out of the award show chatter. What is glossed over in the story of Neil Armstrong […]

“One song is sometimes all it takes. I’ve got one song.”

On the Come Up by Angie Thomas

March 3, 2019 by Caitlin_D Leave a Comment

While On the Come Up is far from a Sophomore slump it never reaches the heights Thomas’ breathtakingly haunted debut novel The Hate U Give achieved. We can’t have any power, either. I mean, think about it. All these people I’ve never met have way more control over my life than I’ve ever had. If some Crown hadn’t killed my dad, he’d be a big rap star and money wouldn’t be an issue. If some drug dealer hadn’t sold my mom her first hit, she could’ve gotten her degree […]

“There is so much gray between the black and the white and this is where most of us live, trying, but so often failing, to bend towards the light.”

The Women in the Castle by Jessica Shattuck

February 26, 2019 by Caitlin_D Leave a Comment

I should have loved The Women in the Castle; it had all the making of a book I would enjoy including WWII, female leads and mysterious pasts but it fell a little short. “All right,” Connie said, turning his intense gaze upon her. “Then you will see to it that they are all right. You are appointed the commander of wives and children.” On the night news broke about kristallnacht Marianne von Lingenfels was tasked by her husband, Albrecht, and her best friend, Connie Flederman, to take care of […]

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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.
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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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