As an aging competitive swimmer who’s trying to get herself to Master’s practices regularly and ready herself for a 5K open water swim, I figured that Brad Snyder’s memoir, Fire in My Eyes, would be just the inspiration I needed. I have vague memories of his swimming performance in the London 2012 Paralympic games, and so when this book popped up in an e-mail from NetGalley I was curious to know more. Overall, this is a solid memoir, written by Snyder and a co-writer, Tom […]
Absaroka Revisited
I decided to re-read Johnson’s first book, The Cold Dish, for a number of reasons. One was that I attended Longmire Days in Buffalo, Wyoming, back in July and it was interesting to see the places that inspired the mythical town, Durant, and the mythical county, Absaroka, of Johnson’s books. This along with hearing Craig Johnson talk about his work (and I’ve read all but the latest novella) made me want to start at the beginning, knowing what I know now about all the characters. […]
I made you a tape of a great album by a British Band called ABC
I can’t tell if this novel is really good or if it just hit all my nostalgia buttons—hit them hard. First of all, this young adult novel is a novel of letters—actual letters—not e-mails or texts or Instagram photos—between Cath and Scott. This made me think of all the letters I wrote when I went off to college—to friends back home and later, during the summer, to friends I had made at school. These letters were written on stationary of various kinds as well as […]
Women’s Work
The description for this novel, the first in a historical mystery series, caught my attention on NetGalley and I’m glad I requested it. Though it’s not perfect, there’s a lot to like here and I have hopes that the series will get more interesting and nuanced as the books continue. Also, it’s set in 1880’s Chicago and involves the Pinkerton Agency and how fun is that. Lilly Long is a young actress in the Pierced Rose Theater Troupe whose brief marriage to a con man […]
Coming Late to the Game
You know how sometimes you’re flipping through TV channels and a show catches your attention, one you’ve never watched before, and you end up getting sucked into the episode. You realize that you’re coming in mid-season and there’s a lot of information about the characters you don’t have but still the episode is fun, engaging, and well done. You want more so you head to Netflix or Hulu. That was my experience with this book, Rhythm & Clues, which is actually the 11th book in a […]
When The End of the World Comes, I Want to Be in Cincinnati
I know people have mixed feelings about this reboot of Pride and Prejudice but I heartily enjoyed it, and I think Jane Austen would have too. Though I never was fully able to forget this was an homage, Sittenfeld does a good job of playing with how the dynamics of Austen’s insular novel world would translate to a 21st century American context. Austen was poking sly fun at her characters, and Sittenfeld does likewise. Instead of being set in the English countryside, this novel is set […]
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