Improbably, this is my “cover art” selection, because despite a cult podcast with a large following, I had no idea this wasn’t just a standalone book, and gosh is it pretty. Plus, the art suggests something lighthearted or irreverent, and an NPR endorsement on the cover? Good enough for me. Plus, somehow I got my facts twisted and thought it was written by Blake Crouch and I REALLY liked Dark Matter. I wish I liked it more. I think some of my issue with the […]
It’s impressive I still want to travel here…
Bingo Square for Dream Vacation. I’d love to go to Ireland, and funnily enough I bought this to read on my international trip where I met up with friends in Spain … after their first leg of the trip concluded in Dublin. (Boring reasons I couldn’t go this time, but hoping to get another chance). Anyway, this is the fifth book I’ve read of French’s Dublin murder squad series, and given that theyre all about homicide, it’s pretty impressive that I still want to go, […]
That wasn’t on the menu
You guys, my “delicious” bingo square was supposed to be about food. I love reading about food – cooking, restaurants, food culture, the science of taste – it’s all catnip to me. My coworkers mock me. This was supposed to be an automatic good review. It’s written by Michael Pollan. It’s in the food writing section. It’s subtitled “a natural history of four meals.” So where’s the food writing? I feel like the reader expecting Moby Dick to be an action tale and getting […]
Can’t teach a Road Dog new tricks
What’s with you, kid? You think the death of Raymond Chandler left an opening in the Rat Pack? Im amused that my pick for Home Sweet Home’s bingo square, Bloomfield Hills Michigan’s own Elmore Leonard, spends about two lines on Detroit before moving the action to California, in this apparent sequel to Out of Sight. I dunno. It was a buck and I needed that home square space, I saw the movie when I was in middle school, but I remember the plot points neatly […]
Everything old is new again
For my “This Old Thing” square I finally bit the bullet and took this binding of two plays with me to jury duty to ensure I wouldn’t be tempted by more modern works, and shut my phone off. I needn’t have worried; it’s not like this would get mistaken for a written transcript of This Week Tonight or anything, but Moliere is not just remarkably readable, his views aren’t as antiquated as you might expect for someone writing in the mid 1600s. I picked these […]
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The only negative I hear about this book might be the only negative I’ve heard about any Rowell book so far; there’s a reason this was one of the “so popular” options. And yeah, I tore into this knowing I’d love it, it would pretty much have to be about a libertarian and a nazi for me to dislike it. So cards on the table, while I get the criticism about the premise being kinda creepy – our lovelorn hero falls in love with a […]
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