Mary Roach’s Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal was something I’d seen on The Colbert Report and thought “huh that seems really interesting, I should read that.” But I know myself and I know that if it weren’t for my book club selecting it, I probably would still have it on my “to read” list. With Gulp, Roach seeks to explain how we eat, why we eat it, and what our body does with whatever we choose to consume. She does so with many humorous […]
YA Post-Apocalyptic Time
The Infinite Sea y Rick Yancey is the sequel to his young adult bestseller The Fifth Wave and another post-apocalyptic YA novel. I highly recommend either grabbing a Cliff’s Notes on the first book or finding a quick summary if you’ve not read it in some time. I failed to do so and I found myself struggling to figure out who the characters in this second book were. I suppose this is the problem with getting into a series before it’s finished. I recall enjoying […]
What Angels Fear
As stated in my last review, I’m so behind that I definitely won’t achieve Full Cannonball status. I also don’t think the following review will be that comprehensive since it’s been months since I read the book in question. What Angels Fear by C.S. Harris is the first in a series of mysteries starring Sebastian St. Cyr. My sister-in-law and I share a rabid interest in period dramas and mysteries and I saw this in her Goodreads news feed with high ratings, so I immediately […]
Back to the Posting Board
Disclaimer: I’m super behind on writing up the books I’ve read. What can I say? Good things happening in my life have unfortunately meant I’ve had less time to read and write about said reading. I’m super behind on my TiVo too, if it makes you feel any better. This is all to say that the following summary is going to be brief and probably leave out a lot since it’s been quite some time since I read the book in question. The Perils of […]
We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves
My sister-in-law read Karen Joy Fowler’s We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves and then gave it five stars on Goodreads with this review: “Don’t read any reviews on this book just read it.” She’s not one to be prolific with the perfect ratings so I did just what she advised and I can only suggest you do the same. Unfortunately, when I tried to be a good library citizen (the book was due back and I couldn’t renew due to a wait list), I looked […]
Forever Young
I never would have come across Drew Magary’s The Postmortal if it weren’t my book club’s July selection, and I’m really glad that I did. With Postmortal, Magary has created a futuristic society that refuses to grow up. It’s kind of like Peter Pan and 1984 had a baby and named it The Postmortal (Caveat: I confess to never having read 1984). In a not-so-distant future, scientists have discovered a cure for aging. Our narrator, John Farrell, is one of the early recipients of “The […]