All my life I’ve been a dog person. Which isn’t to say that I don’t like cats, I always have, simply that I felt more affinity with dogs. I understand dogs. They are bouncy and loving and they lick your face. However, I am married to a cat person, and last summer when my friend’s daughter’s cat had kittens, the husband and I decided to adopt two of them. I still don’t consider myself a cat person, although I love my cats. They are obviously […]
Bears, Moose, Mary Ellen!
So after I finished Bryson’s Thunderbolt Kid, I checked Overdrive to see what other books of his they offered. A Walk in the Woods came highly recommended, and I’m here now to recommend it to you! If you want to read several hundred pages about the beautiful scenery and history of the Appalachian Trail and come away thinking, “God lord, I’d love to do that but those people are crazy!”, then you should definitely read this. “Black bears rarely attack. But here’s the thing. Sometimes they do. […]
“By Aladdin’s lamplit scrotum, man! Everything is a story. What is there but stories? Stories are the only truth.”
Practical Demonkeeping was Christopher Moore’s debut novel, and I’ve had my copy for approximately 20 years. I have a vivid memory of picking it out at this awesome discount bookstore by our house and convincing my mother to let me buy it. I was maybe 11. It was way too adult for me. But I loved it at the time, and have reread it several times since. I just found out that Moore wrote TWO sequels to it (!!) and when I recently found one at Half […]
The stupidity we need right now, but maybe not the stupidity we deserve
So, arguably not the timeliest of reads, considering this is a Christmas-themed novel and it’s February. But there’s no way I’m going to remember to review this come December, and it’s not my fault I read it in February. I can only read what the audiobook people send to me when they do; and despite how I order my list, they seem determined to fulfill it on their own whim! However, despite it being unseasonable, this book is so great it doesn’t matter. If […]
“The Internet is a place where ideas compete, and bad ideas in particular get shared.”
So anyone on the Internet knows who George Takei is; sure he was the original Sulu but anyone under 40 knows him primarily as the Internet’s gay Asian uncle. This is primarily a memoir about Takei’s time as an Internet phenomena including his early days on Twitter and current successes on Facebook. Nearly all of his web content is crowd sourced, which he acknowledges, and he reprints some of his most popular posts. In fact, my Webmaster told me the other day that my page often […]
$5 of What-the-What
I’m unsure of what exactly about Angel Catbird drew my attention when I picked it up from the discount table at the local Barnes & Noble. I guess the cover art was appealing, the concept struck me as unique, and it was only $5 (plus I had a gift card and a coupon). Written by Margaret Atwood – Yes, that Margaret Atwood of The Handmaiden’s Tale among others – this origin story of Angel Catbird and his half-cat friends (and love interest) is a quick paced read. Often silly […]
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