I borrowed The Big Bad Book of Bill Murray from Caitlin_D because who doesn’t love Bill Murray? Unfortunately, I found the book a little lacking. It’s the second book about this man that I’ve read the last few months, and the other one was definitely better. Although I don’t normally have a problem with narratives skipping around, I second Caitlin’s opinion that the author’s choice to alphabetize Bill’s movies instead of presenting them chronologically (which does makes sense, as this is supposed to be encyclopedia), makes it […]
A truth universally acknowledged: dating is hard.
I enjoyed this book immensely but I have some issues with the style and also with the ending. Still, I heartily recommend it if you want a light, fun read that tells a story from a point of view many of us are not familiar with: a thirty something Muslim woman who is devout and modern at the same time. Sofia Khan works in publishing. She’s newly single and her sister is getting married. Her parents worry that she will never find a husband and […]
Testing my hypothesis – or why I think Anna Kendrick rocks now
So 3 days ago I finished listening to Amy Pohler’s Yes Please, which I found to be okay, and I postulated that the reason I was so underwhelmed by it was because I had overdosed in memoirs and should steer clear of them for a while. So I decided to test that theory, by re-reading Anna Kendrick’s Scrappy Little Nobody. I gave this book 4 stars out of 5 when I first read it last year, and was expecting it to be a little less […]
“It’s so much easier to accept your feminine role in this world if you don’t struggle.”
“Have you ever wished you could live in an earlier, more romantic era?” — No. I promise you don’t want to do that. I picked up this book after a recommendation from The Bloggess, and we all know that The Bloggess can do no wrong. Unmentionable is a behind-the-scenes look at just about everything a woman could experience in Victorian times. It’s very funny, and full of all sorts of disgusting details that you probably (definitely) don’t need to know. For those of us (Mrs. […]
I know I am in the minority here, but I was kind of disappointed…
I wish I could tell you there is a specific reason why I didn’t like this book, but I can’t. Not really. There was nothing wrong with it. I guess it just didn’t resonate with me. I’ve started to think maybe I threw myself with too much gusto into the genre and it finally came back to bite me. I’ve read Scrappy Little Nobody (which I thought was great), Talking as Fast as I Can (which was good, not great), Bossypants (which I really liked) […]
My favorite not my favorite
Terry Pratchett is one of my favorite authors of all time. I’ve read the Discworld series in its entirety and several of Pratchett’s other works as well. When he passed away in March 2015, the literary world lost one of the contemporary greats, but it seems he left a lot of unpublished things or just works in progress or to be collected. I was looking forward to Dragon’s at Crumbling Castle and Other Stories, which is a collection of juvenalia fiction. Some of the stories […]
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