I chose this book because I got a discount code from Kobo. I got to choose this one from ten titles and I have no idea why I picked it; probably because the rest seemed even more unappetising. I have even less of a clue as to why I picked it up except that I wanted to read something easy and I’m saving Outlander for my upcoming beach holidays. I’m glad I picked it up, though. Spring Tide starts with the murder of a pregnant […]
Ridiculous…But Fun Ridiculousness
Cannonball! Were you a fan of the Christopher Pike books where highly sociopathic and/or psychopathic teenagers attempted to ruin the lives of others for strange reasons? I loved those books. I guarantee that they are pure crap now (in fact, one cannonballer had been doing reviews and had me remembering them all in their crappy glory) but that’s pretty much what Liars Inc. is like. It’s junk food, you know that it’s not really a good book but it was FANTASTIC to read because […]
My introduction to Flavia de Luce
I have to confess, I’m a casual reader of mysteries at best. I do enjoy the genre, when I find a good mystery that I love. But sometimes I just forget to read them. When I was browsing my library the other day (and in my household, that’s only a day that ends in y), there was a display featuring Alan Bradley’s Flavia de Luce novels. I thought, “Why not?” So I decided that my Fourth of July vacation week would be a perfect time […]
Female author + female protagonist = let’s compare it to Gone Girl!
Actually, Elizabeth Little’s Dear Daughter does have a bit in common with Gone Girl (and Flynn’s other novels) — primarily, that you’ll kind of hate the main character. I will say, however, that Janie Jenkins will grow on you, and I found this novel to be pretty damn compelling. You just have to give yourself about 50 pages to get used to Janie’s voice — I couldn’t stand her at the beginning, but I was rooting for her by the end. “Self-pity is the sun around which we orbit, the great […]
Skip the novella but read the short story
Another Stephen King novella audiobook from the library. This one actually included two stories — the novella, Mile 81, and the short story, The Dune. I’m averaging their scores here: Mile 81 was not so great, but I really liked The Dune. So 3 stars overall. Mile 81 starts a little shit named Pete who breaks into an abandoned rest stop to impress an older group of boys. He drinks too much vodka, then passes out. When he wakes up, he discovers a bunch of abandoned vehicles at […]
Lois Lane, never change.
So on the Batman/Superman divide, spectrum whatever you want to call it, I’m on the side of the Man in Blue. Have been since the fifth grade when Lois & Clark was my favorite TV show and my mom let me put Superman’s shield on my retainer. Also, the dark and broody thing has never really done it for me. I’m pretty much in agreement with John Green on this matter (“Batman is just a rich guy with an affinity for bats who is playing […]
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