How did I discover the Jack Reacher series? I can't even remember how it came into my life. The airport? A bus station? A friend? Perhaps a Cannonball Read recommendation? However it happened, I'm glad it did. These books are like crack to me. A couple months ago I recommended the series to my … [Read more]
Pee-drinking: for, or against?
Last year my beloved cousin had a landmark birthday, and because we share a love of reading, I wanted to give her the gift of books. The gift of browsing in a bookstore and buying whatever the hell she felt like (this is a luxury I don't think she affords herself very often). So a gift card it … [Read more]
Best damn guilt trip I’ve ever taken….
Wow. I've been sitting here considering just copy-pasting "wow" two hundred and forty-nine times. I'd give this book six stars if I could. I think North Korea holds a fascination for many of us in the west. Certainly it does for me. I was eight when the Berlin Wall fell; old enough to know … [Read more]
The “little grey cells” unstimulated
Dr. John Christow is a man whom everyone admires: his friends, his wife, his lover, and his ex-fiancee for a start. Yet he ends up dead with his wife holding a gun and his lover's name as his last word. It's a scene set for Hercule Poirot, who has been invited to dine with his wealthy neighbours, … [Read more]
Anotterchaos #1: My Planet
Oh, Mary. I love Mary Roach's books. She is smart, funny, and asks the questions we all want to know (sex in space: possible?). So when I saw a compilation of her essays, it seemed like the perfect thing to get my squirrel brain refocused for reading in the new year. I shoulda read the fine … [Read more]
