In which Siege climbs back on the CBR horse with a tale of a young medic's adventures in Vietnam. … [Read more]
The Spectacular Now follow Sutter, a high school senior in Oklahoma, as he navigates life mostly drunk. His life changes when he breaks up with Cassidy at the same time his best friend gets into a serious relationship. He meets Aimee who is a SciFi nerd with a crappy home life. The two forge an … [Read more]
Last year I read two of Nora Ephron's memoirs (I Feel Bad About My Neck and I Remember Nothing) and as a huge fan of Sleepless in Seattle and You've Got Mail I decided to start the year off with her first novel Heartburn. Reading this so closely after her memoirs and knowing the … [Read more]
I picked this up on a whim at the library, I'm always looking for things I can read with my kids. (That's my excuse for reading a lot of YA dystopias, though we all know I read them anyway!) Apparently this is a fairly known comic strip, though this was my first exposure. The characters are a … [Read more]
Mistaken assumptions – Victorian literature – house party mysteries – fictional detectives – the timelessness of history – the unreliability of perception – love at first sight – the nature of cats – this conversation has happened before – this conversation will certainly happen again – the … [Read more]
This nearly 800-page novel is a revelation – it is one of the more complex literary works I’ve read in a long time and proved impossible to put down. The Goldfinch tells the story of precocious 13-year-old Theo Decker, who lives alone with his mother in New York City until their unplanned visit to … [Read more]
