Sometimes random eBooks from the library turn out to be pretty damn good. I really liked The Precious One, and managed to find another book by Marisa de los Santos this weekend at a book fair, so hopefully it’s just as good as this sweet little story. Eustacia “Taisy” Cleary and her twin brother have been estranged from their father for about 18 years — ever since he kicked them (and their mother) out when they were teenagers. Now the old man might be dying, and Taisy gets roped into […]
2 Stars for Odd, 4 for Edie
I’m not sure if I have suffered some sort of brain injury, or if the combination of Koontz’s preaching and Odd Thomas’s self-deprecating way of saving the world has finally broken me, but so help me God, I love the quirky old lady in the six Odd Thomas book, Deeply Odd. Usually I injure myself rolling my eyes at some of the ever helpful but mysterious people in these books — I cannot stand Annamarie — but Edie Fischer has warmed my black heart. The rest of the […]
I bet Lisa Genova’s a lot of fun at parties
While Genova’s Still Alice stars Alzheimer’s disease, Inside the O’Briens gives the reader an intimate view of what Huntington’s Disease does to a body — and a family. It’s a sad book — while Huntington’s affects only a fraction of the number of people affected by Alzheimer’s, it’s still a wretched disease and one that’s not particularly well-known or understood. I’ve heard of it, but I also watch a lot of medical dramas. Huntington’s is also 1000% fatal, usually within about 10 years of diagnosis. “As they lurch […]
Clean, fun humor
So I love Mary Roach — I’ve read all of her other books, and her writing style, sense of humor and insatiable curiosity make for great reading. I was hoping that My Planet: Finding Humor in the Oddest Places would be like a behind the scenes of her research for her other books. It’s not, but it’s still a fun read. My Planet actually consists of essays written by Roach for Reader’s Digest in the early 2000s. So the topics tend to be a little mundane, and […]
Now I’ve read all of Moriarty’s books (sadface)
The Last Anniversary stars Sophie Honeywell, who broke up with her boyfriend a few years ago, hours before the elaborate proposal he had planned. Since then, he’s married and had a child. Sophie remains, as she calls it, “mortifyingly single”. Then Tom’s aunt dies, and leaves her house on Scribbly Gum island (damn Australians) to Sophie — along with the mystery associated with the island. “Sometimes a girl has to stop waiting around and come up with her own fairytale ending.” As usual, Moriarty juggles a […]
Sophie Stark
I freaking devoured this book. It was so good! The writing, the suspense, all of it. And while it’s hard to really love Sophie Stark, I did find myself feeling like I understood her at least, by the end. “It’s hard for me to talk about love,’ she said. ‘I think movies are the way I do that.” The Life and Death of Sophie Stark is a collection of stories about Sophie Stark, told from perspectives of her lovers, coworkers, friends and her brother. They detail the […]
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