I have read a lot of celebrity memoirs lately. Craig Ferguson’s American on Purpose differs in two big ways. First of all, it’s a straight up autobiography — starts with his childhood, hits all the highs (and lows) of his career, sums up with where he is now (well, 2008). Second difference? While I’ve read a lot of about the sad childhoods of now-famous people (bullied for being tall/smart/dumb/raised by hippies/a bedwetter, etc), this is the first one I felt genuinely bad for. Ferguson “bad childhood” consisted largely […]
Pro Tip: Avoid Places Called “The Devil’s Hand”
Well, to go from the warm sweetness of the Waverly family in Bascom, NC to the weird and fucked up world of West Hall, Vermont was quite a shock. But The Winter People was probably one of the best horror stories that I’ve read in a while, and I pretty much devoured it in an afternoon. The cover compares it to the world of Stephen King, but to me, it had much more of a Tana French/Sophie Hannah kind of feel — you don’t know who to […]
Meet the Waverleys
Thank you, whichever Cannonballer recommended this series to me when I said how much I was enjoying some of Sarah Addison Allen’s other books. It was an adorable, and I can’t wait to read the next one. To pass it along, anyone who likes Sarah Addison Allen or Alice Hoffman (Practical Magic) should definite check out the Waverleys. It was full of all that sweet magic and wonderful family drama. “She sometimes thought she was going crazy. Her first thought when she woke up was always how to […]
Florida, Never Change
I kind of love Dave Barry — I’ve never really read his humor column, but I’ve read his two previous novels (Big Trouble and Tricky Business) several times. They’re very, very silly books — but the writing is fun and the plots never stop to take so much as a breath. He’s got an excellent sense of humor, and the ability to poke a little fun at just about everything. The sort of read that’s great for a road trip, and since that’s what I had in store […]
Definite Improvement
Okay, so this is the fourth Odd Thomas book, and while it still wasn’t as good as the first, I think it was a definite improvement over the rather lame second and third books. Lots of weird characters in this one, like any Dean Koontz novel, but it seemed to have better flow and Odd felt a bit more on his game than before (I guess that monastery stay did him some good!) “It is also essential that good men and women not be educated and […]
I don’t think I could have lasted a week
This is so not my usual reading material, but my aunt recommended it and was kind enough to lend me a copy, so I figured I would give it a shot. I ended up really enjoying most of it, and I’m glad I tried something outside my comfort zone. As a bit of background, I am a liberal atheist who lives in a very conservative state and works for a very Christian company. My parents made us go to church until I was a teenager, then stopped for […]
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