I was one of the first three people to respond to mswas’s email and win a free copy of Hallways in the Night. I’m interested to read the reviews of this book by the other two winners because I thought it was terrible. The story itself was not…horrible. It’s primarily a legal “thriller” — an undercover police officer shoots a man in self defense and is put on trial for it. The man he shot was a big-time local baseball player and the city wants the cop’s […]
The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
“You realize that trying to keep your distance from me will not lessen my affection for you. All efforts to save me from you will fail.” I’ve been holding off reading The Fault in Our Stars because EVERYONE has told me it’s incredible and I figured when I picked it up, one of two things would happen. Either it wouldn’t live up to the hype and I’d be bummed, or it would be as good as I’ve heard and I’d sob through the whole thing. But […]
Apollo 13 by Jim Lovell and Jeffrey Kluger
This book took me forever to read. I’m not really sure why — it was fairly interesting and the pacing was good. I think it was just so supremely technical in places that I just started to kind of glaze over. But the rest of it — the more personal parts — kept me hooked. Everyone has probably seen the movie, but in case you somehow missed it (I think I watched it 2-3 times in class alone): astronauts Jim Lovell, Jack Swigert and Fred Haise went into space […]
Layer Cake by J.J. Connolly
Several weeks have gone by, and I’m still not sure if I liked this book. I think I did. It certainly kept me guessing, and I definitely did not expect the end. It just took a while to get into. But once I did, I (think) I liked it. Our unnamed protagonist deals coke. He’s about to turn 30, he’s got quite the little nest egg and he’s ready to retire. He doesn’t want to be some old gangster. But he gets roped in one […]
Happy Accidents by Jane Lynch
I’ve never watched an episode of Glee in my life, so my main exposure to Jane Lynch is due to her movie roles: The Forty-Year Old Virgin and Role Models, primarily. I’m also a huge fan of Party Down, where Lynch’s Constance remains upbeat despite setback after setback. So while I haven’t see everything she’s ever done, I’ve seen enough to know that Lynch is a very talented woman. Due to that, it amazes me that she didn’t have her first well-known role until 2000, when she appeared in Best […]
Badkittyuno’s Review #16: I’m Sorry You Feel That Way by Diana Joseph
Full disclosure: I read most of this book while drinking wine in the bathtub. Some of my memories are kind of hazy. From what I can remember though… This is not a memoir full of funny anecdotes. A common complaint on Goodreads (and one that I agree with, although I don’t necessarily consider it a drawback), is that nothing happens in this book. And that’s true–while the author is divorced with a child, and in a new relationship with a common-law husband and a dog–you don’t […]