Okay, so…this book was really not very good. In fact it was sort of ridiculously bad. But it was enjoyably so. I read the first half of it while getting a pedicure, and it was absolutely perfect for that sort of activity, if that tells you anything. “Easy things are worthless… It’s the hard things that matter. Those are the things worth leaping for…If we don’t fight other people’s curses, what are we left with? Just a swift fall to the earth, and where’s the […]
“There is no end. It is simply the end of the old times, Loki, and the beginning of the new times. Rebirth always follows death.”
Remember my New Year’s resolution to stay current on my reviews? Yeah. This is review number 43 and I’ve finished 53 books so far in 2017. Naughty Badkittyuno…. So a lot of other people have reviewed this anthology, and I am firmly in the camp of those who loved loved loved it. Neil Gaiman can’t really do any wrong in my book anyway, but I thought this collection was particularly enjoyable. I’m not overly familiar with Norse mythology, beyond what I’ve learned through American Gods, […]
My Big Fat Fabulous Life
This was definitely not the light and funny comedy memoir I was expecting, but I urge you to read it anyway. Even if you have no idea who Whitney Thorpe is (like me) or refuse to watch reality TV on TLC (like me), you will probably get something out of it. The book basically covers two main concepts: the times that Whitney struggled with her weight, and how she’s learned to accept to love herself. Her problems with her self perception of her weight began when […]
The Fat Girl Code of Conduct
I stumbled across this book looking for The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants books on Overdrive because the cover reminded me so much of them — the jeans with a purple background. Then I Googled it and saw it had a really high rating on Goodreads, so I thought I would give it a shot. This is the story of an overweight teenager and her struggles with her really, REALLY shitty family. As far as body positivity novels go about overweight teens, it falls somewhere […]
“Wear them, they will make you brave.”
I have always loved The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants. It came out originally when I was probably (definitely) a little too old for it, but luckily my sister like the series too so I could borrow it (see also: the Georgia Nicolson books and The Lizzie Mcguire Movie). If you’re not familiar with the series, it’s about four girls who find themselves separated over summer for the first time in 16 years. Just before they leave for their summer vacations, they find a pair of […]
Hustling, hustling
So…this was bad. Running is a book about “runners” in Greece. Basically, runners are street kids who make a living by hustling tourists to come stay at their shitty hotel. They grab tourists off the bus, talk them into staying at their place and get a cut after the unsuspecting folks have paid their bill. This is one of those books that tries so hard to be artsy and literary by bouncing around in the narrative a lot, while not really telling you anything. Instead, certain acts […]
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