I picked this one up after reading Matthew Inman’s very different book about running, in which he mentions Murakami’s memoir. I really enjoyed it, and I think even non-runners would, too. “People sometimes sneer at those who run every day, claiming they’ll go to any length to live longer. But don’t think that’s the reason most people run. Most runners run not because they want to live longer, but because they want to live life to the fullest.” Murakami runs long distances — like, he […]
Merricat is just the coolest nickname ever
I am so behind on my reviews, guys! Help! “My name is Mary Katherine Blackwood. I am eighteen years old, and I live with my sister Constance. I have often thought that with any luck at all, I could have been born a werewolf, because the two middle fingers on both my hands are the same length, but I have had to be content with what I had. I dislike washing myself, and dogs, and noise. I like my sister Constance, and Richard Plantagenet, and […]
Not a fact to be found
Sometimes you just need a little junk food for your brain — what my dad calls “popcorn books” — and Dave Barry is always a good source for that kind of nonsense. You can read a few pages, set it down, and come back to it whenever. I’ve reviewed Dave Barry collections here before, and there’s nothing really new to say. This one’s a collection of articles, no more than a couple pages each, published in 1993. He groups them by general categories: healthy habits, […]
“The law cannot do it for us. We must do it for ourselves. Women in this country must become revolutionaries.”
I hesitate to call a book about feminism “cute”, but…this book was pretty cute. With chapters entitled “The Bropropriator” and “The Imposther”, Feminist Fight Club is full of fun catch phrases and punny jokes. But it has a really serious mission, and Bennett backs up her writing with solid research. While she calls Feminist Fight Club an office survival manual for a sexist workplace, it really can be applied to any area of life. I think any woman could easily find something applicable to her own life in this […]
The “terror” here quickly becomes pretty dull
Okay, well I’ve had a run of some really great books, so I supposed I was due for a dud. This one starts out promising, but gets pretty boring pretty quickly. Being buried alive isn’t a particular fear of mine (not that it sounds like a good time or anything), mostly because I intend to be cremated, plus modern medicine has advanced to the point where they’re going to be pretty certain that you’re dead when the time comes. For hundreds of years, however, medicine […]
Tana French can do no wrong
Tana French & Sophie Hannah are linked in my mind — I started reading their series (both starring murder detectives and lots of twisty twists) around the same time, and I’m pretty sure I found one because the other recommended her. But while Sophie Hannah’s books have been a little…lacking lately, I feel like French’s just keep getting better and better. “I live inside my own skin. Anything that happens outside it doesn’t change who I am. This isn’t something I’m proud of; as far as […]
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