The only negative I hear about this book might be the only negative I’ve heard about any Rowell book so far; there’s a reason this was one of the “so popular” options. And yeah, I tore into this knowing I’d love it, it would pretty much have to be about a libertarian and a nazi for me to dislike it. So cards on the table, while I get the criticism about the premise being kinda creepy – our lovelorn hero falls in love with a […]
Poetry as Prose
I have the glorious honor of introducing one of my mentor’s new books to our school on Monday. And what a book it was! But first, backstory….Eliot Shrefer was the second reader for my thesis, and the teacher who really taught me to story-board and get to the nitty-gritty about my novel. It’s safe to say I’m a little indebted to him, so I was very excited to get a copy of his newest book and be asked to write an introduction for his interview. […]
Book Club Discussion Post: Between the Bridge and the River
Between the Bridge and the River by Craig Ferguson
Our final #CannonBookClub of 2018 has arrived. Our second Anniversary Read, Between the Bridge and the River, has inspired a wide range of emotions and responses – admittedly most of them negative. Craig Ferguson was after something, and we’ve all had different takes on what he achieved and how he failed. Ground rules remain the same as they always have. For those of you who might be joining in for #CannonBookClub for the first time (hello new friends!) all are welcome. The topics are numbered and […]
P.S This was still pretty fun if a little less well rounded
Thanks to the quirks of inter-library loan, I received To All The Boys I Loved Before and its sequel P.S I Still Love You at the same time. Little did I know; my library was doing me a favor because Han’s sequel works best if the reader consumes it immediately after reading To All The Boys. In fact, I feel like Jennie Han encourages the reader to binge read both books back to back because the events of the second book pick up a mere […]
Another delightful Pratchett (Bingo square: Listicles)
Hot on the heels of Guards! Guards!, I turned to Mort for my next gym audiobook (although I didn’t actually listen to much of this one in the gym). Mort also happens to be #65 on the The Big British Read list of 200 books, which means I can tag this review for the Listicles bingo square! (Guards! Guards! is listed at #69 and Good Omens at #68, and there are 12 other Pratchett books on this list, more than any other author. Roald Dahl, in comparison, has […]
Come for the Misogyny, Stay for the Anti-Semitism
So…I didn’t like this book, at all. I stuck with it because it is the center square of Cannonball Read Bingo. But Craig Ferguson’s Between the Bridge and the River isn’t good. Two times the author refers to the two main characters with the statement “He had become interesting.” That is not correct. Neither of the two main characters is interesting, ever. One character, Fraser, is a preacher on a late night religious program whose career ends in disgrace when he is accused of sexually […]
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