This is the end… cbr10bingo I used the first book in this series as my “and so it begins”, and now I’m using this third and final book as my “this is the end” for CBR10bingo! Of course I read this series in the wrong order (two, one, three), but that’s just the usual for me! So we get back to Joe Cantrell in this book, and he’s got another new job. He’s sheriff of a small town in Texas, and he’s got a new […]
This ends well (J/k/, it’s Saga, you know it doesn’t).
How to write 250 words about Saga, Volume 5? I really struggle to sum up my thoughts on each volume, because I am possibly the worlds most ridiculous person when it comes to spoilers. I like to go into things like a newborn babe, with no knowledge or framing of the experience. So, what to say about this that doesn’t give anything away? Our main heroes (anti-heroes?) are still being chased, and still vacillating between making good and bad choices, with the dial swaying to […]
Going in, I expected truth. Coming out the other side, I think I just found a conspiracy theory.
I came into this book, after having read Michelle Alexander’s The New Jim Crow and a few other things that I can’t immediately recall, thinking that the basic premise of this book was an historical fact agreed upon by all knowledgeable people. The CIA helped funnel cocaine into American cities as a way of helping to fund the Contra’s in the 1980s. Whether this was all a concerted effort on the part of the white establishment to intentionally suppress African American agency is an issue […]
Putting the Blitz in Blitzkreig
Do you think you know a lot about World War Two? I think I know a lot about World War Two. I’ve read a lot of books, I’ve watched a lot of movies, I’ve listened to my husband natter on and on and on about his enormous mental collection of World War Two facts. But you know what I didn’t know? That the Nazis were on drugs the whole time! And that this explains literally everything about the war! Before I get into that, though, […]
“Sleep that knits the ravell’d sleeve of care…” sustains memories and enhances learning.
“Sleep that knits the ravell’d sleeve of care…” as well as sustains memories and enhances learning. Perhaps you will make or have made resolutions for the new year. May I propose that you make a “continuing resolution? That is one that you can maintain for the rest of your life. Here it is: I will get seven to eight hours of sleep each night. Impossible? Not necessarily. Reading Matthew Walker’s book Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams, will help you […]
Love and other strangenesses
Meet Shannon Mc Farland: in one night, she goes from atop the world to underneath it. Now, as anyone who’s read a Palahniuk novel knows, the problem is not giving away the twist, and dancing around this one is going to be difficult. This novel is about the bonds of love and friendship and the illusion of outward appearances. It touches on desperation, toxic families, and hatred: it does a bit more than flirt with suicide. For those of us with triggers related to drug […]