In April, I spent a month in Istanbul, and that city was one of the most amazing places I’ve ever been. It was modern and historic, beautiful and creative, and that blend of Asian and European is something that can actually be seen. Put aside its physical beauty, and Istanbul is seriously one of the most interesting and fascinating places. And during my last week there, I took myself to the Museum of Innocence, even though I’ve never read Orhan Pamuk’s famed book of the […]
Being seen, being acknowledged: Worth its weight in gold.
Everybody’s experiences are different, right? Nobody had the same exact high school experience as anybody else; nobody’s Christmases, or prison terms, or piano recitals are exactly alike; And nobody’s experience of parenting is exactly 100% the same as any others. But the thing about writing is that it takes all the things that are unique and singular, and somehow makes them feel universal. There’s something about mothering, about parenting, something about loving a child so much to the exclusion of all else that, even though […]
“Amory Lorch, Cersei Lannister, Chiswyck, Dunsen, Gregor Clegane, Ilyn Payne, Joffrey Baratheon, Meryn Trant, Forel Polliver, Raff the Sweetling, The Hound, The Tickler, Weese”…
They broke the mold after Dumas wrote “The Count of Monte Cristo.” There will never be a revenge plot as ambitious, as smooth, as Rube Goldbergian, as violent, as tense, or as passionate as this. This is the Ur Revenge Plot. I devoured this book. Inhaled it. And it’s partly because my brain melted a bit after the election, and then I was doggedly rebuilding my spirits with Solnit’s “Hope in the Dark” (TBR) (GET OFF MY BACK), and then it was Thanksgiving, and I […]
Court is in Session
3.5 stars. I love a good courtroom mystery so when I heard about The Verdict, I decided to give it a go. The story centers on Terry Flynt, a man in middle age who has struggled to get his life together and build a true career after alcoholism stole away his youth. He’s finally found something he loves doing as a law clerk. He really likes the detail work and he has the potential to be great someday. When he gets the case of the […]
Inside the mind of a girl who names things
“She’d strayed from the true way of things. First you set yourself to rights. And then your house. And then your corner of the sky. And after that… Well, then she didn’t rightly know what happened next. But she hoped that after that the world would start to run itself a bit, like a gear-watch proper fit and kissed with oil. That was what she hoped would happen.” Auri is a character introduced in the Kingkiller Chronicles. The Slow Regard of Silent Things is a […]
“Extreme good, extreme evil: the abilities required are similar.”
Oh Margaret Atwood. I wish I could quit you. Seriously. Your books are so damn disturbing. I think Handmaid’s Tale broke my wee brain as a preteen and I have distrusted male authority and religion ever since. This book deals with romantic relationships, female friendships, the other woman and the perceptions of evil. However, unlike many of Atwood’s books, it is not a work of science fiction. Three friends, who met in college gather monthly in mid 90s, maybe early 2000s Toronto for monthly luncheons. […]
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