What the fuck did I just read? I think I liked it? It definitely kept me guessing, that’s for sure. This book isn’t for the faint hearted. There’s lots of gore, violence, and even a little horror. I wouldn’t say it was a scary book per se, but a lot of crazy shit happens in The Library at Mount Char. The narrative flits back and forth between the main character, Carolyn, as an adult and as a child. As a child her parents were killed […]
Charming is the keyword here
This book is pretty adorable. If you liked The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society, 84 Charing Cross Road, or The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry, you’ll love The Readers of Broken Wheel Recommend. It’s a book about books. I might even say it’s a book about books about books. Sara, a Swedish bookseller, becomes friends and pen pals with an elderly woman, Amy, living in Iowa. They eventually decide to meet and Sara gets her tourist visa and hops on over to the United […]
Luckily I gave in to peer pressure
3.5 stars. After seeing all the positive reviews on CBR for this little romance book, I had to check it out to see what all the fuss was about. Turns out you all have great taste (this wasn’t a surprise). I hadn’t read much contemporary romance until this past year, but this is a good addition to my ever-growing shelf of fun, modern romance. Act Like It centers around Lainie Graham and Richard Troy. Lainie is a stage actress on the rise performing in the […]
An American in Paris
I have no idea where I heard about this book and I didn’t really know what it was about when I went into it, so I was surprised that I ended up loving it as much as I did. It was a quiet kind of book, the kind that just tugs you along until you’re in so deep that you don’t know what hit you. Grace lives in Paris working as an under-the-table employee at a somewhat shady restoration shop. She’s an American and she’s […]
Apocalyptic!
Science fiction writer Connie Willis is the winner of numerous Hugo and Nebula awards, including one of each for The Doomsday Book. This novel is an ingenious combination of themes such as time travel, pandemics, and faith. Her characters, whether Oxford University researchers in 2054 or English villagers in the 14th century, are fully realized individuals, with responsibilities, fears, jealousies, and loves. They will all be put to the test when tragedy strikes, and we see that, despite a 700 year time divide, people are […]
What the fuck did I just read?
Seriously though…what the fuck did I just read??? That’s not rhetorical, that’s not me being cute, and that’s not a set up to explain to you lovely readers what the fuck I did just read. It’s just the first thought that sprang into my head after closing Alvaro Enrigue’s gloriously weird Sudden Death. Reading this book reminded me of the first time I read Roberto Bolano’s masterpiece 2666 (and in fact the same translator worked on both books. That can’t be a coincidence). They’re both […]
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