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“but safe in sound you’ll go to sleep”

Nighttime Symphony by Timbaland

February 21, 2019 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I almost did not write a review for Nighttime Symphony by Timbaland, Christopher Myers and Kaa Illustration. As this picture book (out May 2019) is one of the books that make me think/say, “Book good. Read.” Of course, the Tarzan mentality only gets you so far. The review needs to talk about the story: The sounds of the city lull a baby to sleep. Of course, they are loud sounds, soft sounds, unique sounds to the city. The father is telling, in lyrical text, this […]

John Rain is a new character for me… and I like him

August 22, 2018 by kfishgirl Leave a Comment

Listicle… cbr10bingo So I cheated a little with this one. I read it first, and then I found a list it was on 🙂 However, the list toooootally applies to me! It’s called “What the over 35’s are reading”, and here it is: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/83374.2015_What_the_Over_35_s_Are_Reading I’m very much an over 35 (by 2 whole years!), so this list appeals to me. I’m going to go back to it and see if there are other books on it I’d like! Enough about my old age, back to […]

Beautiful prose, sexy twenties parties and all that jazz.

July 18, 2017 by tillie Leave a Comment

“No amount of fire or freshness can challenge what a man will store up in his ghostly heart.” Right, so the Great Gatsby. I‘m pretty much on a quest to re-read all the classics that I read as a teenager and never really got. The Great Gatsby is one of those romanticized novels that most people say is about Gatsby who’s hopelessly in love with Daisy. So much in love that even though she basically dumped him by telling him “Hey-yo I’ll be marrying someone […]

Most human activities are predicated on the assumption that life goes on. If you take that premise away, what is there left?

August 31, 2016 by borisanne 3 Comments

I couldn’t tell you the last time I read Murakami, but I now remember that the last time I read him, I swore I would read all of his work, and I’m making that oath again. He is magnificently imaginative, terrifying, mystical, and believable all at once. He throws you into the deep end and patiently waits for you to swim or drown; he doesn’t care which happens. He moves the finish line just as you’re about to reach it, over and over again. You […]

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