He or she just painted the skull on the plane this time! Where’s the nuance in that? It’s no Grim Reaper on a ski lift, I can tell you that. A skull in the clouds would’ve been more imaginative. In all of the Henry Tibbett books I’ve read so far, his wife, Emmy, seems to usually be a prop for him to take on vacation or call occasionally, saying he’s going to be late so keep the roast warm because what else could she possibly be […]
If You Can’t Do Edgy Humor Right Then Don’t Do It at All
I was in the Midwest for 9/11, in my high school chemistry class. The teacher still made up complete our lab work and still expected our lab reports on September 12th. So 9/11 was a sad day, but it wasn’t until I moved to New York State years later that I realized how much that day changed people here. Everyone here has a story of sorrow or almost sorrow. I don’t know if there is acceptable 9/11 humor. But I know it’s not this mess. […]
In Space No One Can Hear Your Snark
Taking this book to Cape Cod in mid May to read about the below freezing temperatures on Mars’ surface while on a freezing cold beach was probably not the best idea. Weir’s descriptive writing really does transport you to Mars and it is not human hospitable up there. Mark Watney, one of the first six people to step onto Mars, becomes the first resident of the planet. Watney, injured and presumed dead, gets left behind on the red planet and has to MacGyver his way […]
Girl Undecided
I know I’m not in the majority here, but I just did not love this book as much as everyone else did. Or maybe I did. I really can’t make up my mind about it. I did stay up until 3am to finish it in one day. Rachel is a woman on a downward spiral after her husband left her, her job fired her and her alcoholism is out of control. She takes the train every day to fool her roommate into thinking she’s still […]
Not Laura Lippman
A lot of my initial disappointment with this book was because I was reading under the assumption that McMahon was Laura Lippman, a murder mystery author I adore, and thought Lippman had taken temporary leave of her senses when she wrote this. Only she didn’t write it and I think this was McMahon’s first novel, so it’s a bit unfair that I was holding it to such a high bar, but there it is. McMahon can’t decide if she’s writing a ghost story or a […]
Hey, Not Every Review I Write is Negative!
After reading a string of unsatisfying fantasy, I danced with joy when Clariel was released because I knew Garth Nix would not disappoint. If you have not read his Abhorsen trilogy yet, you should get on that immediately, especially if you are a fan of young adult fantasy with strong women characters. You could start with this book, because it’s a prequel to the trilogy and covers lot of the basics of the world building, I think it makes a better companion piece to the trilogy […]
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