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 […]
Good Concept That Didn’t Pan Out
This book was recommended to me by a bookclub friend. “Lesbian scientists!” she said. “There’s a drug that makes people see God (or Gods or G-d),” she said. It sounded like a cool idea, reminding me a little of Nexus by Ramez Naam or some post-William Gibson kind of thing about our modern technology gone just a little too far. My overall experience of reading this book was just “meh.” The concept did sound pretty interesting and it begins with a character who is a […]
Great action packed historical fiction with a dash of romance
This book just really did it for me. It is billed as a historical M/M romance, which I suppose it is, but if you’re looking for a proper ‘romance novel’, this is not it. In 1893 New York, Emlyn Strickland is the US Treasury’s best man for spotting counterfeit money. Emlyn testified against Darrow Gardiner 6 years ago, and Gardiner has spent the in between years in Sing Sing Prison nursing a grudge. Darrow feels betrayed by his old counterfeiting partner, August McKee, and uses […]
How Feelings Can Change
So, that title could refer to the hate-to-love relationship in this book, OR it could refer to my feelings about this book itself. I’m new to reviewing, and the reflection process is very interesting to me. My feelings for the book are all positive, and yet my analysis of the book is pretty negative. I don’t know where that leaves me. The more I think about it the more problems I have with it, and I kind of just want to keep the initial afterglow […]
I can’t wait to see what Bryan Fuller does with this source material
Shadow is serving time in prison, patiently keeping his head down and counting the days until his release. He longs to get home to Laura, his travel agent wife and passes the time learning coin tricks and dreaming of what they will do together once he’s out of jail. Only a few days before he’s due to be released, Shadow is told that Laura was killed in a car accident, along with Shadow’s best friend Robbie, whom Laura was apparently having an affair with. As […]
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