one book leads to another
I'm in the middle of Karin Slaughter's latest, The Silent Wife. It's a Will Trent novel. If you read In the Woods by Tana French, and if you loved Rob Ryan you will love Will Trent. I think this is probably her best work: it's seamless, funny, brutally graphic, wise. She writes / creates dialog … Continue reading shhhhh…
Hi, it's been a while 😦 I'm still getting used to this whole blog thing but I aim to post more frequently, starting now! The library on campus opened a few weeks ago, so I strolled over one lunch break to browse the New Books section. I grabbed two, one that I'd heard of: Front … Continue reading Can we talk?
I reviewed books for a local magazine, Business in Greater Gainesville, from 2016-2018. This was one of my favorites, published in 2017 (slightly updated). Full disclosure: I procrastinated choosing a book for this review. I submitted it in time, though, so no harm done. And that is precisely one of the points of The Art … Continue reading The Art of Procrastination
A vote for Donald Trump is a vote for Stephen Miller. And a vote for Stephen Miller is a vote for that guy in high school who would dump his garbage next to the trash can and refuse to pick it up because 'that's what the janitors get paid to do.' Oink. Stephen Miller, senior … Continue reading Hatemonger in Chief
2020 has been a weird year for reading. Some books have taken me months to get through. And there's a chunk of time missing from my tracking notebook - I'm sure I read something the first couple months of quarantine, but I didn't bother writing anything down. Typical pandemic behavior. The Last Mrs. Parrish by … Continue reading 2020 book roundup
Are you a page-a-day person? I'm into these kind of books. I don't read each one every single day, though, it depends on my mood. They all provide guidance but in different ways. One of my favorites is Hal Borland's Twelve Moons of the Year. Hal was a staff and editorial writer for the NY … Continue reading Page-a-day books
I love how one thing leads to another. Chatting with my brother, I mentioned that I just finished a book that I liked - the writing was smart and the voice of the main character just spoke to me - but the ending? Hated it. I don't want to be a complete spoiler so I'll … Continue reading Liked the book hated the ending
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