A Dirty Job by Christopher Moore A Dirty Job is quirky, weird, dark, and creative, if a little clumsily plotted. For some people, it might also be hilarious, though it didn’t hit my humor wavelength quite right. I needed a book for a car trip, and this was on sale at Audible, so I …
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Nov 28
Book Review: Everlost
Everlost by Neal Shusterman This book reminds me of why I like to read middle grade and YA novels–they are less likely to suck. This novel has adventure, danger, mystery, creepy settings, good characters–basically everything you might hope for from a book written for adults, except for the kissing (only one kiss, and it’s chaste.) …
Nov 17
Book Review: Julie and Julia
Julie and Julia: 365 Days, 524 Recipes, 1 Tiny Apartment Kitchen by Julie Powell There’s a certain type of people who believe that a New York address and having done something attention-grabbing and arduous is the only necessary prerequisite for writing a memoir. However, other memoirs have taught me these traits do not automatically instill the necessary writing …
Nov 03
Book Review: It’s What He Would’ve Wanted
It’s What He Would’ve Wanted: A Novel by Sean Hughes If jokes about suicide make you chuckle, then you might enjoy IT’S WHAT HE WOULD’VE WANTED by Sean Hughes. It’s very dark, set in London, and not for the squeamish or demure. Sean Hughes is billed on the back flap as a famous humorous writer. …
Oct 17
Book Review: How to Be Good
How to Be Good by Nick Hornby Katie Carr is a doctor married to the angriest man in Holloway. Even though she’s having an affair and doesn’t always care as much about her patients as she thinks she ought to, she’s secure in the knowledge that she is a good person. Of course she’s a …