When I started college, I thought I wanted to be a doctor, at least until I realized that I really, really don’t like touching people. I knew I would be okay with the icky stuff, but I’ve never been accused of having a bedside manner, and some psychic at the Dickens Fair a decade agoContinue reading “Human Skin Books and a Family Connection: (Sort of) a Review of Dark Archives by Megan Rosenbloom”
Category Archives: 100 Books for 2023
Sort of a Review: A Wind in the Door (Madeleine L’Engle)
When something terrible happens, as It often does, I find myself reaching for things I used to love. I have always been a bit of a hoarder. My desk is buried in notebooks I’ve kept since the 4th grade, stones from beaches around the world, bottle openers that I haven’t used since I’ve been sober,Continue reading “Sort of a Review: A Wind in the Door (Madeleine L’Engle)”
Review: The Swallowed Man (Edward Carrey)
This book is so weird in the best possible way. I hadn’t read a novel in almost two years before picking this one up this past January, and it was the perfect reintroduction to reading for pleasure. Edward Carey’s The Swallowed Man is a retelling of Pinocchio. A lonely woodcarver, Geppetto, carves a boy out of woodContinue reading “Review: The Swallowed Man (Edward Carrey)”
Review: A Deadly Education (Naomi Novik)
I started this book on Saturday morning after waking up with a headache and a general disinclination towards productivity, and I finished it that night around dinner. It’s marketed as adult fiction but felt more suited to YA, which I haven’t read in a long time. I didn’t mind, though, mainly because my total lackContinue reading “Review: A Deadly Education (Naomi Novik)”
Review: Billions and Billions (Carl Sagan)
I was not prepared to cry this much. It’s my fault; I should have done my research before reading Carl Sagan’s last work without tissues on hand. Reading this in 2023 is hard, and not just because of the tear-jerking epilogue by his window, Ann Druyun. Sagan touches on a number of topics in hisContinue reading “Review: Billions and Billions (Carl Sagan)”
Thoughts on The Stranger (Camus)
I haven’t read much Camus, but I picked up The Stranger to give a more productive critique of a friend’s upcoming novel. She is a big Camus fan, so I decided to give it a whirl. Reading this and Slaughterhouse Five on the same day was NOT good for my mental health, but it made me think, and IContinue reading “Thoughts on The Stranger (Camus)”
Review: The Chosen and the Beautiful (Nighi Vo)
If someone put a gun to my head and told me to read The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald again, I would make my peace with the world and ask them to get it over with. No judgment to anyone who loves that book. It’s a good book. But there are only so many times youContinue reading “Review: The Chosen and the Beautiful (Nighi Vo)”
Review: Furiously Happy (Jenny Lawson)
If I were stranded on a desert island and could only bring one item, it would be Furiously Happy by Jenny lawson. If I were the last human being alive in a rapidly imploding universe, it would be okay as long as I had Furiously Happy by Jenny Lawson. Whenever I break down crying becauseContinue reading “Review: Furiously Happy (Jenny Lawson)”
100 Books in 9 Months: My Worst Idea Yet
I have made a grand decision! I am going to read 100 books in the year 2023. I am unsure if this is a reasonable goal to set for myself, especially since I only started half way through April…but deciding to do something makes it real, and putting it on the internet sets it inContinue reading “100 Books in 9 Months: My Worst Idea Yet”
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