I read Shades of Milk and Honey earlier this year for CBR and greatly enjoyed it. It was a terrific blend of Regency fun and original fantasy. The, I discovered that there was an entire series. It’s sort of like waking up one morning to discover an entire season of Arrested Development on Netflix, amirite? Of course, I went to the library to get the other three books (correction: my home library had books 3 and 4; I went to a neighboring library in the […]
Probably my biggest disappointment in 2014.
I read Reading Lolita in Tehran over eight years ago and loved it. I recognized the immense privilege I’ve had to read an array of literature without fear of arrest or persecution. I began to appreciate the power of a good book. I was excited to hear that Nafisi had a new book about the power of imagination in American fiction. And what a disappointment it turned out to be. The Republic of Imagination hinges on the argument that America is no longer the republic […]
Reading a CBR Favorite for the first time
As you all know by now, emmalita was my book Santa this year. Here’s how awesome she is: she loaned me this ebook, to see if I’d like it. Courtney Milan is a popular writer around the Cannonball Read. I’m not a reader of romance, so I don’t keep up with the genre. But I noticed that people around here LOVE Milan. With a fervent, vocal ardor. So, in my CBR Book Exchange Wish List, I mentioned that I would be willing to give her […]
A Booker Winner that doesn’t disappoint
Every year, I try to keep up with the major book prize winners. I have not cracked open any of the Pulitzer or National Book Award winners recently (but The Goldfinch is on my list, I swear!), but I’ve done okay with the Man Booker Prize winners (and I don’t get any chance to read most of the finalists–time is not on my side, sadly). I read 2013’s winner The Luminaries this year and loved it. So when this year’s winner was also an ANZAC […]
A fascinating labyrinth of a novel
I read Cloud Atlas two years ago and liked it but didn’t LOVE it. I thought the end didn’t quite come together the way Mitchell wanted it to. I was definitely reluctant to dive into The Bone Clocks, because it *is* a heavy book. But I’m really glad I did–I think I like this better than Cloud Atlas! It all starts when Holly Sykes runs away from home in the 1980s. She is telepathic, with the ability to “hear” people inside her mind, and her […]
Books? For me? BEST DAY EVER.
I’ve received a lot of packages in the mail, since The Chancellor and I did a majority of our Christmas shopping online this year, but it’s always been presents for someone. Not today. Today, the presents are for ME. This is the haul that I got from emmalita, who also graciously loaned me an ebook of hers to test out an author: The Chancellor read A Year of Living Biblically by A.J. Jacobs a few years back and LOVED IT. He’s been at me to […]
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