Dictionarily, the word prolixity means to write, or speak, at great or even excessive, length. Prolixity is probably not meant as a compliment, but as a lover of words, I empathize with the wordy. It is also the nom de Internet of long time Cannonballer and kiss book reading enabler, Mrs. Prolixity Julien. Mrs. Julien has previously reviewed Penny Reid’s Neanderthal Seeks Human as well as other books in the Knitting in the City series. When Mrs. Julien, among others, says she likes a book, […]
If Drew is Capt. America, then Grey is Thor
The first thing you need to know is that I enjoyed reading The Friend Zone every bit as much as I enjoyed The Hook Up and I am grateful to Malin for bringing both into my life. I feel like I need to start with this because I pick this ones nits more than I did The Hook Up’s. Mostly this is because I’ve waited longer to review The Friend Zone, so you are getting my week plus later assessment, instead of immediate after glow. […]
That gif, tho
Malin reviewed The Hook Up a few days ago and made it sound pretty irresistible. And then she made it harder to resist by sending me a copy. She is a good person and will surely be rewarded in whatever afterlife happens, or maybe next year, who knows. When I started to read the book, I came across a moment with Anna (our female protagonist) and her best friend Iris in which Anna mentions she has this gif (->) on her computer. Any one who […]
Tell them Carl Sagan Sent You!
Atomic Robo is pretty perfect for reading while reading other things. It’s just right for a 5 minute breather, and also holds up well to marathoning. The story line is not difficult to follow, but is still thoroughly engaging. I’m skipping over reviewing Volume 2: Atomic Robo and the Dogs of War, because I would say pretty much the same thing I said for Volume 1 and I will say for Volume 3 – Atomic Robo is smart and funny and you should go read […]
Fear is the Original Sin
I have a fondness in my heart for Canada as a result of repeated readings of L.M. Montgomery’s Ann of Green Gables series during my childhood. Canada seemed like the opposite of Texas – cool, green, and full of people who loved you because you were difficult. I stopped reading Ann of Green Gables as a teen, but I would list it as a series that shaped my life. At no point, however, had it ever occurred to me that the author might have had […]
Romance, Pirates, and Poe’s Law
I started reading romance novels back in the late 1980’s when I fell in with the wrong crowd in college. We were rebels. We read romances instead of watching soap operas. And we smoked. Rebels, I tell you. The late 1980’s was a tough time for the Romance genre. The bodice rippers of Kathleen Woodiwiss and Rosemary Rodgers were becoming dated, but the genre (or publishers of the genre) still weren’t comfortable with a woman having independent sexual desires. Date rape and marital rape were […]
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