One of my closest friends hiked the Pacific Crest Trail (PCT) a few years ago. She’s an experienced hiker; she did the Appalachian Trail a few years prior to that. (And we’re talking through-hike. All eleventy million miles of it. Both the AT and the PCT. This is something I would never do. I don’t pee outside, let alone hike. I’m not really sure how it is we’re friends.) Anyway, my hiker friend happened to be visiting while I was reading Wild, and I asked […]
The one that’s kind of like The Hunger Games, but…not at all
I feel like everyone on the planet has read this book, so I’m not sure what else I can add to the discussion. We all know the story by now: a dystopian Chicago, teenagers who have to choose their faction – and their future as well, the brave young girl who goes against the grain, the realization that we may not all fit in to one neat little box, the older mentor she sort of falls in love with, the sacrifices of the parents. I […]
The one where the guy isn’t quite as hot as Ranger, but he’ll do
Oh, Janet. I love you. I love your slightly control freak women who don’t exactly have a handle on their lives, your devilishly handsome men who like to live in the grey area of morality, and most especially, the wacky hijinks you cook up. The Chase picks up where The Heist left off, with FBI Special Agent Kate O’Hare and master criminal Nick Fox (get it with the names?) secretly teaming up to recover a Chinese artifact that has gone missing. See, the Chinese loaned […]
The one where the crazy woman is better written than the crazy woman from Tampa
So it turns out that a) I forgot to post some links, and b) I’m crappy at writing reviews. But with the start of the school year (where the hell did summer go?), maybe I’ll get my act together. It’s impossible to review this book without spoilers, but since I think I’m the last person on Earth to read this, I’m not too worried I’m going to upset anyone. Either way, fair warning: spoilers ahead. Told in alternate voices, a technique I’m not a huge […]
The one where I still love that Scotsman…
The second book in Diana Gabaldon’s best-selling Outlander series, Dragonfly in Amber opens in present day (well, late 1960s, I think, if I do the math correctly, but more present day than eighteenth century). Claire has returned to Scotland after her husband Frank’s death, and she’s brought her daughter, tall red haired Brianna, with her. The trip is ostensibly a mother-daughter vacation, but Claire is actually looking for a way to tell Brianna that her real father is Jamie Fraser, the man Claire married in […]
The one where I really hope they don’t screw up the movie…
I finished this book a week or two ago, but I’ve sat on the review, because I’m haven’t been sure of