Ernest Cline has a lot going for him: His first major novel (Ready Player One) was a huge success, it is being turned into a movie directed by Steven Spielberg, and he is getting a screenwriting credit. Cline’s follow up to Ready Player One is Armada. In the simplest of terms, it’s the story of some nerds who try to save the world. Like Ready Player One, Armada is a story largely told through nerd culture references from the 1970s to the present. However, while […]
“She was a blonde. A blonde to make a bishop kick a hole in a stained glass window. “
“Even on Central Avenue, not the quietest dressed street in the world, he looked about as inconspicuous as a tarantula on a slice of angel food.” I’m gonna admit right up front that the fourth star of my rating comes entirely from Raymond Chandler and his way with words. Nobody knew how to turn a phrase like good old Ray-Ray. I mean, what a guy. What a kick he must have been at parties. I don’t normally read books for language alone. I’m an emotional […]
A celebrity book that isn’t a memoir. With science! And research!
I can’t believe I’m only now finishing my first book of the year. It’s January 11th! What am I doing with my life??? Anyway, this was an excellent first book of the year. I can’t even tell you how refreshing it is to read a book written by a celebrity that isn’t a self-obsessed money grab that makes too much of too little (if any) substance. It’s also well-written. And entertaining. And informative. And helpful! Several years ago when Aziz Ansari was putting together some […]
They hate us ’cause they ain’t us!
This review is for the audio version of this book. As a public service announcement, I recommend that you check in with your local library to see if they support OneClickdigital or other apps that let you download audiobooks to your smartphone via library membership. I have listened to a lot of hot bestsellers this way for free! Free! This book has been reviewed at least a few times on this site already. While Why Not Me? was less expansive than her first book, I […]
Definitely fantasy genre now
When The Dark is Rising started I was very confused. It was supposed to be the second book in a series, right? But, it starts with completely different characters and in a different village than Over Sea, Under Stone. Only as time goes on, do we see the connection. Will Stanton is the seventh son of a seventh son and just about to turn 11 years old. Up until that point, he is a normal kid who has no idea there is anything special about […]
Christie takes a very old trope and makes it work.
I love listening to Agatha Christie books when it’s cold outside. It’s so cozy and comforting and British. This one didn’t disappoint, although it’s not my favorite of hers so far. The dead body found in the library conceit was old even back in 1941 when The Body in the Library was first published. Good old Agatha got ahold of it and decided to make it her own. There is indeed a body found in a library at the start of this book, but in quite […]
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