Look, any book that’s described as “Nick and Norah’s Infinate Playlist meets Easy A…” is a book I’m going to have to read. I think what made me take notice was Steph Perkins (an amazing YA author in her own right) tweeting about it, and my needing something light and fluffy to read. I’ve been feeling in a reading rut lately, starting and stopping a few books because I just can’t get into the right headspace. Well, Kissing Ted Callahan has cleared that up, and this […]
“You have epiphanies all the time. They just don’t have any effect.”
I love Carrie Fisher’s performance in the original Star Wars films, and in The Force Awakens; her eyes in particular slew me. It was her appearance on 30 Rock, however, and her sharp, wild and funny chat show appearances on Conan and The Graham Norton Show, as well as her comments on Hollywood, that made me want to read her books. I began with Postcards from the Edge (1987). It’s very good. It’s a fragmented sort of narrative that reflects its title; it begins with […]
Someone read this and talk to me about it, now!
Twelve hours after finishing this book and turning it over in my head I’m still not sure if Marjorie Barrett was a) possessed by a demon. b) an incredibly bright but mentally ill young woman whose psychotic break was exacerbated by her father’s religious mania and her deteriorating family situation c)a convoluted combination of both. That conundrum is only a part makes A Head Full of Ghosts a complex and really amazing work of horror fiction that I managed to blaze through in less than […]
Not Uncle Stevie’s best, but still worth a read if you’re a Constant Reader.
Constant Reader, there’s nothing I like more than a new book of Stephen King short stories. Ever since I was a little Scoots, I can remember paging through dog-eared copies of Night Shift, Skeleton Crew, and the Bachman Books have been tried and true favorites. Classics like The Mist, The Running Man, The Raft, Mrs. Todd’s Shortcut, and The Jaunt have been read over and over through the years. And more recently, we’ve seen great collections, like Just After Sunset and Everything’s Eventual, both filled […]
I cannot even begin to describe the plot of this one
Once a month, I spend $14.95 on my Audible subscription, which allows me one download for free. I used seven of these last year on the Dark Tower books, both because I wanted the whole series downloaded on audio, and also because I knew I’d be getting the most bang for my buck — the last book in the series was like 42 hours long. Now that I’ve finished those, I think I’ve found a new source for excellent and LONG audiobooks — Neal Stephenson. Reamde took […]
What Obi-Wan Did
Before I begin the review, I should probably confess something. I’m a total Star Wars nut. Have been since I was a youngling. As a wee Gen X’er, I knew Alec Guinness as the wise older Obi-Wan. As a grownup, I was amused by the younger, funner, funnier Obi-Wan of Ewan McGregor. Even if the poor guy was saddled with that horrible Anakin kid. The Obi-Wan of this book is clearly the Ewan McGregor version, as evidenced by the cover shot, as well as the […]