Did you ever think about where colors come from? I mean, when you’re not high, for real think about it? I never gave it much thought before reading Christopher Moore’s ‘Comedy D’Art’ Sacré Bleu, and now I find myself thinking about it all the damn time. Sacré Bleu is so named because it revolves around a very specific shade of blue, an ultramarine so pure and vibrant that it’s very hard to duplicate & often was reserved for paintings of the Blessed Virgin. What Moore tries […]
Vampires on the Mississippi
If you
The Lowland. Read it.
Now this is my type of book. Expertly plotted, beautiful prose, rich compelling characters
Badkittyuno’s Review #7: Fear Nothing by Dean Koontz
“Never leave a friend behind. Friends are all we have to get us through this life–and they are the only things from this world that we could hope to see in the next.” I love this book. I really do. I’m not certain why, really. Dean Koontz is a schmaltzy writer. He overuses analogies and some of them are rather bizarre. Many of his books have similar details — bad ass chicks, unlikely heroes, a golden retriever or two. They start to blur together after […]
Em and the big Hoom – Review #4 for AamilTheCamel
I propped this book up on the wash basin because I did not want to stop reading it while brushing my teeth.
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Not only did Bulawayo’s debut novel make it on to the longlist for the Booker, it got to the shortlist. It’s won some other awards too. It seems if you have a child as your narrator, people are willing to overlook AN AWFUL LOT when it comes to the book itself. I found it a patience testing bore and can’t really see why people are loving it so much. The full review is on my blog here and my Booker Longlist challenge continues with my […]