In today’s culture, where the word ‘heiress’ brings to mind someone like Paris Hilton and an alarmingly large percentage of the world’s population would do just about anything to be famous, Huguette Clark seems like a throwback to an era long past despite having only passed away two and a half years ago.
The Life of Frado
When I started off reading this book, I thought it was going to be about the mother Mag’s journey with her mixed race daughter Frado.
I hate everything
Full disclosure: I’m a sucker for Amazon’s Daily Deals and getting books imported immediately to my phone/Kindle for, like, $2, so I end up reading a lot of shit. Like, a lot. I should probably get Prime so I can just rent books instead. Because I should probably be embarrassed to have read as much of this as I did. I didn’t finish it. I couldn’t finish it. I’ll add an extra book to this year. Pinky swear. Anyway, this particular piece of cow dung […]
More Than Just The Da Vinci Code
Like many in the early 2000
Combat Corpsman: A Navy SEAL Medic in Vietnam
In which Siege climbs back on the CBR horse with a tale of a young medic’s adventures in Vietnam.
A Story of the Future Set Mostly in the Past
Mistaken assumptions – Victorian literature – house party mysteries – fictional detectives – the timelessness of history – the unreliability of perception – love at first sight – the nature of cats – this conversation has happened before – this conversation will certainly happen again – the indomitable will of a woman on a mission – Ned really needs a vacation. First and foremost, To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis is a fun read. It is a smart, comedic, time-traveling Sci-fi novel […]