by Sondra Marshak and Myrna Culbreath “The two Vulcans moved as one. Spock began chopping into the no-mouths with great double-handed blows that no flesh could stand against. Savaj picked up a no-mouth and used it as a battering ram. Rand stiff-armed the cone-noses with the heel of her hand. Scott found some way of heaving them over, and McCoy was making some effort to come up over the top after Kirk.” So, Marshak and Culbreath. We meet again. Who knows what the hell these […]
A BFF finds TLA
Patience Bloom says: “Around five a.m. I put on my clothes—noticing my boots are still on—and leave his apartment. The victorious rush of leaving without being asked fuels me. I am such a strong, independent woman who doesn’t need to linger. I can’t waste a second since I have an entire day in which to spread the news of my whorishness. I want to scream across the Île Saint-Louis, I just had my first one-night stand! But I don’t since it’s five in the morning […]
Tried to swear off young adult fiction; failed
I can
Somedays you need to read fluff
Sometimes it
Chunk 4 of 4
#40: The Grim Grotto by Lemony Snicket: 1 star. #41: The Penultimate Peril by Lemony Snicket: 1 star. #42: The End by Lemony Snicket: 1 star. #43: Bachelor’s Anonymous by P.G. Wodehouse: 1 star. #44: A Wind in the Door by Madeleine L’Engle: 1 star. #45: The Sign of the Four by Arthur Conan Doyle: 2 stars. #46: Dear Girls Above Me: Inspired by a True Story by Charlie McDowell: 4 stars. #47: Hyperbole and a Half: Unfortunate Situations, Flawed Coping Mechanisms, Mayhem, and Other Things […]
Sharply, Darkly, Beautiful
This magical, dark and complex book was also a gift. It came in a bag of books from a friend that I promised to take to the charity shop (I will at some point!) and it called to me from the bag like a jewel in the (Beast Quest and Goosebumps) rough. It is told from the viewpoint of fourteen-year-old Evie, who after four years is finally able to tell her adoptive parents about the shattered ribs she has kept secret. The story begins as […]
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