What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions by Randall Munroe
I've been a long-time reader of xkcd comics, although perhaps not to the level that some readers get (I completely forgot about "Time" until it had finished, although I have since read the Wikipedia article on the story multiple times). I sometimes imagine that he and Henry Reich of Minute Physics … [Read more]
Flying Solo by Linda Holmes
These books really hammer home the difficulties of finding a HEA later in life, don't they? What do you do when you have a life and like that life? How can someone fit into your life without it becoming a whole thing? The story here, set in the same charming whiter than white town of Somewhere, … [Read more]
The Candy House by Jennifer Egan
This was an interesting book, perhaps a bit too clever for its own good. Having just finished another book with a very similar framing narrative (Homegoing), I can say it's not always distracting to do the whole "each subsequent chapter is based on something/someone from the prior chapter" thing. … [Read more]
A Delicate Balance by Edward Albee
This is a play by Edward Albee, and boy does it feel like it. Agnes, a woman in her later fifties, opens the play with a discussion of possibly losing her mind. This is taken as sport by her husband Tobias, and her sister Claire who lives in the house with them. One of the prevailing motifs in the … [Read more]
Othello by William Shakespeare
You might not realize this, but very well-known movie "O" is actually based on an obscure 17th century play called "Othello". I find this one of Shakespeare's oddest tragedies, alongside Romeo and Juliet because for whatever reason, the ones in which someone is looking for social mobility, … [Read more]
The Undaunted by Kate Archer
CBR 14 Bingo: Cozy An Heyer-esque read, this book has minimal angst, maintains cheer, and ends happily all round. Caroline is the latest of the young women to be presented by the Society of Sponsoring Ladies, but being set loose on the scandalous city of Brighton may end up too much for her … [Read more]
