My Heart is a Chainsaw by Stephen Graham Jones
Promising: Maybe every final girl in the history of final girls has had a horror chick whispering to her from just off-screen. Maybe this isn’t a deviation but the usual build. Just one nobody ever knows about until they’re smack-dab in the beating heart of it. What? Jade looks at him with just … [Read more]
Cyberville: Clicks, Culture, and the Creation of an Online Town by Stacy Horn
A tip of the hat for tech & culture writer Joanne McNeil for mentioning this book in her excellent Lurking. Cyberville is the story of New York City's 1990s "online salon," Echo. Stacy Horn founded Echo and authored this book. However, the book features clips of lengthy discussions from Echo … [Read more]
Assassins of Thasalon by Lois McMaster Bujold
Knot of Shadows by Lois McMaster Bujold
Death in Venice by Thomas Mann
Basic Training by Kurt Vonnegut
The Ipcress File by Len Deighton
As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner
Assassins of Thasalon - 3/5 Stars I fear I am starting to get some Penric-fatigue, and I hope it's not Bujold fatigue as well. I have to say that the previous two entries in the series did little for me, and this one was more interesting, but won't stay with me much longer. It's also possible … [Read more]
An Island At War by Deborah Carr
Estelle has sent her younger sister Rosie away from their home just in time, for days later the Germans occupy the Channel Islands. Now both sisters must survive their respective environments as best as they can. I picked up this book despite the tiring similarity of many WW2 historicals because … [Read more]
I'm So (Not) Over You by Kosoko Jackson
While I like fake relationship, and I reallly like "we broke up but have worked on our issues and are not back together because there was never another for us," there's something about the way it all came together which fell a bit short of the mark. I did the thing which I know I shouldn't do and … [Read more]
Delilah Green Doesn't Care by Ashley Herring Blake
I liked this book, and all the things it was and wasn't. Was: a sapphic, small town, reunited after many years but not in a "we used to date and I have alwayssssssss loooooooooovvvedddddddd youuuuuuuuu I haveeee alwayssss loved you I have etc" type of way. Multiple female friends! Satisfying … [Read more]
