A few days ago, one of my far flung internet friends asked if I wanted to read something delightful. Natalie rarely recommends books, and each recommendation has ended up in my pantheon of favorites. I said yes, and here I am with a delightful book to recommend to you. One of Natalie's previous … [Read more]
Recent Reviews
“If I’ve learned one thing today, it’s that teenage girls make Moriarty look like a babe in the woods.”
Well, there goes my last Tana French book. When is the next one??? (Seriously. When. I need it.) Like the previous four Tana French books (all part of the Dublin Murder Squad series), this book follows a detective from the Murder Squad as they investigate a murder, all the while it gets sneakily … [Read more]
History and intrigue and a dash of WTF
I did not do myself any favors waiting so long to review The Serpent Garden, because now what I remember is that this book alternates between being pretty interesting and completely off-the-wall crazy. Let's start with the good, for which I'll just refer to the Goodreads summary: "The book opens … [Read more]
strumming the cosmic chord
What is this book? It’s a musical autobiography by The Talking Heads’ David Byrne. It’s an art manifesto. It’s a history of exploitation in the music business. It’s a punk rock how to guide. It’s cosmic mysticism and star science. It’s good. How Music Works is about how music is made, and how … [Read more]
Zailer & Waterhouse #8
There are two aspects to Sophie Hannah's Spilling CID series. First, the murder (or whatever crime, but mostly it's a murder) that occurs in each novel. These crimes are intricately plotted (I have literally never figured one out 100% ahead of time, and I read a lot of books like this), usually with … [Read more]
I’m Starting With The Man in the Mirror
Am I reviewing my own book? I am! I don't know if I'm the first Cannonballer to also write a book while completing a cannonball, but so be it! This collection puts together the first three of my splatterpunk novelettes: Boogeymen, Boogeymen 2: Creature Feature, and Boogeymen 3: Mischief Night. … [Read more]