My book club’s May/June book is The Reason I Jump by Naoki Higashida (David Mitchell of Cloud Atlas fame spearheaded its English translation). I don’t personally know anyone on the autism spectrum, but I have acquaintances affected by this and I am always eager to learn more about the way we are and … [Read more]
Recent Reviews
I bought the hardback.
Anthony Doerr’s All the Light We Cannot See has been on a lot of lists recently and I can certainly see why. Bear with me - I finished it a couple months ago, but have been too busy to write up any of my books, so I might not recall all the reasons it’s so wonderful. The novel centers around two … [Read more]
Oh, this was the world and I was living in the midst of it
Has it really only been two years since Karl Ove came into my life? It seems that I can't remember a time when I wasn't caught up in the drama and minutiae and grandeur that is his 6 book opus, My Struggle. The fourth book, alternately titled Dancing in the Dark is the latest to be translated into … [Read more]
Sh*t don’t mean sh*t
I'm still going back and forth on whether this should be a 4 or 3 star. Maybe I'll get to the bottom of that conundrum by the time I finish this review. I warn you, there will be spoilerish content here as I work through my feelings on this book, so if you are sensitive to such things read no … [Read more]
Well, this one will be a movie soon, I bet
Mary Kubica's The Good Girl has been endlessly compared to Gone Girl (primarily because the titles are similar, would be my bet), and while it offers similar suspense and mystery, it's really a different book. It's not quite as good, in my opinion -- just not as tightly plotted -- but still very … [Read more]
SCTV, SNL, Broadway & Hollywood
I didn't know too much about Martin Short before listening to the audio version of his autobiography, I Must Say. His time on SCTV and SNL came before I started watching those shows, and his late night talk show on Comedy Central -- Primetime Glick -- made me crazy (he has created a lot of … [Read more]