Having been a longtime listener to This American Life I was somewhat familiar with David Rakoff’s writings but hadn’t really devoted much time to him outside the podcast. Our book club chose to read his posthumous work Love, Dishonor, Marry, Die, Cherish, Perish to wrap up the year and it was an … [Read more]
Recent Reviews
Gulp
Mary Roach’s Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal was something I’d seen on The Colbert Report and thought “huh that seems really interesting, I should read that.” But I know myself and I know that if it weren’t for my book club selecting it, I probably would still have it on my “to read” … [Read more]
YA Post-Apocalyptic Time
The Infinite Sea y Rick Yancey is the sequel to his young adult bestseller The Fifth Wave and another post-apocalyptic YA novel. I highly recommend either grabbing a Cliff’s Notes on the first book or finding a quick summary if you’ve not read it in some time. I failed to do so and I found myself … [Read more]
What Angels Fear
As stated in my last review, I’m so behind that I definitely won’t achieve Full Cannonball status. I also don’t think the following review will be that comprehensive since it’s been months since I read the book in question. What Angels Fear by C.S. Harris is the first in a series of mysteries … [Read more]
Back to the Posting Board
Disclaimer: I’m super behind on writing up the books I’ve read. What can I say? Good things happening in my life have unfortunately meant I’ve had less time to read and write about said reading. I’m super behind on my TiVo too, if it makes you feel any better. This is all to say that the following … [Read more]
A Never Let Me Go For the Senior Set
I’ve never been a fan of dystopian YA fiction and I guess the opposite of that would be SA or senior adult fiction with a dystopian twist, which is what The Unit by Ninni Holmqvist would be. The premise of the story caught me a little off guard, but as a Never Let Me Go, senior citizen edition, I … [Read more]