I only started reading the Discworld series a few years ago. I was up late at night, trying to think of things to buy for my new Kindle, and faced with the problem I always have when shopping for entertainment: What in the hell am I supposed to buy? All ideas tend to run from me in that situation, … [Read more]
Jules Verne the Man Who Invented the Future
This book is a biography of Jules Verne from the '60s that has been lying around the house. It was impossible to resist such a hyperbolic title, additionally the blurb claimed "he saw into the future". Naturally I was disappointed when Jules Verne never demonstrated actual clairvoyance. I've only … [Read more]
KayKay #CRB6 Review #02 The Lost Fleet: Dauntless by Jack Campbell
Minute Review After reading The Fault in Our Stars I was going to start … [Read more]
You’re lucky, he’s lucky, I’m lucky, we’re all lucky!
Oh god, another post-apocalyptic YA novel in an already littered field! … [Read more]
A May December Romance That Doesn’t Make Me Gag
My plan was to start 2014 off with a nice, important classic: namely, Walden by Thoreau. But then, What I Did for a Duke (2011) by Julie Anne Long became available at my library. Probably no one will be surprised when they hear that I am finished with What I Did for a Duke and only about ten percent … [Read more]
Hyperbole and a Half
I got this and Yes, Chef from my Cannonball book elf, Jeena Livance Lim. Can't even tell you how excited I was when I opened the box. Everyone has probably read this by now, but I've always been really good at being late to the party. Everyone also has probably heard about Allie Brosh's struggles … [Read more]





