I told Colleen at Foreign Circus Library that I love books about research, and she ever so kindly sent it to me in the post! Lucky me, I read it over the weekend. Poor Connie has just got through with her qualifying exams – sounds like a nightmare, that lot, I don’t think I was [...]
Archive for June, 2009
The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane, Katherine Howe
Posted in 3 Stars, Heard about from the internets, tagged early efforts, historical fiction, Katherine Howe, The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane on June 30, 2009 | 10 Comments »
Shiny treats in the post
Posted in Misc. on June 23, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I was all sick and unhappy today, but on the other hand, I got a bunch of books from the library on Sunday, including a number of books about Iran – would you believe, with all this shit going down in Iran that is all over the news all the time and everyone is fighting [...]
Understanding Comics, Scott McCloud
Posted in 4 Stars, Heard about from the internets, tagged feminism (and not), graphic novels, incest and rape, Magritte, nonfiction, Scott McCloud, time travel, Understanding Comics on June 22, 2009 | 10 Comments »
In Understanding Comics, Scott McCloud writes about the structure, creation, history, and vocabulary (among other things!) of comics. He does it, of course, in graphic novel form, with a little cartoon Scott McCloud telling us what is going on. I love this because when he talks about a technique that graphic novels use, voila, he [...]
Wear green this week.
Posted in Uncategorized on June 18, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I wish I could do something more helpful for Iran. I want justice to triumph.
Takin’ Over the Asylum
Posted in 2 Stars, tagged A History of Psychiatry, David Tennant, Edward Shorter, mental illness, nonfiction, Takin' Over the Asylum on June 15, 2009 | 4 Comments »
So when I was a wee lass, struggling with greater than/less than and detesting long division that ended with remainders (this is why I don’t like math! – because lots of things end up with solutions that are very untidy and not whole numbers AT ALL), the BBC was creating a miniseries about a DJ [...]
The Witch of Portobello, Paulo Coehlo
Posted in 2 Stars, Heard about from the internets, tagged Paulo Coehlo, preachy, The Witch of Portobello, translation on June 13, 2009 | 7 Comments »
Oh, this started out so promisingly. I loved the idea of a bunch of different people telling the story of this one women. I loved how the book would create a space around her that would leave you wondering and wondering what she was thinking all along – like The Moonstone does with Rachel, you [...]
You know what I love, Internet?
Posted in Misc., tagged David Tennant, the aristocracy, World Wars on June 10, 2009 | 10 Comments »
Internet, I will tell you what I love. I love stories set in Britain right before, during, between, and right after the World Wars. I LOVE THEM. Cf. The Little Stranger, The Shooting Party, The House at Riverton, Baltimore, Those Who Hunt the Night, Love Lessons, The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, The [...]
