Sometimes there is just a pleasing confluence of events. Litlove reviewed The Tapestry of Love a few weeks ago, and I thought it didn’t sound like the kind of thing I normally read at all, but that didn’t necessarily mean I wouldn’t like it / shouldn’t try it. So when the author emailed me to [...]
Archive for September, 2010
Review: The Tapestry of Love, Rosy Thornton
Posted in 3 Stars, Heard about from the internets, tagged elegant writing, France, I really can't reiterate enough how unbearably dull nature is to me, I think that Thoreau was insane (but in a nice way), mmmm blood sausage, Rosy Thornton, so very very behind on my book reviews, The Tapestry of Love on September 29, 2010 | 33 Comments »
Review: The Rock and the River, Kekla Magoon
Posted in 4 Stars, Heard about from the internets, tagged Aladdin, for young people, I really hate guns, I really know shockingly little about the Black Panther movement, Kekla Magoon, racism, sometimes I suspect my puppy is not as attuned to my moods as I might like her to be, The Rock and the River on September 23, 2010 | 44 Comments »
If I may borrow a phrase from Renay, this book punched me in the soul. I have a thing where anything about slavery and civil rights struggles and that business immediately makes my heart hurt and then when the inevitable family member dies or gets sold or whatever, I cry and cry, and that’s why [...]
I love y’all in the face
Posted in Misc., tagged forgive me for I come from a very affectionate and compliment-prone family on September 13, 2010 | 47 Comments »
Today, the first day of Book Blogger Appreciation Week, you are supposed to talk about great new blogs you’ve discovered in the past year. This is problematic for me because I have a wobbly relationship with time and can’t remember when I discovered anything, and also because there are so many wonderful blogs it’s hard [...]
Absolutely spoiler-free review of Mockingjay
Posted in 3 Stars, Heard about from the internets, tagged does anything else rhyme with consistent?, don't judge me but I frequently like Carly Simon and have been known to play "You're So Vain" and sing along with it while driving on the highway, dystopia, I was Team Katniss and I can't say how that worked out for me because I'm avoiding spoilers, Mockingjay, Spoiler-Free September, Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games, would a parent really name her two kids Katniss and Primrose? Katniss? and then Primrose? I'm just not sure that would really happen on September 9, 2010 | 39 Comments »
I have had Carly Simon’s “Mockingbird” stuck in my head for the past week and a half. Except instead of “bird” I keep hearing “jay”. Mock–ye-ah; ing–ye-ah; jay–ye-ah. It’s gotten kind of old. All the time I was reading Mockingjay I’ve had this song in my head, and ever since then. To my joy, I [...]
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