I just saw this on BookBub and I can’t shut up about it. It’s one of my favorite books! Okay, I have a million favorite books. But Ben Fountain’s Brief Encounters With Che Guevara ranks high. It obviously ranks on everyone’s list for it won the 2008 PEN/Hemingway Award (I don’t know about you but I can… Read More One of my favorite books, on sale
The English Teacher, Lily King, Grove Press, 256 pages Oh, oh, oh, what a beautifully written book! King’s prose shines in this bewildering story of the love and anguish between a mother and son. Vida, who teaches high school English, is harboring a terrible secret, and one she’s kept inside for years. After she marries… Read More Book review: The English Teacher, by Lily King
Well, we finally did it. We bought a recliner. It arrived, as so many things do, in a plain and rather large brown box. All day it sat in the sun in our yard guarded by the ever-so-fierce Seriously and her teddy bear. My partner and I tried to carry The Chair into the house… Read More My new reading chair
So much light! We’re presently up to almost fifteen (15!) hours of daylight up here in Anchorage, and we’re gaining a giddy five minutes a day. Soon it will be light past midnight and we’ll be out hiking and biking all hours of the night and then dragging ourselves around in an exhausted heap during… Read More Longer days, and I’m loving this book
I don’t normally read romance books. They are like a snack, like eating a whole bag of pretzels while watching a movie and how you chew and swallow those pretzels without barely tasting, without barely realizing that you’re eating. I like to linger inside books. I like rich and complex characters, and writing that opens… Read More Book review: Neanderthal Seeks Human, Penny Reid
Feed, M.T. Anderson, National Book Award finalist, Candlewick Press, 200 pages I still remember the day I first read Feed. It was over ten years ago and I was sitting on the couch, eating soup and watching Oprah. I worked as a journalist at the time and after picking up my son from middle school, I’d eat a late… Read More Book Review: Feed, by M.T. Anderson
The Martian Chronicles, Ray Bradbury, Bantam Books, 182 pages I don’t know why I had the sudden urge to reread Ray Bradbury’s The Martian Chronicles. Maybe it was the weather, which has been cloudy and gloomy, or maybe it was the time of year, no longer winter but not quite spring. Whatever the case, it was… Read More Book Review: The Martian Chronicles, Ray Bradbury
How to Be Manly, Maureen O’Leary Wanket, Giant Squid Books, 356 pages I just finished Maureen O’Leary Wanket‘s How to be Manly and I can’t shut up about how warm and funny it is, how wonderful and real. I’m hoping to snag O’Leary for a bloggy interview in the upcoming weeks. I cannot wait to pick… Read More Review: “How to be Manly” by Maureen O’Leary Wanket
When my book Dolls Behaving Badly published a few years ago, I was a first-time author. I was so naive! I knew nothing about promotion or blogging or the importance of reviews. I assumed that the publisher would take care of everything and that I would sit back and bask in the glow and glory… Read More How to not piss off a book blogger when requesting a review
Happy World Book Day everyone. Okay, I realize that World Book Day was yesterday, but I still feel a need to celebrate. Because, I did it! I met February’s book challenge goal, even though it was a short month. (I think I deserve a cookie for this. No, make it two cookies or, heck, maybe… Read More February’s books, and still gushing over Kevin Wilson
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