Making it Up As I Go

I will get to Misfortune, I really will. I mentioned my distracted state of mind in the last post (or so), and that same distraction led me to pick up the first volume of Creating Colette by Claude Francis and… Read more ›

I know I said I was going to be reading Misfortune by Wesley Stace next, but I forgot that I was actually in the middle of reading Ibid by Mark Dunn. The fact that I forgot that I was reading… Read more ›

After reading A Factory of Cunning, I was inspired to pick up the recent French mini-series version of Les Liaisons Dangereuses. The director made some interesting decisions as far as character motivation, and overall it was a very good adaptation.… Read more ›

My count is actually a book behind, I finished An Ideal Husband by Oscar Wilde a week or so ago, and never posted about it. I’ve read it before, I’ll read it again, it’s wonderful, you should read it if… Read more ›

Those of you who have read this blog for a while know of my undying love for all things Daniel Handler, especially his novel The Basic Eight. One of his trademarks is the literary references that saturate his books, and… Read more ›

I haven’t been feeling well lately, so I’ve been gravitating toward comfort books, the way people go for comfort food. I’m still reading To Reign in Hell by Steven Brust, and it’s excellent. It’s just so well written that it… Read more ›

I finished Sock by Penn Jillette. What a very odd book. I’m not really sure I got his ultimate point, but I sure enjoyed the ride! (In Mr. Jillette’s defense- I finished reading the book late at night with a… Read more ›