I finished Alexander McNall Smith’s mystery novel The Sunday Philosophy Club, and I have mixed feelings. It’s not what I was expecting, it was a lot more philosophy than I was expecting (although there was a mystery at it’s core),… Read more ›
I’m halfway through Hippolyte’s Island, and have been completely distracted by incoming Amazon orders. I couldn’t resist starting Murder in Montparnasse by Kerry Greenwood right away, what with the flapper girl drawn in art deco style on the cover. Apparently… Read more ›
I’m one story away from finishing The Aspen Papers, Turn of the Screw and two Other Stories, so I will write about that when I finish it. In between reading the first three stories in the book and the last,… Read more ›
I think perhaps I’m not supposed to read Tokyo Suckerpunch by Isaac Adamson. This is the second time I’ve tried to start it, and the second time I’ve gotten completly distracted from it. I’m going to have to decide if… Read more ›
I finished Dorothy Parker in Her Own Words, and enjoyed it despite the fact that I’d read most of the quotes or exerpts before. The book was organized by topic rather than chronology, and that served it well I think.… Read more ›
I finished Crackpot: The Obsessions of John Waters, and I officially adore the man. While I will never see Pink Flamingos or some of his other work, I think he as a person is really interesting. It’s interesting to see… Read more ›
Over the past couple weeks I’ve finished a number of books and haven’t had time to write about them, so its time to play catch up. I thoroughly enjoyed Lemony Snicket: The Unauthorized Autobiography, a book whose title really tells… Read more ›
I finished the 15th Annual Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror, and followed it up with Ruby Slippers, Golden Tears, another in the adult fairy tale series I wrote about last post. Both were enjoyable, with a general high quality to… Read more ›
I started Fast Talking Dames, but apparently I’m not in a non-fiction mood. So I moved on. Black Heart, Ivory Bones, edited by Ellen Datlow and Terry Windling is one of a series of collections of adult fairy tales. Not… Read more ›
I read Dear Genius: The letters of Ursula Nordstrom, and it sent me on a kids book spree. Nordstrom was the children’s book editor at Harpers for years and years, and was instrumental in changing the direction of children’s books.… Read more ›
