Imagine you are an aspiring writer, stuck working at a five-and-dime store in a small town for an eternity more than you had planned. The novel you furiously began scribbling late into the night after working long shifts at the store is collecting dust, still unfinished almost ten years later. Resigned to failure, you complacently […]
Read more "Book Review: Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter by Seth Grahame-Smith"Ever wonder what happens after we die? It’s a heavy question, and one that I choose not to think about all too often for the simple reason that we can never really know the answer until we die. Maybe we are just gone, maybe our spirits live on, or maybe the devout believers in God […]
Read more "Book Review: The Brief History of the Dead by Kevin Brockmeier"Remember watching Dawson’s Creek back in the day and thinking, what 16 year old honestly talks like that? Armed with prodigious vocabularies (I am allowed to use the word prodigious as I am 26 and not 16), they philosophized about the metaphysical, the meaning of life, and so forth as casually as if they were […]
Read more "Book Review: The Fault in Our Stars by John Green"I’ve had my share of rough times while abroad in Spain – tearfully attempting to explain my vivid yellow diarrhea to doctors who openly mocked me after spending a horrific night hallucinating on the toilet; being guilted into eating ham that was sliced off a pig leg in our pantry – a pig leg that […]
Read more "Book Review: The Time in Between by María Dueñas"I admit that I might be somewhat to blame for my personal dislike for Erik Larson’s The Devil in the White City. After all, I began reading it under the pretense that the book was a work of fiction loosely based on the story of a serial killer who used Chicago’s World Fair to lure unsuspecting […]
Read more "Book Review: The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America by Erik Larson"The word monster makes me think of the three things. First, of dancing along to the monster mash as my classmates and I scampered around the Halloween themed obstacle course constructed out of mats, ropes, and scooters in my elementary school gym. The day when the gym lights were turned off, ghoulish music blasted, and […]
Read more "Book Review: Monster by A. Lee Martinez"Heather: For our latest book club installment, I chose Ready Player One by Ernest Cline, which I hoped would win me some points with my game-obsessed fellow book club members. Why exactly did I think this? Well, if the title wasn’t enough, maybe this brief summary will clue you in. (Be sure to check out […]
Read more "Book Club in Session: Ready Player One"I’ve read a lot of disappointing books as of late, but this story captured nearly every element of what I consider a great book, reminding me of why I love to read in the first place. It was deeply moving, incredibly powerful, heartbreaking, at times disturbing, and best of all, it had a conclusive ending… […]
Read more "Book Review: The Dovekeepers by Alice Hoffman"This is my spoiler free review of our latest book club installment: Ready Player One by Ernest Cline. Stay tuned for our in-depth discussion of the novel which will be posted soon!
Read more "Book Review: Ready Player One by Ernest Cline"I know I know… Many of you are thinking. Really? This loser is going to review a self-help book about LOVE on this site??? I can just skip this (and you can, if you really want to)! But bear with me! My next review will be on Ready Player One, a book which will suit […]
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