Books of 2024 Another year, another book round up! I paced alright for most of the year. My strategy of not reserving Libby books has been successful, pushing me in favor of books that may take time but are what I really want to read while using murder and romance audiobooks to keep me awake … Continue reading Best Books of 2024
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Poetry, Passion, and Prose for 2024
Once upon a time I wrote poetry. I did! Published in an actual literary journal and everything. Not just one of those classroom anthologies from school either -a proper literary journal, citable from JSTOR and everything. I don't remember when I stopped writing poetry. Probably around the time I got my silly jobby job, and … Continue reading Poetry, Passion, and Prose for 2024
Book Review 2023
Another year, another book review! I’ll finish “No Country for Old Men” later today, “Tom Lake” next week, and probably something else before the end of the year (if I’m lucky) which will put me a whopping 50 for the year. So it goes when you’ve got a 2 hour daily commute. While many of … Continue reading Book Review 2023
Book Review 2022
I never finished my "Best Book Ever" showdown, and I've mostly stopped giving book updates too. But when the whim of creative effort actually strikes my lethargic pregnant body, why not ride it out? In 2022, I read 47 books. As I reflected on my catalog, I noticed a pattern. I would put books on … Continue reading Book Review 2022
Best Book Ever: Blink vs. Brave New World
What is "real" and how do you know it when you see it? Whether you're a savage just entering the modern world or a highly quizzical writer with a need to understand human nature, the search to understand reality can be daunting. Along the way, you'll learn how people cope to your fascination, amusement, and … Continue reading Best Book Ever: Blink vs. Brave New World
Best Book Ever: The Sun Also Rises vs. Diary
The theme of this match? Disillusionment. Whether from surviving a world war or losing your lover -or maybe both, the characters in these novels persist against the malaise of existence with some memorable moments along the way. The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway Set in the 1920s and following the Great War, the protagonists … Continue reading Best Book Ever: The Sun Also Rises vs. Diary
Best Book Ever: The Shining Vs. The Hot Zone
How do the terrors of Stephen King's ghosts stack up against the real world terror of the ebola virus?
The Best Book I’ve Ever Read
If you sat down and tried to pick you favorite book of all time, could you? For me, I need a little more detailed process to pick.
Book Reviews: Quarter One
Read Like a Freak This year I committed to read 60 books. Much more ambitious than my goals of years past, my recent addiction to audiobooks and a two hour commute are the only ways I'm likely to make this happen. That said, I do tend to be quite a book freak. My boyfriend told … Continue reading Book Reviews: Quarter One
“The Girl Who Never Read Noam Chomsky”
Unlike many of my books which I find, place on my list, and casually ignore for months before deciding I’m ready, “The Girl Who Never Read Noam Chomsky” reeled me in immediately. I like to wander into my brick and mortar independent bookstore, Star Line Books, looking for one tome, knowing it won’t be there … Continue reading “The Girl Who Never Read Noam Chomsky”
The Chemistress 