"If guns were banned, then how would men kill their wives? How would men kill themselves? How would men exact revenge on the world for not giving them everything they'd ever wanted?" So, reading How…
Author: Amy
The week in review
Calling him Roger hasn't really stuck, but "Bubsy Malone" is starting to catch on and I love it. The Girl Who Never Read Noam Chomsky was very enjoyable for me. I could relate to a…
The week in review: double issue
I forgot to do a weekly recap before I left for Vancouver last week. By "forgot," I mean, "thought about it but decided to read for half an hour before the drive instead." CARmul, care-uh-mell.…
Running wild in America’s hat
March 9, 2013, my first ever half marathon. I went into it saying I just wanted to finish, didn't care about the time, just doing this for fun, I'm breezy! And then I finished in…
Quick takes- April 2018
The House of Impossible Beauties. 5 stars. Five million stars. Great story and great writing. I will always be haunted by the detail of the HIV+ character riding a crowded subway because it's the only…
The week in review
Ugh, this week ended with a broken phone and a trip to my least favorite place on earth, the genius bar. Oh how bad could the genius bar have been? Well the guy asked me…
Eight days a week in review redux
This week was way too eventful to sum up on Friday. Did you know that AAA will tow your car up to 100 miles? And, um, totally unrelated fact, Great Wolf Lodge is 80 miles…
Two weeks in review
I already said why I skipped last week, but here's a reminder because I love this cat. I don't know if I can even express how good The House of Impossible Beauties was. I was…
Quick takes- March 2018
Girls Burn Brighter. 3 1/2 stars. This was very hard to put down, but also very hard to enjoy. Good story, flat writing. Really mixed bag. Liar & Spy. 4 stars. One of the best…
The week in remeow (I’m so sorry about that)
I was going to do my weekly recap early on Friday, but the day kind of got away from me, then the kids had their school play that night, then there was a little afterparty…