“There was power in having once known someone.” Let me get this out of the way right now: this is a tremendous book. I have a couple of criticisms, which I will get to, but hot damn. Meg Wolitzer has written an astonishingly clever, detailed novel, and the utmost respect must be given to that. … More Book Review: The Interestings, by Meg Wolitzer
Olympic Melodrama Doesn’t Even Make the Podium I can’t with this one. I just can’t. I’m going to be honest with you: I didn’t finish this book. Don’t think I ever will. The plot is nothing but ham-fisted emotional manipulation with poor writing, and it’s insulting. You have Kate and Zoe, two female cyclists getting … More Book Review: Gold, by Chris Cleave
“This is what I know: people’s hopes go on forever.” I’m going to be blunt here: if This is How You Lose Her isn’t already on your reading list, add it. Immediately. Mark my words, it will be appearing on numerous top ten lists for 2012–which is exactly where it belongs. This is How You … More Book Review: This is How You Lose Her, by Junot Díaz
“Courage is one thing that no one can ever take away from you.” First off, I should probably admit that I’m a bit of a Gleek–even though I readily admit that Glee is something of rollercoaster in terms of quality–and Kurt Hummel is my favorite character. So I’m a Chris Colfer fan, and when I … More Book Review: The Land of Stories, by Chris Colfer
“It was possible to change your own destiny, but you had to be vigilant and you could never look back.” In this novel, billed as an examination of the complexities of modern love and marriage, Amina Mazid, a Bangladeshi woman, moves to Rochester, NY to get married to George Stillman, the American businessman she met … More Book Review: The Newlyweds, by Nell Freudenberger
“Our blood is the same, we just use it differently.” The Sisters Brothers reads like a rampage. It’s compulsively readable in the way the best potboilers are; I tore through it in no time at all. It tells the story of Eli and Charlie Sisters, two vicious gunslingers known for their effectiveness and ruthlessness. But … More Book Review: The Sisters Brothers, by Patrick DeWitt
Boy, do I have a feeling I’m going to provoke a lot of anger among the Nerdfighter community with this. All I ask is that you hear me out. … More Book Review: The Fault in Our Stars, by John Green
Can you call it a grand romance when the central relationship is toxic? David Nicholls wants you to think so. … More Book Review: One Day, by David Nicholls
“That was why I come. Not to find a friend, but to finally, and forever, lose one.” The downside of being an avid reader is that you can go through a great deal of books without really connecting to one. It’s not that you’re jaded, just that at a certain point it takes more to … More Book Review: Half-Blood Blues, by Esi Edugyan
Review of Hilary Mantel’s Man Booker Prize-winning novel Bring Up the Bodies. … More Book Review: Bring Up the Bodies, by Hilary Mantel
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