Books

Movie Reviews: Not Helpful

January 25, 2012

These days, the Internet is in a tizzy because Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close got nominated for an Oscar despite garnering a large amount of bad reviews. Well, whatever. The thing about movie reviews is that (and the same could be said of book reviews, although you’d better believe I’ll still be writing a few [...]

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Things That Sit Creepily in the Night

January 24, 2012

I am a person who is eminently capable of scaring myself nearly out of my wits when it gets dark. Recently, among other books, I began to read The Night Strangers by Chris Bohjalian. All the book reviewers were all “it’s horror, with a twist” so, because I liked Midwives and The Double Bind I [...]

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An Abundance of Katherines and Paper Towns [Book Review/s]

January 23, 2012

Last week after a (second) recommendation from one of my friends, I put some books by John Green on hold at the library and on Friday two of them came in: An Abundance of Katherines and Paper Towns. John Green writes for young adults but also people, and this combination led me to read An Abundance [...]

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The Entry Blank: Getting It Together in 2012

January 13, 2012

Next week is the week, people. I am no longer consumed by a giant editing project. The apartment is clean (if a little cluttered, but what do you want?). What does all this mean? It’s time to focus my attentions on a few things I’ve been meaning to do. 1. Write another novel. I got [...]

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In Addition: Dune

July 2, 2010

In my last Installment of In Addition (Things I Do When I’m Not Working Out) I talked about how much I love to read and how I’ve read a ridiculous amount of books. Some of my favorites include The Time Traveler’s Wife, The Book of Lost Things, and Doomsday Book (and those are just the [...]

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In Addition: Reading

June 18, 2010

I don’t have too much to say about working out this fine morning. I spent 30 minutes riding Jack’s bike while reading my nook, which was surprisingly doable. The trick was to hold the nook using a t-shirt (I guess a towel would have worked equally as well) so that the copious amounts of sweat [...]

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