So, Tampa by Alissa Nutting, as far as I can tell, is the buzz book of the summer. A young, beautiful married woman takes a job as a middle school English teacher so she can…
Posts Published by Jodi Chromey
Everything the light touches is my kingdom. Well, at least where this website is concerned. There's an about me section if you are so inclined to know things. All the posts were written by me. I have a lot of words.
‘Mats-related Fan Fiction I’ve Been Writing in Anticipation
As I type these words I’m on the very edge of a chorizo-stuffed-poblano-induced coma. This was one of those pain in the ass meals (stuffing many individual things is no fun) to make that didn’t…
Let the Dark Flower Blossom
I would like to state for the record that if I had to crawl across a desert of broken glass to read a new Norah Labiner book, I totally would. There is something about her…
Killer poets
Before I tell you about Max Barry’s wonderful, enthralling new novel Lexicon, I have to tell you a story about my sister, Ericka and a reading we went to once. This is tangentially related to…
It’s Labor Day & I’m Boring: Back to Life, Back to Reality Edition
So today is actually Monday. That slipped my mind until roughly 7:30 tonight when Sister #2 asked me at belated Family Dinner if I had to get home to live-tweet “Diff’rent Strokes.” “No,” I said….
The Golem & The Jinni
The further away I get from The Golem and The Jinni by Helene Wecker, the more I like it. When I first finished the book a month or so ago I was all “eh, that…