Since reading about Normal at Any Cost: Tall Girls, Short Boys, and the Medical Industry’s Quest to Manipulate Height over on Bookslut last week, the book has been bugging the hell out of me. I’ve…
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.
Pride and Prejudice without zombies (for now)
I was none too pleased that the same week I decided to finally read Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice a bunch of yahoos decided to release (or write, or something) a book called Pride and…
I actually read a non-fiction book, it was by Malcolm Gladwell
I’m pretty late to the Malcolm Gladwell fanclub, but after reading Outliers I feel pretty nicely ensconced. It’s not often that I read non-fiction, I tend to find it a little dry and too teachy….
Oh Duluth, you crazy literature-loving loonies
I don’t often listen to MPR during the work o’clock hours. Mostly, I spend those hours torturing Trip Shakes and arguing with nerds. But today I left The Nerdery to go out to lunch with…
The lovely, loveable Local
I fell fast and hard for Local, a graphic novel by Brian Wood with art by Ryan Kelly. From about the fourth page on I would read each panel and sigh dreamily, caressing every page…
On being lowbrau and supporting reporters
Yesterday, I spent $10 to support David Brauer of MinnPost and the work he does there. If you don’t follow me on Twitter or sit next to me at work, you might not know how…