I should have quit Mindy Mejia’s Leave No Trace as soon as I realized the main character, Maya, was a 23-year-old speech therapist practicing at the same mental hospital where she was a patient a…
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Day 87 of 200: I Met My Yearly Reading Goal Already
My original goal was to read 60 books in 2018. I upped the number to 70 this summer. I’m currently in the midst of book 74 (The Witch Elm by Tana French). Amazing what you…
Day 82 of 200: Worrying About Losing Gidget
Tonight I’ll probably finish reading Sally Field’s memoir In Pieces. It’s been way more interesting thing I expected. I’m not entirely sure what I expected, but I wasn’t prepared for so much gut-wrecnching honesty about…
Day 68 of 200: Pandora’s Box pt. I
Ms. Marquette was my 9th grade English teacher. She was a teeny, tiny woman* who looked like Betty Boop come to life. That is, if Betty dressed like a 1986 9th grade English teacher. Ms….
Day 61 of 200: Tiny Beautiful Things Revisited
I made the mistake of reading Fear: Trump in the White House followed by The Real Lolita: The Kidnapping of Sally Horner and the Novel That Scandalized the World while living in the United Sewer…
Day 50 of 200: 1/4 of the Way Through
One good thing happened today. It was really very good and thus you’d think I wouldn’t be such a restless and mildly annoyed jackass, but alas. I’ll spare you the pointless whining and get to…
Day 42 of 200: A Few Things I am Looking Forward To
1. Bowlaway by Elizabeth McCracken I have an ARC of this on my kindle, but I’m kind of afraid to read it. I know it’s going to be great. I have yet to be disappointed…
Day 40 of 200: Two, Two, Two Teen References in One Post
The first thing you should know is that the movie All the Boys I Loved Before does live up to all the hype. It’s sweet and charming and makes me wonder if there was a…
Day 38 of 200: Vox
This week I tore through Christina Dalcher’s novel Vox which was kinda terrifying in a “Handmaid” kinda way but with much less rape. In this, the US has elected an unqualified dickhead with a penchant…
Day 22 of 200: Obsessed with Baby Teeth
I’ve spent the last 36 hours reading, thinking about, or thinking about reading Baby Teeth a compact, claustrophobic horror show of a novel by Zoje Stage. It was SO GOOD! Stage’s book grabs you by…