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…
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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…
Day 17 of 200: Fruit of the Drunken Tree
I was up until the wee small hours of the morning finishing Ingrid Rojas Contreras’ phenomenal debut novel Fruit of the Drunken Tree and thus I’ve not been at the top of my game. However,…
Such Catty, Bitchy Fun
This was a delightful surprise since I loathed Knoll’s first book with a frothy passion. It was such a pile of hot garbage that I think I kinda got The Favorite Sister just because I…