After reading Christa’s review of Bryan Lee O’Malley’s Scott Pilgrimseries, I’m inclined to think 2010 was some kind of golden year in literature that has yet to be duplicated. This has nothing to do with…
Posts tagged 2014 Books
The Martian
Mark Watney is fucked. He says so in the first line of Andy Weir’s sci-fi sensation The Martian. Mark’s been left for dead by his other astronaut buddies after an accident. While the rest of…
A Prickly Novel
Well now. The time has come to talk about An Untamed State by Roxane Gay. If you have been living under a rock and haven’t heard of Roxane Gay, get thee to Google. She’s an…
Vaguebooking by a Famous Person
Rob Lowe’s latest memoir Love Life is as dull and disappointing as the first one, Stories I Tell My Friends, was charming and delightful. Sad trombone. It feels super snotty to say, but Love Life…
Yep, That’s 7th Grade
Ugh, seventh grade. Do you even remember it? That awful year when everything is changing at a pace you aren’t quite sure of — your body, your friends, the rules of society. Kevin Brockmeier nails…
Of Course it Doesn’t Suck
I recently confessed on Book Riot, that I might be the slightest bit irrational when it comes to the books of Elizabeth McCracken. I discovered Elizabeth McCracken in the mid-nineties about the same time I…