More happens in the first fifty pages of Bad Marie by Marcy Dermansky than in entire novels I’ve read this year. It’s the lightning speed of the story that makes this book so damn hard…
Posts tagged Fiction
6 essential books from the last 25 years written by women
One of my Twitter pals admitted today that after reading my post about Flavorpill’s awful sexist literary lists he realized there were no books written by women in his list of personal favorites. I pondered…
A little bit of psychic humor
I tried really hard to hate Super Sad True Love Story. My past experiences reading Gary Shteyngart have left me feeling vaguely offended and greasy. So when I dove into this new novel, the darling…
Lovely isn?t quite enough
I’m thinking about joining the ranks of those boring, jackassy literary pundits who warn about the impending death of something: publishing, the novel, the short story, the traditional book, and everything else you love hold…
Lemon Cake unfulfilling
Right before her ninth birthday, Rose has a bite of a lemon cake her mom baked. It was a practice cake to make sure the recipe was right for the big occasion, Rose’s birthday. In…