It took me months to finish James Hannaham’s Delicious Foods, which is more a statement of fact than a comment on the book. The novel opens with a scene that you will read breathless and…
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The Big Disappointment of Summer
For months and months my Rock & Roll bookclub would talk with breathless anticipation about the impending publication of Armada. After all, Ready Player One, Ernest Cline’s first novel, is probably the most well-received and…
No Joy in Wonderland
Women writing about rock & roll is just about my favorite thing on the planet. It’s one of my eternal quests, to find and read all the books written by women about rock and roll,…
Misunderstood
After I finished Mislaid by Nell Zink, I read nearly every review I could find trying to discern why this novel was being lauded because I couldn’t figure it out myself. Maybe starting this book…
A Reunion of Ghosts
The Alter sisters are pretty sure they’re cursed, you know the whole thing about the sins of the father being passed down for a few generations? They’re pretty sure that’s a real thing and since…
All the Light We Cannot See Because We Were Bored to Sleep
I’ll be the first to admit I’m kind of an asshole when it comes to war books. They bore me. War is barbaric and dehumanizes us, I get that. Do I need to read one…