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I’m usually not one for spoilers but be warned, I don’t really hold anything back here. If you haven’t read Jane Eyre, you might want to stop here. Orphaned and packed off to a charitable educational institution by an indifferent relative and benefactress, Jane Eyre has rarely experienced feelings of belonging or having the comfort [...]
Hardcover Releases Delirious, by Daniel Palmer – February 1, 2011 Delirium, by Lauren Oliver – February 1, 2011 Haunted, by Joy Preble – February 1, 2011 The Fates Will Find There, by Hannah Pittard – February 1, 2011 Ugly Beauty: Helena Rubinstein, L’Oréal, and the Blemished History of Looking Good, by Ruth Brandon – February [...]
I watched the trailer for Thor a few times because quite frankly I had no idea what was going on. First it seemed to be modern and possibly having something to do with present day Afghanistan, and then it seemed ancient. I finally figured out that it will probably exploring Norse god Thor being kicked [...]
Last year I really enjoyed reading Crossing The Heart of Africa: An Odyssey of Love and Adventure, by Julian Smith. The story of two men (Julian Smith retraced the steps of Ewart Grogan, the first man to walk from the southern to the northern tip of Africa) traveling across a continent a little over 100 [...]
Anne Neville is the younger daughter of the Earl of Warwick, the kingmaker responsible for putting English King Edward IV on the throne. Always knowing that she would marry to form an alliance and as her father decreed, she is nonetheless pleased to be betrothed to Richard, Duke of Gloucester, a favored cousin with whom [...]
A Geography of Secrets, by Frederick Reuss is a thought-provoking novel exploring a world that most of us know is in existence, but to which we give little thought. An unnamed narrator, a mapmaker whose father worked in foreign service. A careless comment heard at his father’s funeral leads him on a search for clues [...]
Welcome to the inaugural BOOK CLUB, a joint venture between me and Jen from Devourer of Books. Today we are going to be chatting about A Thousand Rooms of Dream and Fear, by Atiq Rahimi which was published this month by Other Press. A Thousand Rooms of Dream and Fear tells the story of Farhad, [...]
When a plane lands at JFK with all the crew and passengers apparently dead but with no indications as to what could be the cause, the CDC is mystified. Nervous government officials would like to pretend that all is okay, but Dr. Ephraim Goodweather, head of the biological threat team, knows that something is terribly [...]
Vera and her brother, Will, live in the Republic of Illinowa – what is left of what was once the midwestern United States. The country has been dissolved into six self governing republics with strict borders. Food is quasi-real, of questionable quality, and expensive, while money and employment are hard to come by. Water is [...]
The trailer for Hanna reminds me of The Bourne Identity, where one person, in this case a little girl, can take down entire departments of the government. It looks like a movie that I have seen many times with many different actors, but I like the combination of Cate Blanchett and Eric Bana here. I [...]
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