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Hugo – Movie Trailer
When The Invention of Hugo Cabret, by Brian Selznick came out in 20o7, I wasn’t blogging, I had not been introduced to graphic novels and I had no way to even conceive of reading a novel in pictures. I remember picking it up in the stores and being completely mystified. I put it back down [...]
You Know When The Men Are Gone, by Siobhan Fallon – Book Review
When Siobhan Fallon’s You Know When The Men Are Gone started making the rounds last winter, the immediate feedback on it touted an incredible collection of short stories. I heard this from several book blogging friends who are usually about as “meh” as I am on short stories. Encouraging, but still, I didn’t run right [...]
The Eternal Ones, by Kirsten Miller – Book Review
In Kirsten Miller’s The Eternal Ones, Haven Moore is like most seniors in high school, she spends most of her days dreaming about escaping family imposed rules and having freedom as a freshman in college. However, Haven’s reasons for longing to get away far exceed the average teenager’s. Haven has long suffered from fits which [...]
Small Town Sinners, by Melissa Walker – Book Review
In Melissa Walker’s Small Town Sinners, Lacey Ann Bier is sixteen and known for being a nice girl. She has never had what she calls a “movie moment”, all attention focused on her, but is determined to change that by winning the coveted role of “Abortion Girl” in her church’s production of Hell House. Lacey [...]
Rules of Civility, by Amor Towles – Book Review
Rules of Civility begins as Kate, a wealthy middle-aged woman, and her husband attend a photo exhibit of famed photographer Walker Evans at the Museum of Modern Art in 1966. The pictures are all candids, from the late 1930′s, and taken of unsuspecting people riding the subway. The artist deemed them so personal that he [...]
Currently Reading – The Oregon Experiment, by Keith Scribner
I am a few chapters into The Oregon Experiment, by Keith Scribner and I am really enjoying it so far. It has the complicated characters and rich writing I enjoy when reading. It’s also introducing a pretty unique plot. Naomi used to be a “nose”. The kind whose sense of smell is so acute that [...]
The Reservoir, by John Milliken Thompson – Book Review
In The Reservoir‘s (John Milliken Thompson) opening scenes of March 14, 1885, Lillian Madison, a young pregnant woman, is found drowned in the reservoir of Richmond, Virginia. The night before, her cousin Tommie Cluverius, an up-and-coming attorney, is shown leaving the scene, discarding clothing and other items along the way. He does his best to [...]
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan – Movie Trailer
I am really excited to see that Snow Flower and the Secret Fan has been made into a movie. It’s playing now, so if you have any interest in seeing it, look for it near you. I discovered this book when a friend recommended it for a book club. It was my first experience reading [...]
The Cypress House, by Michael Koryta – Book Review
I have come to view Michael Koryta’s supernatural/mystery stand-alone novels as a litmus test. Several friends have read all three books, and there are a variety of opinions about which gets the vote as favorite. I would love to chart where we were in our lives, and what we were responding to when we read [...]
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