Rated Early Work Of Cindy Sherman 5/10
<div>I respect that Cindy Sherman has a place in art history, but the first project in this book has blackface and that "character" is lit horribly, so I'm glad I found this book for free. It still had the music CD in the back, but I have not listened. Maybe one day out of curiosity, I will take it out to the car, but I can't say the book made it a priority.</div>
Wants to read To Ride a Rising Storm
Rated Dread Nation 10/10
<div>I don't remember who recommended this series to me, but I'm glad that they did because this was great. An alternate history set a few decades after the dead rising interrupts the US Civil War — sometimes this sort of thing is something I'd rather watch than read, but that wasn't the case here. The audiobook narrator also does a good job. The story keeps things moving, and the writing is direct, sometimes funny, and every character is a whole person.</div>
Wants to read Highfire
Rated Eleven 8/10
<div>First off, why do so many people hate "The Quest for Blank Claveringi" ? What's not to love about 15 FT, MAN-EATING LAND-SNAILS? Come on, that is hilariously over the top, and the explorer gets eaten! Amazing. Perfect.<br><br>That said, I liked most stories in here, but cw: for "The Terrapin" because that death scene for the little turtle is a lot! Still a good story, but fair warning. I'd say this collection is more of a horror collection than mystery/regular crime fiction, but these labels are up to reader, I suppose.</div>
Wants to read Queen of the Conquered
Rated Doctor Who: Free Comic Book Day 2024 8/10
<div>Really good start to a new Doctor's comic run.</div>
Wants to read The Night and Its Moon
Rated Fiennders Keepers 8/10
I waffled a bit between three stars or four because there are too many damn characters to keep track of and sometimes the writing is bogged down in superfluous detail, but I kinda get that was part of the point -- that our histories are complex, and the English class system could really muck things up for people.<br><br>You can tell this is a first novel -- though it was released as Jean Marsh's second, she wrote this one first. Big ambition, sometimes shaky in execution. Still liked it, but would recommend her other two books first.
Rated Electric Literature no. 2 8/10
Lydia Davis' "The Cows" is easily my favorite story in this volume, and it's an overall strong collection of stories. I love these cows.<br><br>(For my full review, head to <a href="http://glorifiedloveletters.blogspot.com/2012/07/electric-literature-no2-stories-from.html">Glorified Love Letters</a>.)
Wants to read Nuestra parte de noche
Wants to read Jade City
Finished reading Dreaming of You: A Novel in Verse
Finished reading The God of Small Things
Rated De goede zoon 4/10
Dit boek is in de prijzen gevallen en kreeg lovende recensie. Het is niet echt mijn cup of tea. Toen de hoofdrolspeler honderd bladzijdes lang in conversatie was met zijn zelfrijdende auto, was ik geneigd mij portie aan Fikkie te geven. Het is dat dit aan het einde van het verhaal gebeurde. Dus ik heb doorgezet tot de laatste bladzijde.<br/>Het boek speelt zich af in de nabije toekomst. Een tijd waarin mensen zich vervelen omdat er een basisloon voor iedereen is ingevoerd. Een tijd met zelfrijdende auto's die kunnen praten maar zich ook gewillig aanbieden om oudere mannen te bevredigen. <br/>Soms was het boek best grappig maar ik ben geen surrealisme liefhebber. Het werd mij allemaal een beetje te gek af en toe. Vandaar twee sterren. Op naar een iets realistischer boek nu.
Finished reading Azadi: Freedom. Fascism. Fiction