Joyous, joyous day! The NPR Book Concierge for 2019 has landed! As usual, my TBR list has exponentiated as a result. It’s Friday and I have other links, but realistically, the one we care about is the Book Concierge. Find books in good health, friends! Here’s what it’s like to be an audiobook narrator. I wouldn’t exactly call Gaudy Night an “overlooked” novel but that doesn’t mean I will turn up my nose at this appreciation of Gaudy Night and its heroine, my favorite character in all of literature, Harriet Vane. So here’s the thing about My Favorite Murder. (Disclosure,…
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Knives Out is the best movie of 2019, according to me, a person who has seen no other movies in 2019 and also remembers nothing that happened longer than two weeks ago. (For instance, it has been alleged that Captain Marvel came out this year, and that simply cannot be. Captain Marvel came out at least three years ago. It is strange and cruel of the internet to insist on this fiction that Captain Marvel came out in 2019.) Knives Out begins with the housekeeper finding the body of wealthy crime writer Harlan Thrombey (Christopher Plummer), then skips forward to…
Leave a CommentHello, it is Friday, and I am pleased to report that I have (mostly) emerged from the weeds of a time so busy that I thought I was going to have to rip my hair out. I did not rip my hair out! Hurrah! As the prospect of a slightly quieter time loomed before me, I very cleverly took on a large new project. Ha ha I don’t know why I’m like this. Please send help, I can’t disentangle my feelings of self-worth from productivity. ANYWAY HERE ARE SOME LINKS, and I’m sorry we all have to live in late-stage…
Leave a CommentWhat’s got two thumbs and is doing a blog event? I am so on top of this blog event that I’m posting about it before the month of November even begins. It’s Nonfiction November, and you can find the full announcement and schedule here! We’re starting with Your Year in Nonfiction, and I have had a year in nonfiction! Some things have changed! Things have changed about my nonfiction reading habits! If you want to participate in Nonfiction November (which you surely do), you can pop over to check out other people’s posts and link up your own at Julz…
Leave a CommentDid I have the purest of intentions to read spooky books in honor of spooky season? YOU BETCHA. Did I end up just reading a shit-ton of romance novels in the month of October instead? INDEED I DID. I can always read spooky stuff in November, right? Here are the romances I’ve been putting in my brain, friends. How to Catch a Wicked Viscount, Amy Rose Bennett After an indiscretion at school that leaves Sophie and her three best friends with a reputation for scandal, she never expects to be accepted back into polite society. But when Charlotte discovers Sophie…
Leave a CommentI’m just kidding with that post title. Obviously, the most important thing that happened this week is that we got a final Star Wars trailer. It seems to suggest (as other teaser stuff has) that our girl Rey is going to be tempted by the dark side of the Force. All that I desire is for Finn to pull her back to the light with the power of friendship BECAUSE THEIR FRIENDSHIP IS SO POWERFUL. However, there are other things that you might like to read and do that aren’t watching the Star Wars trailer, or reading extensive, important commentary…
Leave a CommentEver since her father’s death, years ago, Casiopea Tun has been a poor relation to her mother’s wealthy family. She’s stuck doing drudge work for any member of the family who wants something from her — particularly her cousin Martin, who resents that she will never stop insisting on her personhood, no matter how much he tries to make her submit. (Not in a sexual way! I mention this because I kept worrying that there was going to be a sexual element to this relationship, but there’s not. So don’t worry.) Her wants are small, but completely out of reach:…
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