Book Reviews & The Written Word
Without the Written Word, books wouldn't even exist.
From the category archives:
It’s hard to give a book a bad review when the book’s Author Relations Representative flatters you by requesting a pre-release book review. It’s even harder to give a book a bad review when the book comes in the mail with a corresponding swag T-shirt, even if said T-shirt is an XXL and therefore unwearable. [...]
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The next time I bitch about the judicial system in my country, I’ll be thankful that I don’t live in Italy. Admitting that is weird: I love Italy, the cuisine, the people, the art, the gorgeous countryside, the history. I’ve always wanted to have a reason to live and work there, but after reading this book [...]
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It’s a pretty chilly day in the Maldives before I say something like “I wonder if it would have helped if he had made the book longer?” But what other criticism can you give a 190-page book that manages to include (but is not limited to): a dead mother, a distant father, a computer-hacker love [...]
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Polygamy is evidently a hot topic. There is Big Love, an HBO series about a polygamous family. TBS has jumped on the bandwagon with Sister Wives. What does a cable TV-deprived person like myself do? That’s right, you guessed it – read a book! David Ebershoff has written a fascinating novel which spans historical and contemporary [...]
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I would not have picked this book based on the cover: gothic, author’s name is Sarah Waters - I expected it to be another cheesy “governess wins heart of rich master of scary house” novel, or to be like a bad late night movie that you can’t stop watching no matter how tired you are. Instead, what [...]
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