Book Reviews & The Written Word
Without the Written Word, books wouldn't even exist.
From the category archives:
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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I have heard that short stories are more difficult to write than novels. The Cold Kiss is close to novella territory, and for good reason: first-time novelist John Rector knows how to say just enough and no more. Nate (the narrator) and Sara are a young couple who are driving to Reno, low on funds [...]
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One of my favorite sayings is “be where your feet are”, something I find nearly impossible to do and have no real idea how to accomplish. Like most people I know, I am so busy trying to accomplish ten things at once that nothing gets done. Those thoughts were uppermost in my mind while reading [...]
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The Bone People was selected as the book in my vacation carry-on for a couple of reasons: The great cover. Sometimes a book can be evaluated by its design, and Penguin Classics is having a heyday with their Penguin Ink series to celebrate their 75th Anniversary. You got me Penguin. You always do. All those [...]
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Ian Lurie is good for three things. First, he knows 83% of everything to know about the internet. (If you’re thinking that 83% of everything to know is sort of high, but not high enough to write a book about internet safety, you should know that there is no one in existence that knows more [...]
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