unqualified opinions from a person with no literary background
I've always been a fan of John Green, especially in my high school years. I loved their YouTube channel, and his books always resonated with me. "Looking for Alaska" was one of my favorite books growing up. But this post isn't about John Green. It's about his brother, Hank, and his first novel "An Absolutely... Continue Reading →
I had been avoiding reading this book for a very long time. Every single time I read the description I wanted to read it less. The blurb on Amazon describes it as "a brilliant take on ex-husbands and second wives, mothers and daughters, schoolyard scandal, and the little lies that can turn lethal." That literally makes... Continue Reading →
December Park by Ronald Malfi was far better than I was expecting it to be. Mostly because I definitely judge a book by its cover, and it has one of the uglier covers I've seen. Design aside, December Park was a pretty solid read. But reader beware: this one was lengthy. I didn't mind it much because... Continue Reading →
"In the near future, somewhere in rural Colorado... If Zoey Ashe had known she was being stalked by a man who intended to kill her and then slowly eat her bones, she would have worried more about that and less about getting her cat off the roof." That is the first sentence of Futuristic Violence and... Continue Reading →
A Man Called Ove is about a curmudgeon of an old man who hates everyone and everything that does not act or work the way he wants them to. He sees the world in black and white, right and wrong, useful or useless. He spends his days running through routines that have been set for years and... Continue Reading →
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