Category: Book Review
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Focus On: Unlikeable Narrators
Have you ever read a book where you hate all of the characters? How about one where the narrator is so annoying you’re tempted to abandon the book entirely? Over the past two weeks I’ve stumbled across two books that fit this description. They suffer from what I’ll call “the Gone Girl effect.” Don’t get…
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Book Review: The Yonahlossee Riding Camp for Girls by Anton DiSclafani
The Yonahlossee Riding Camp for Girls: A Novel by Anton DiSclafani Pub Date: June 4, 2013 Rating: 4/5 Lately I’ve been loving historical novels — Above All Things, Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald, The Bookman’s Tale. When The Yonahlossee Riding Camp for Girls: A Novel showed up in my mailbox last week I knew…
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Book Review: The Bookman’s Tale by Charlie Lovett
The Bookman’s Tale by Charlie Lovett Pub Date: May 28, 2013 Rating: 5/5 Every once in a while you find a book that so perfectly explores your interests that you’re overwhelmed; the kind of book that upon reading the description any one who knows you is bound to remark “Oh that’s a book for…
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Book Review: Someday, Someday Maybe
Someday, Someday Maybe I fell head over heels for Lauren Graham way back in 2000. She was playing the quirky Lorelei on Gilmore Girls and she stole the show. Since then I’ve followed her career through Evan Almighty and Parenthood, loving every minute of it. Though I wasn’t necessarily surprised to see such a smart…
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Book Review: Once a Witch and Always a Witch by Carolyn MacCullough
Once a Witch and Always a Witch by Carolyn MacCullough Looking for a light-hearted read with a little supernatural flare? Look no further than Carolyn MacCullough. Her characters are lovable and her plot is quick and easy. I read both in the course of an afternoon, and was completely absorbed in the story. Tamsin Greene is the odd one out…
The Library of Alexandra 