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Monthly Archives: March 2014
A Review of Virginia Woolf’s A Room of One’s Own
I’m a little sorry that Feminism Month is almost over. I knew from the beginning that my goals were too ambitious, but I’m still sorry I didn’t reread Mating, which is one of my favorite contemporary novels, and I also … Continue reading
Progress Report on Anthony Marra’s A Constellation of Vital Phenomena
Okay, now I feel like I’ve read enough of this book to do a proper post about it. A Constellation of Vital Phenomena came to me by way of Powell’s Indiespensible last year. It is the author’s first novel, though … Continue reading
Thoughts on the Opening of Anna Karenina
I think the first chapter of Anna Karenina would be stronger without its iconic opening line. Am I even allowed to say this? Will lightning strike the minute I click ‘Publish’? It’s hard to find a novel more beloved and … Continue reading
Yarn Along
After all the complaining I did last week, the two child-sized sweaters I’ve been working on have come out quite nicely. The sweater in the picture above is the one I’ve been calling the Storm Cloud Sweater, but ever since … Continue reading
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An introduction to Anthony Marra’s A Constellation of Vital Phenomena and a Failed Experiment
I’m trying something different for my Tuesday post this week. I’m going to try not putting off writing it until Tuesday. I’m not going to finish my current book by then, because I’ve barely started, it’s long, and I have … Continue reading
It’s been a long day….
But Bethany and I didn’t want to leave our loyal readers hanging. Neither of us has an actual post ready to go for tonight, but I thought I’d share some more pictures from my recent trip to Yosemite. Because who … Continue reading
A Review of Tobias Wolff’s The Barracks Thief
I’ll say it so you don’t have to: I broke out the short books this weekend. I was feeling bummed that the list of books I’ve read so far this year is so short and that I hardly ever finish … Continue reading
Now with real textual support of my opinions: my review of Kim Harrison’s The Undead Pool.
The worst thing about this book is that it has this feeling of getting things ready for a big end-of-series climax (this is the penultimate book of The Hollows series). There are way too many questions left at the end … Continue reading
Postcards From Purgatory 