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A Review of Ian McEwan’s The Cement Garden
I’ll begin with a bit of show and tell. This is the first paragraph of Ian McEwan’s 1978 novel The Cement Garden: “I did not kill my father, but I sometimes felt I had helped him on his way. And … Continue reading
What A Game of Thrones* and The Grapes of Wrath Have in Common (Besides Their Somewhat-Congruous Titles) – And Other Final Thoughts on Game of Thrones (by Bethany)
Pages read: 674 out of 674 The percentage of the population that has not read this book and/or viewed season 1 of the series just got slightly more infinitesimal now that I’ve finished reading it, but if there are still … Continue reading
Still More Thoughts on Game of Thrones (by Bethany)
Pages read: 480 out of 674 It took a while – and I reserve the right to retract this statement in the future – but I am officially hooked on Game of Thrones. When I first blogged about this book, … Continue reading
A Review of Jonathan Tropper’s This Is Where I Leave You (by Bethany)
Where to begin in my review of this disaster of a novel? With the nonstop implausible sex and violence? With the children who speak and act like sitcom children rather than the real thing? With the hackneyed displays of emotion? … Continue reading
Early thoughts on Richard Powers’ Orfeo (by Jill
I started Richard Powers’ Orfeo on Thursday after I finished The Children Act. Orfeo was an Indiespensible book back in early 2014, and I’ve been looking forward to reading it, though I knew it would not be particularly easy going. … Continue reading
Thoughts on Ian McEwan’s The Children Act (by Jill)
I haven’t written a post about a book that Bethany has already reviewed for the blog in quite a while. I am, as usual when I have to do this, overcome with anxiety that mine will look amateurish next … Continue reading
Further Thoughts on Game of Thrones (by Bethany)
Pages read: 255 out of 674 Right after I posted my last update, I started having some substantive things to say about Game of Thrones. Some of these ideas came from reader comments (thank you!), and others came naturally as … Continue reading
And now for something entirely different…. My Review of Jen Lancaster’s The Tao of Martha (by Jill)
As I’ve been reading Jen’s latest memoir this week, I realized that I’ve read a pretty big variety of books so far this year, from popular teen literature to a Man Booker Prize winner. What’s been absent has been nonfiction, … Continue reading
Initial Thoughts on Game of Thrones (by Bethany)
Pages read: 133 of 674 I don’t know how productive it will be for me to write multiple reviews of Game of Thrones here on the blog. I’m assuming that I’m one of the last few sentient beings on earth who … Continue reading
Postcards From Purgatory 