Someone once told me, "Well, I don't think you're going to find anyone who reads as much as you do." From the mouth of someone who continually asks me for book recommendations based solely on their own likes! (Also, there are people clocking 150-200 books a year on Goodreads. My 50-60 books is nothing compared… Continue reading Best Books of 2022
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Best Books of 2021
This list is in no particular order. . . 1. The Master & Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov: This treasured classic opens as if it was the set up for one long joke. "The devil runs into two Russian atheists in the park. . ." This is a novel of contrasting extremes with some absurdity thrown… Continue reading Best Books of 2021
Worst Books of 2021
This list is in no particular order. . . 1. Death to the Bullshit Artists of South Texas by Fernando A. Flores: Such a disappointment! I loved Flores's 2019 novel, Tears of the Trufflepig, and compared to it this book of short stories was terribly esoteric at times. About being punk in many forms, it… Continue reading Worst Books of 2021
“He shot the best piece of ass in Savannah.”
I recently finished reading John Berendt's travelogue/true crime novel, Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil. I LOVED it! Actually, maybe I should steal from Woody Allen and say that "Love is too weak a word for what I feel." I luuurved it. I loaved it. I luffed it. As a native Texan, I… Continue reading “He shot the best piece of ass in Savannah.”
2016 Reading Challenge: The Worst of the 50
This list is in no particular order: Notes from a Small Island by Bill Bryson: I really wanted to like this. I'll admit there were chuckles here and there, and some interesting information few and far between, but for the most part this travelogue was a huge drag and a struggle to finish. Maybe I… Continue reading 2016 Reading Challenge: The Worst of the 50
2016 Reading Challenge: The Best of the 50
Here's a list of the best books out of the 50 I've read so far this year in no particular order: 1. A Manual for Cleaning Women by Lucia Berlin: I love a good short story, and Lucia Berlin's are damn near perfect. Not a word wasted, and some of them are just a few… Continue reading 2016 Reading Challenge: The Best of the 50
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