Category Archive: Books

Getting Inside

“The writing is sharp, flecked with details that catch your attention like a lure, just a few pages and you’re hooked.”

A Dance with Dragons, Peter Dinklage, and why Tyrion Lannister is the hero of this story

“Some shitty critics have worried about Ned Stark being killed off and who will replace the “hero” of the series. You know nothing, Neil Genzlinger. Anyone with half a nose can smell out the star here and he’s no uppity martyr like Ned. Tyrion Lannister is the real hero of the series (and the show) and here’s why…”

Bags for bookworms

Also worth noting, my new messenger bag from Christy Studio has the perfect book sized pocket! A happy coincidence, especially since I am prone to carting books around until they are… well… less than… Read More

Book Review: The Spellman Files

“It’s not literary genius but it goes down easy and makes you want more. Kind of like crack. Book crack.”

Book Review: Anthropology of an American Girl

“I’ve never been so captivated by a novel, so simultaneously drawn to and repulsed by a character before.”

Eating Animals and The Last Turkey Sandwich

We get to Powells early and mostly out of boredom. There was nothing on television and we had already taken the elevator up to The Portland Grill to walk through the restaurant and… Read More

The One in Which I Fall In Love With the Radio

I’m half-entertaining the idea of giving myself a reading challenge. I have nothing better to do this coming year. How many books in a year would be impressive? I obviously don’t want to… Read More

On Beauty

This isn’t going to be a real post. Not really. I’ve started reading “On Beauty” by Zadie Smith and was struck by a passage near the beginning. Smith is still introducing characters and… Read More

For the Love of Books

I unpack my books, piling them in stacks according to size. My room is littered with them. I trip over a pile and send them flying, skittering across the hardwood. I gather them… Read More

Into the Woods

Instead of working on my last university paper last night I stayed up until 2 am finishing In the Woods by Tana French. I’m not sure if it’s because I haven’t had the… Read More

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