Apparently this is a book blog now, because a solid 50% of my posts these days are just book reviews. I've been reading a lot. Can you tell? Today the book is The Ground Beneath Her Feet by Salman Rushdie, an author whom my good friend Emily simply worships, but whom I have taken some time… Continue reading The Ground Beneath Her Feet
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Zahrah the Windseeker
It's been a hot second since I've read a YA book (the last one was Piratica in April, and it was both terrible & not worth discussion). I like to use them as palate cleansers between more hefty books, not because I think YA is frivolous, but because the writing itself tends to be less dense and… Continue reading Zahrah the Windseeker
How to Train Your Dragon 2
This past weekend, a good friend of mine (whose love for children's films borders on the obsessive) and I went to see the much-anticipated sequel to the Dreamworks film How to Train Your Dragon. I was nervous about this sequel, because sequels are pretty consistently terrible (especially where children's films are concerned, with the notable exception… Continue reading How to Train Your Dragon 2
Drunk Movie Monday – This is Spinal Tap
...because I apparently can't keep track of the schedule on my own blog, some of you may have noticed that last week was the first Monday of June, and yet there was no Drunk Movie Monday. This is because June rather snuck up on me, and I completely over-looked what day it was. Whooops. Well,… Continue reading Drunk Movie Monday – This is Spinal Tap
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Last week, I read a Maya Angelou novel for the first time ever--I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. Ironically, it was during the same week in which she died, RIP. This means that the news is full of retrospectives on her life and the impact of her work, most of them singing (deserved) praises.… Continue reading I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
M.M. Jordahl 