Ever since I first read Icarus Girl last year, Helen Oyeyemi has skyrocketed to the top of my 'favorite authors' list, and I've spent more than a little bit of time enthusiastically recommending her to every single person I know. Due to this greatness of hers, I've spent the past year working my way through her entire… Continue reading A Definitive Ranking of Helen Oyeyemi Books
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White Oleander: Review
Blog pact default! Shane and Anne both got a little distracted camping and didn't put up their posts, the weasels. So here I am, squeezing in a post just before leaving for the weekend. Luckily, I just finished reading a book! Like, literally just finished, about ten minutes ago. The book was this one: White Oleander, by… Continue reading White Oleander: Review
The Ground Beneath Her Feet
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
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
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
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