I can read!
Book review for Confessions of a Counterfeit Farm Girl by Susan McCorkindale: I have to admit, I have completely mixed feelings about this book – I didn’t like it, but I DO like it all at once. Weird, I know. I initially picked it up because I have secretly been contemplating becoming a Farmgirl myself. I’ll [...]
Childhood Books I Still Read
I have been going through my book collection recently and noticed that several of the books I have hung onto (and re-read) are children’s books. These days Neil Gaiman is touted as a great children’s writer with such instant classics as Coraline and The Graveyard Book under his belt. So, too, is J.K. Rowling after the success of her [...]
Open Letter to David Foster Wallace
Dear Mr. Wallace, I’ve done it… twice. I have read Infinite Jest… twice. It only took me 10 years and more than a dozen attempts, but I have done it and I am not pleased with you. At all. Let me start by saying that I get it – ok… it’s a social commentary (a [...]
