by John Scalzi I’ll admit, I was a little skeptical about this book. I love Scalzi and am willing to read just about anything he writes, but I have to say that, at first glance, my impression of this book was “meh”. Books about epidemics aren’t really my thing. Then Scalzi was on Twitter promoting …
And His Years of Pilgrimage by Haruki Murakami I only recently heard of Murakami and wanted to give him a try. I think his IQ84 sounds interesting, but I wasn’t willing to devote 900 pages to a writer I might hate, so I started with Tasaki instead. Turned out to be a much better choice because, not …
by Maureen Johnson I read this book because 1) it was on sale and 2) Maureen Johnson is one of my favorite people to follow on Twitter. I love her to pieces on social media, so it makes sense that I would love her books. It turns out that’s not quite the case. Not that …
Follow Your Genetic Blueprint to Health and Happiness by Mark Sisson This is the first book I have ever read by Mark. Up until this point, I haven’t felt the need to read any of his books because I read his blog almost every day and I didn’t think I could get much information from …
by A.S. King This is such a beautiful story. King really knows how to tug on the heartstrings. It’s about a seriously messed up boy (Gerald) with a seriously messed up family, and what do we do with messed up families? We put them on television! So this poor boy’s life as a five-year-old was …