Part of what I will reveal is a lie . Or a story , which is much the same thing , since I’m not sure truth exists . You may think you’ll be able to figure out which bits are untrue , but I should warn you , I’m an excellent liar . Spinning yarns…
Category: book review
Book Review — Women in Art: 50 Fearless Creatives Who Inspired the World, written and illustrated by Rachel Ignotofsky
I really don’t know how I came across the book, but I am so glad I did! It’s 127 pages of inspiring information, presented in a lovely illustrated format. The book does what it says it’s going to do, which is to present 50 women from all times and places, all creatives, all who have…
Book Review — “The Devil You Know: a Black Power Manifesto,” by Charles M. Blow
Progress is the wall behind which white America hides. (Even many Black leaders have absorbed and regurgitate the progress narrative.) White liberals expect Black people to applaud their efforts. But how is that a fair and legitimate expectation? Slavery, white supremacy, and racism are horrid, man-made constructs that should never have existed in the…
Book Review — The Invention of Sound by Chuck Palahniuk
Every time I begin to read a new Chuck Palahniuk book, either consciously or not I wonder if it can live up to the mind-scrambling beauty of its predecessors. I also wonder if I will be able to show some self-restraint and be able to consume it at a reasonable pace in order to fully…
Book Review — Day for Night by Stacey E. Bryan, published by Strange Fictions Press
It was beautiful and sunny outside, belying the day’s ludicrous events. I was thinking about cigarettes for the first time in ten years while shock and denial held hands and started making out. — Day for Night, location 91 Rae, the protagonist in, “Day for Night,” is a former gymnast and former champion surfer…
Book Review — “White Fire: A Toni Delle Adventure,” by Laurie Bell
As the lights of the metropolis brightened, shadows crept into alleyways and emerged from dark corners, ready to conduct activities that should never see the light of day. In the heart of this darkness, evil held its breath. –Laurie Bell. White Fire (A Toni Delle Adventure) . Laurie Bell. Kindle Edition. White Fire: A Toni…
Book Review: 1Q84
image link I finished Murakami’s three-volume, 1,300+-page story this week. It was read in its entirety using Kindle’s program for PC. Although I’m firmly in the corner of hard copy books, I learned a new appreciation for reading e-books. The ability to highlight passages in different colors and store them in the attached “notebook” was…
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