Book Club Thoughts: Saturday Night Widows, by Becky Aikman
AKA Wherein I Bury the Lede. Read: Some hint of news, below! After passing on most of the recent selections of the From Left to Write book club I joined a while ago, I surprised myself by jumping at the opportunity to read Saturday Night Widows, by Becky Aikman. I don’t often read non-fiction or memoirs (but I should; I do so enjoy a good memoir). Also, I assumed, for no reason but my own cynical distaste for books like Eat, Pray, Love, that it would either be a self-indulgent sap-fest or a deliberate tear-jerker, or both. And yet still I was drawn to it. It’s the story of the...
Read MoreThe Books I Loved and Hated in 2012
After last year’s modest reading goals, I was more ambitious this year, aiming to read at least a couple books a month. I didn’t anticipate a three-month bout of terrible toddler sleeping that pretty much ate up all my reading energy, though, so let’s see how I fared. Water for Elephants, by Sara Gruen. Ok, so I started the year with crushing disappointment. So many people love this book, and I just can’t see why. Here’s what I wrote upon finishing it: “There’s no edge to the story. No twists and turns. I found myself eager to see the movie in hopes...
Read MoreThe Kind of Book Reader I Am
I’m a hate, book-busting, delayed-onset (#1), cross-under, sleepy bedtime reader. And you? FacebookTwitterPinterestGoogle +1MoreLinkedInEmailRedditDiggTumblrStumbleUponI’m a hate, book-busting, delayed-onset (#1), cross-under, sleepy bedtime reader. And you?
Read MoreWhy I Strip the DRM from All My Ebooks
I just read this post about the publisher Hachette saying that DRM is “working very well” for them. How nice for them. Here’s another in my recurring theme of rants about why DRM is awful, and why I think that even though I’m an author and authors are, apparently, supposed to want to limit how readers can enjoy their work. Short Answer I strip the DRM from all my ebooks because I’m a reader. Medium Answer The answer above PLUS: Because I’m a passionate reader and I’m picky about how and where I read. I want to use the app I like best, and I want to be...
Read MoreTalking about Books at Vancouver Is Awesome
I’m over at Vancouver Is Awesome today, talking about some books I love. So tell me, what are you reading right now? Is it any good? FacebookTwitterPinterestGoogle +1MoreLinkedInEmailRedditDiggTumblrStumbleUponI’m over at Vancouver Is Awesome today, talking about some books I love. So tell me, what are you reading right now? Is it any good?
Read MoreIt’s Heavy, It’s Light: Gone Girl, by Gillian Flynn
I once had a very good friend. This very good friend, it turned out, wasn’t who I’d thought she was. My discovery of this pesky detail – of her lies and deceptions and manipulations – is the defining heartache of my adult life to this point. I’m over it, now. But reading Gone Girl, the new thriller by Gillian Flynn, teased me about it. It made me think, as I read, of my own experience of shock and dismay when I discovered the reality of my relationship with my no-longer friend. Gone Girl is about complex people and complicated relationships. It’s awesome. And...
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