Monthly Archives: June 2011

Just when I was getting a little weary of knocking down the unread pile of books from my shelf, Aimee Bender’s quirky novel about a socially awkward 20 year-old elementary school math teacher pleasantly surprised me with its unique perspective … Continue reading →

Augusten Burroughs is an immature jerkface that I wouldn’t give the time of day but I realize that someday I will probably end up wiping his incontinent ass while doling out IV morphine to shut up his whiny face.  I … Continue reading →

This novel is a bit of everything – part thriller, part historical conspiracy and political intrigue, but mostly sci-fi adventure – Snow Crash is fast paced and fun and I hardly noticed that I just finished 470 pages. The story … Continue reading →

Idyllic and saddening, this novella is really a collection of 4 short stories involving the same characters, a family of ranchers in the Salinas Valley.  Each story centers on the young Jody  Tiflin, a 10 year old boy who is … Continue reading →

In 1935 Graham Green traveled by foot from the West African Coast of Sierra Leone, through French Guinea, and into the depths of the Liberian Forest, a region unmapped at the time and labeled with the foreboding word, Cannibals, as … Continue reading →