Fiction

The Queen’s Thief Series, by Megan Whalen Turner (Audio)

May 12, 2012

So, I originally read this entire series in August 2010. And I liked them well enough. But I didn’t love them. Then, during Chachic’s Queen’s Thief week, I read this post by Angie of Angieville bibliovangelizing the series. It was then I knew that I had to reread the whole thing. Well, at least, re-experience [...]

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The Day the World Ends, by Ethan Coen

May 10, 2012

Title: The Day the World Ends Author: Ethan Coen Pages: 128 Originally Published: 2012 Publisher: Crown Publishing Group (Random House) ____________________________ My brother, of Bitchin’ Film Reviews, is a movie blogger. So, when I had the opportunity to review the poetry collection of filmmaker Ethan Coen (of the Coen brothers), he agreed to do a [...]

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Mini Reviews

May 4, 2012

Sadly, I fell WAY behind on my 2011 reviews. So, I’ve been posting mini reviews to help catch up. This is the last round! Check out round one, round two, and round three, if you like. Though all of these books deserve their own posts, this will have to do. The Wednesday Wars, by Gary [...]

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On the Road, by Jack Kerouac

April 24, 2012

Title: On the Road Author: Jack Kerouac Pages: 313 Originally Published: 1957 Format I Read: Hardback Publisher: Penguin Rating: ____________________________ I originally gave this book two stars on goodreads, just moments after I finished it. I was rather disgusted with it. But, in the ensuing days, the book stuck with me and won itself an [...]

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TOON Books: The Shark King

April 21, 2012

It’s no secret that I’m a big fan of TOON Books, a delightful line of comics/graphic novels for children. I’ve read and reviewed almost every book in the TOON Books line here on The Bluestocking Society, including Jack and the Box, Stinky, Mo and Jo: Fighting Together Forever, Luke on the Loose, Benny and Penny [...]

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Mini Reviews

April 10, 2012

Sadly, I fell WAY behind on my 2011 reviews. So, occasionally, I’ll be posting mini reviews to help catch up. This is round three. Check out round one and round two, if you like. Though all of these books deserve their own posts, this will have to do. The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake, by [...]

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First Love, Last Rites, by Ian McEwan

April 5, 2012

I can sum up this collection of eight stories in one word: disturbing. I have some more words for it though, if you’re interested: macabre, beautiful, crafted, horrific, and tragic. But even better than my words are Ian McEwan’s words, quoted frequently below. But first, in general, note that I have to be rather opaque [...]

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M.C. Higgins, the Great, by Virginia Hamilton

March 26, 2012

I didn’t know much about this Newbery Medal (and National Book Award) winner by Virginia Hamilton except that I’d never read it, so I jumped at the chance to get the ebook from Open Road via NetGalley. Here’s the blurb: Mayo Cornelius Higgins perches on top of a homemade forty-foot tower, considering two destinies. Behind [...]

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