Sunday, February 28, 2021
Saturday, February 27, 2021
Thursday, February 25, 2021
Book Excerpt for the Day
There are places where men and
women are winged and red-skinned, and places where there is no such thing as
man and woman but only persons somewhere in between. There are worlds where the continents are
carried on the backs of vast turtles swimming through freshwater oceans, where
snakes speak riddles, where the lines between the dead and living are blurred
to insignificance. I have seen villages
where fire itself had been tamed, and followed at men’s heels like an obedient
hound, and cities with glass spires so high they gathered clouds around their
spiral points.
(from The Ten
Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow)
9½*/10. The
full review is here.
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Wednesday, February 24, 2021
Tuesday, February 23, 2021
Monday, February 22, 2021
Sunday, February 21, 2021
Saturday, February 20, 2021
Friday, February 19, 2021
Book Excerpt for the Day
Mr. Swirlee ruled an empire of
ice cream trucks, a fleet of pink and blue trucks every parent in the
seven-county metro area had come to despise.
The trucks crawled through neighborhood streets, playing a chimed
version of “Where, Oh Where Has My Little Dog Gone?” until you wanted to
scream.
Children ran back into their
homes, begging for two or three dollars for one of Mr. Swirlee’s overpriced ice
cream treats. Frankly, there was a part
of me that was more than a little amazed some crazed father hadn’t tried to
kill Mr. Swirlee long before now.
(from Mr. Swirlee by Mike Faricy)
8*/10. The
complete review is here.
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Thursday, February 18, 2021
Wednesday, February 17, 2021
Tuesday, February 16, 2021
Sunday, February 14, 2021
Book Excerpt for the Day
The blue door opened and an
attractive blond woman leaned into the hall.
“Willie Everpay?”
“That’s me!” said Rex.
“Great!” said the young
woman. “I’m Tammy. Come with me and I’ll show you to your
desk. How do you like your coffee,
Willie?”
“Same as I like my women,
Tammy. Hot, sitting on my desk, and
wrapped in polystyrene.”
(from Out of the
Soylent Planet by Robert Kroese)
8*/10. The
complete review is here.
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Saturday, February 13, 2021
Friday, February 12, 2021
Wednesday, February 10, 2021
Tuesday, February 09, 2021
Monday, February 08, 2021
Book Excerpt for the Day
Kurt and Courtney met again at
a Butthole Surfers/Redd Kross/L7 show at the Palladium in Los Angeles in May of
1991, shortly before the band began recording Nevermind. They were instantly attracted to each
other. Courtney chose to express her
attraction by punching Kurt in the stomach.
He punched her back, then he leaped on her and they began
wrestling. After a little while,
Courtney got up, kicked Kurt, and walked away.
“It was a mating ritual for dysfunctional people,” Courtney cracks.
(from Come As you
Are – The Story of Nirvana by Michael Azerrad)
8½*/10.
The complete review is here.
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Sunday, February 07, 2021
Friday, February 05, 2021
Thursday, February 04, 2021
Wednesday, February 03, 2021
Book Excerpt for the Day
“Did you kiss?” asked Hermione
briskly.
Ron sat up so fast that he
sent his ink bottle flying all over the rug.
Disregarding this completely he stared avidly at Harry.
“Well?” he demanded.
Harry looked from Ron’s
expression of mingled curiosity and hilarity to Hermione’s slight frown, and
nodded.
“HA!”
Ron made a triumphant gesture
with his fist and went into a raucous peal of laughter that made several
timid-looking second years over beside the window jump. A reluctant grin spread over Harry’s face as
he watched Ron rolling around on the hearthrug.
Hermione gave Ron a look of deep disgust and returned to her letter.
“Well?” Ron said finally,
looking up at Harry. “How was it?”
Harry considered for a moment.
“Wet,” he said truthfully.
(from Harry Potter
and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling)
9*/10. The
complete review is here.
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Tuesday, February 02, 2021
Monday, February 01, 2021
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