From August 2012. * Much, much more satisfied than I was the last time, as a poor underdeveloped teenager. The Eden stuff tickled me to death (tree of knowledge! Snake offering life instead of damnation! Oh Lemony, you humanist you). And I had some vague memory that something weird happens with Count Olaf’s character, but … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: January 2015
Book review: One Saved to the Sea, by Catt Kingsgrave
I have no recollection of how this book ended up on my Kindle wish list, so I have to assume it was God. I believe in a benevolent God. One who sneaks paranormal lesbian erotica into my reading list. This was a nice read. Regrettably, I don’t read as much lesbian fiction as I’d like to … Continue reading
Resurrected book review: The Carnivorous Carnival, by Lemony Snicket
From June 2012. 1. I did not have good memories of this book. It was the one, as I recall, that broke my suspension of disbelief, and struck my fourteen-year-old self as being entirely too absurd, beyond the limits of reality. What particularly offended me was the bloodthirstiness of the crowd at the climax, how … Continue reading
Resurrected book review: The Hostile Hospital, by Lemony Snicket
From June 2012. * I vaguely recalled The Hostile Hospital as my favorite, and while I haven’t finished re-evaluating the whole series, that turned out to be about right. This is the book where I want to give Violet the Dean Winchester Protective Sibling Award, and where I find the midpoint climax and suspense (the chase scene … Continue reading
Resurrected book review: A Series of Unfortunate Events, by Lemony Snicket (books 1-4)
From May 2012. Can’t wait for the Netflix series! 1. I’m contemplating the whole series, attempting to look deeper for underlying messages and issues I would have missed in junior high and early high school. There’s quite a lot. First, I’ve been analyzing them more closely as children’s literature and what set them apart and made them so … Continue reading
Query: Is there a market for wish-fulfillment fiction of people screwing with Christian fundies?
Just asking for a friend. (Because I am my own friend.) I grew up entrenched in the Southern Baptist, evangelical, fundamentalist environment, though through my teenage years I realized just how fucked-up a lot of their stances are, especially on social issues. I used to daydream a lot about being a witch from the Harry Potter … Continue reading
Resurrected book review: The Snow Empress, by Laura Joh Rowland
From spring 2013. 1. This is a highly interesting study of a book. I think the actual mystery/detective work is a bit simplistic (not that I have any idea yet who the culprit is), but just as a study of — okay, the author appears to be Japanese, but certainly a modern-era woman writing about … Continue reading
