Reading Journal: February 10th, 2012
In my weekly Reading Journal, I’ll provide a brief update on what I’ve been reading and what’s on the horizon. In the interest of full disclosure, I will also list which books (if any!) I’ve received...
View ArticleLookin’ Good: Six-Gun Snow White by Catherynne M. Valente
Just got an advance copy of Six-Gun Snow White, a new novella by Catherynne M. Valente, in the mail. It looks amazing! Here’s the synopsis on the back cover: From New York Times bestselling author...
View ArticleSix-Gun Snow White by Catherynne M. Valente
It doesn’t happen to me very often, but ever so rarely I come across a book that’s so purely brilliant that it almost stuns me, a story that’s so gorgeous and rich that I feel paralyzed: not just...
View ArticleReviewing With Emotion
I absolutely love this line in today’s excellent post by Patrick Rothfuss about Neil Gaiman’s The Ocean at the End of the Lane: I will say this. It made me smile. I laughed out loud. I cried. Not...
View ArticleLookin’ Good: The Bread We Eat in Dreams by Catherynne M. Valente (includes...
I don’t get extremely excited about many ARCs anymore. Don’t get me wrong, finding any book in my mailbox always feels a little bit like Christmas morning, but some books are just special, and this...
View ArticleThe Bread We Eat In Dreams by Catherynne M. Valente
At first the narrator of “The Consultant,” the opening story of Catherynne M. Valente’s excellent new collection The Bread We Eat in Dreams, sounds like your standard, tired Raymond Chandler private...
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