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Big Girl
Big Girl by Danielle Steel, 2010 Remember when you were young and Danielle Steel books were considered somewhat risqué? I mean, she was no Virginia Andrews – and definitely no Jackie Collins – but her...
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Super Sad True Love Story
Super Sad True Love Story by Gary Shteyngart, 2010 When you walk into work, a board flashes your mental state to all your peers: “meek but cooperative”. You wear an apparat, a smartphone-like device on...
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XVI
XVI by Julia Karr, 2011 In case you didn’t know, there’s a bit of a dystopian trend happening in the literary world at the moment – well, in the young adult literary world anyway (if you don’t believe...
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A Young Girl’s Diary
A Young Girl’s Diary by Anonymous (This post references the DailyLit site I’ve reviewed in the past. To understand what I’m talking about, you might want to read that entry before continuing with this...
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Stuff (that) Mel gives me
How does one feel when one’s friend starts a blog populated solely by items one has emailed to that friend in the past? Flattered, sure. And a bit weird, to be honest. And thirsty, definitely thirsty....
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Bossypants
Bossypants by Tina Fey, 2011 The Novel Challenge has begun*! Well, I started it on the first of September, but haven’t had time to write about it since then. On the upside, I’ve already finished a...
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Dedication
Dedication by Nicola Kraus and Emma McLaughlin, 2007 NB: This is the first post on this book – you can also read a note on its cover(s). You know the story. Girl meets Boy in early high school. Boy...
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Dedication: the cover (and its four thrilling sequels)
Why does one book need five versions of the cover? Okay, once it hit New York Times bestseller status (WTF?) it could have used an update telling everyone how great (?) it was. But what’s the...
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Damned
Damned by Chuck Palahniuk, 2011 What’s hell to you? Is it an author who uses a handful of literary devices over and over again until you want to throw his damn book across the room? A book that’s...
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Fame
Fame by Tilly Bagshawe, 2011 I don’t know what to say about Tilly Bagshawe’s Fame. There’s just so much wrong with it – the writing, the plot, the cover, the blurb. But it’s a trashy beach read, so...
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