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Review: The House at Tyneford, Natasha Solomons 26 Aug 2013 | 02:00 pm
The original title to this book, for those interested, is The Novel in the Viola, and then they changed it to The House at Tyneford (affiliate links: Amazon, B&N, Book Depository) for US publication. ...
Reading the End Bookcast, Ep.5: Elizabeth Peters, Emma Approved, Summer Reading, and Snow Falling on Cedars 23 Aug 2013 | 04:29 pm
Late but not forgotten! The demographically similar Jennys belatedly post our podcast! (We really are sorry, we won’t let it happen again.) This week we’re talking about the death of Elizabeth Peters,...
Programming note re: podcast 21 Aug 2013 | 02:00 pm
We are slightly delayed in posting this week’s podcast. Whiskey Jenny and I are both extremely sorry. For some time now, Whiskey Jenny’s computer has had a cracked screen that has made ordinary comput...
Review: Half of a Yellow Sun, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie 19 Aug 2013 | 02:00 pm
My coworker Baby B started reading Half of a Yellow Sun, our current work book club book, before anyone else did, and she spoke of it with crazy-eyed love of the sort I have previously only seen in he...
Two Feminists Read a Romance Novel: The Heiress Effect, Courtney Milan 16 Aug 2013 | 02:00 pm
Last month, my adjunct sister Kate and I both read The Heiress Effect and discussed it back and forth via email in many paragraphs, with an eye to posting a joint review on the blog based on what we b...
Review: Paper Towns, John Green 14 Aug 2013 | 02:00 pm
The beginning: In Paper Towns (affiliate links: Amazon, B&N, Book Depository), a band kid called Quentin gets summoned in the night to join in an eleven-part revenge crusade by his neighbor, the gorge...
Review: Pride of Baghdad, Brian K. Vaughan & Niko Henrichon 12 Aug 2013 | 02:00 pm
The beginning: Comics are so short when they’re a single volume! This format feels a little silly for such a short comic. But never mind. I like this format and I’m sticking with it unless you beg me ...
Review: The Night Flower, Sarah Stovell 9 Aug 2013 | 02:00 pm
Way long ago (well, in 2010), I read Sarah Stovell’s first novel Mothernight. Although I thought it went a teensy bit overboard on the misfortune, I thought Stovell’s writing was absolutely gorgeous, ...
Reading the End Bookcast, Ep.4: Comics Episode! Fraction’s Hawkeye and Bendis’s All-New X-Men 7 Aug 2013 | 02:00 pm
You asked for it (you didn’t ask for it), and now we are delivering! The extra special all-comics episode of the Reading the End Bookcast, featuring recurring guest star Captain Hammer! You can listen...
Review: Unfinished Desires, Gail Godwin 5 Aug 2013 | 02:00 pm
The beginning: Oddly gripping from the get-go! In Unfinished Desires (Amazon, B&N, Book Depository), Old, blind Mother Ravenal, long-time headmistress at Mount St. Gabriel’s school, is asked by some a...
