Blankets. This book, guys. I barely remember this book. I’ve intentionally shoved it aside. What they hell am I supposed to write here? When I finished reading Blankets the first time, I put it down and said aloud to my family (we were on a road trip) “This book was great, but I’m not sure…
This is on here more for the book than for the movie, even though I liked both. Never Let Me Go is a great example of a book that slowly sucked me but then never let me go (ha) once it did. It’s part coming-of-age story, part character drama, and part horror novel. Author Kazuo…
(Note: I wrote the following before author Ned Vizzini took his own life. This is the only Vizzini book I’ve read, and it’s a great one. His death is particularly sad given the topic of the book — struggling with depression and suicidal thoughts.) I’m including the book and the movie in the same entry…
“These kids are all trying so hard to be weird. I’m genuinely weird, so I can spot the effort a mile away.” – Carter The book Carter Finally Gets It, is sophomoric, predictable, a bit shallow — and more fun for me to read than just about any in years. It’s a high school…
Around the time that I graduated college and moved back home, I decided I wanted to be a Reader. Sure, I’d read in the past. Loved Harry Potter. Devoured pop culture and sports books. I’d even read the occasional novel just for the heck of it. But I knew I was missing out on the…
Rating: ★★½ (out of 4) I bought High Fidelity about a year ago on the recommendation of fellow Earn This writer Grant. Earlier this week, my computer crashed. I was too lazy to fix it that night, so I grabbed the first book I saw on my bookshelf and started reading. It happened to be Fidelity. I…
The office for the company I work for has a large selection of edgy, anti-authority education books. I picked up this one yesterday and read most of it last night. It’s pretty short (191 pages) and, unlike most education books I come across, has little to say about schools other than to dismiss them almost…