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A Really Sappy and Slightly Obsessive Book Review – Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
I don’t want to jump the gun by saying this in April, but I may have already read my favorite book of the year. Funny Story by Emily Henry isn’t out yet (and I didn’t snag an ARC), so this verdict could change in a few weeks when I bask in the goodness of an inevitably gushy and devastatingly gorgeous romance, but there is already a very strong, very different contender for Favorite Read of 2024. My Storygraph review of Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir is “BRB FORCING THIS BOOK DOWN THE THROATS OF EVERYONE I’VE EVER KNOWN,” and since I finished the book on January 12th, I’ve mostly…
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The Worst People You’ll Ever Meet – A The Secret History Reread
“The snow in the mountains was melting and Bunny had been dead for several weeks before we came to understand the gravity of our situation.” I read The Secret History by Donna Tartt in 2019. I’d read The Goldfinch in college and made it half of my personality. I started working for the studio releasing the film (I have other thoughts about that), and wondered why on earth I hadn’t read Tartt’s other work yet. So I did, and I once again became a changed person. I felt like I had soaked up The Secret History like a sponge. I thought I remembered all the important details. I assumed I…
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Wait, This Isn’t the 5SOS Song: A Babylon Ramble
A few weeks ago [one month actually, now that I’m getting around to putting this up for y’all], I took the plunge and finished off a full weekend of moviegoing with Babylon, written and directed by Damien Chazelle and starring Diego Calva, Margot Robbie, and Brad Pitt. I’ve since had a few conversations about the film, and the more I think about it, the more I have to say about it. Being that I don’t know how to shut up, I won’t. I’ll start by boiling it down. If you don’t want to read further, just stick to this paragraph. If this movie wasn’t as long as it is, or…
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If Carrie Underwood’s discography was a book: As Good As Dead Book Review
Last year, when I was in a big reading slump, I “picked up” a book (for my kindle) that my booksta pals had been hyping up a bit. A few had read it, and they’d given some great feedback on it. I’d been struggling to find something new (meaning: not a re-read) to get me out of my head. The book in question was A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder, and holy shit, did it get me to crawl out of my slump. As soon as I’d finished the sequel, Good Girl, Bad Blood (which I reviewed here on the blog), I pre-ordered the third installment, As Good As Dead,…