Category Archives: Reviews

Book Review: Life of Pi

Posted on January 10, 2013 by admin

Book Review: Life of Pi DISCLAIMER: I have no idea how to write a proper book review. My “reviews” usually turn into rambling essays that go off into tangents about other books. Life of Pi is the story of Pi … Continue reading →

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Book Review- So Say the Waiters: Episodes 1-5

Posted on December 12, 2012 by admin

So Say the Waiters: Episodes 1-5 So Say the Waiters, a serialized novel by Justin Sirois, is about an app that enables people to schedule their own kidnappings. The app, called KidnApp, is a multimillion-dollar business, capitalizing on a desire … Continue reading →

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Review: Baltimore Book Festival 510 Reading

Posted on October 1, 2012 by admin

9/29/12 The 510 Reading Baltimore Book Festival: City Lit Project Pavilion This was my second 510 reading, in an outdoor tent near the Washington Monument. It was cold outside, we could hear the sounds of a band playing a … Continue reading →

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Fangirling and Review (Spoiler Alert!): Atmospheric Disturbances

Posted on September 8, 2012 by admin

Atmospheric Disturbances by Rivka Galchen I read this book nearly two years ago for my first grad school class. I wrote a paper comparing and contrasting Galchen’s use of unreliable narrator with that of Vladimir Nabokov in Lolita. I lent … Continue reading →

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Review and Fan Art: Kira’s World (We the Living)

Posted on July 27, 2012 by admin

This piece, an ink sketch vectorized and added-to and colored in Adobe Illustrator CS5, is based on the novel We the Living. It’s how I imagine that the main protagonist, Kira Argounova, sees the world. We the Living takes place … Continue reading →

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Strangers in Paradise

Posted on February 11, 2012 by admin

So much has already been said about Terry Moore’s progressiveness in designing his female characters to look “imperfect.” I agree and I couldn’t say it better myself. But I had an experience with these books that I rarely have in the best of novels.

I fell in love with the characters.

Not at first sight. Gradually. Continue reading →

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