Earlier today it was exactly a year ago I got the leave the hospital. Just like I didn’t want to make a big deal out of it being a year ago they cut me open on February 26th, I wasn’t about to pull out a big song-and-dance number for this anniversary either. But here we… Read more »
Yearly Archives: 2016
First Lines: The Toll Bridge
A boy, another boy, a girl, another girl, a toll bridge, and a load of teenage “problems”. That’s Aidan Chambers’ The Toll Bridge in a nutshell. While I don’t have problems with so-called Young Adult literature, this book seems to be aimed at a slightly younger target audience. Maybe that’s why it did next to… Read more »
First Lines: Life of Pi
Here be spoilers. The author’s note of Life of Pie Yann Martel sets the book up as not only a true story, but also as a story which will make you believe in God. First, we get the introductory setup, where we learn about how Piscine Molitor Patel came to be known as Pi Patel,… Read more »
First Lines: The Stepford Wives
Ira Levin’s The Stepford Wives, with its clear, crisp prose is nothing like the 2004 movie I once saw. And that’s a good thing, as it is much, much better. In fact, forget I even mentioned that. Stepford is just another American suburb: a nice little town, with a cozy center, perfect little houses with… Read more »
First Lines: The Scarlet Letter
Picking up a copy of The Scarlet Letter was a honest mistake: just after finishing my list of 40 books to read before my 40th birthday, I apparently couldn’t quite recall which book made the final cut. Turns out that Lady Chatterley’s Lover did, and this one did not. Sadly, I did not quite enjoy… Read more »