Uglies by Scott Westerfeld : Given the buzz for this series, I was worried it wouldn’t live up to all the praise. But I was wrong to be concerned in this case. This was a really intriguing book with a lot of compelling character detail and a way to look at societal perceptions from a […]
Becoming Jane [2/5] [Amazon] I found the film adaptations of both Sense and Sensibility and Emma to be charming enough, but this account of the life of Jane Austen herself was just tedious. His Girl Friday [4/5] [Amazon] Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell trading great dialogue make this classic screwball comedy a must-see, even if […]
Today is the release date for Paper Cities: An Anthology of Urban Fantasy, edited by Ekaterina Sedia. I was lucky enough to get an advance copy a few weeks ago, and I’ve been enjoying it a lot. Paper Cities is an eclectic collection of fantastic stories that are about, obviously enough, cities. While that makes […]