Andy Weir definitely has a specific writing style and preferred method of telling a story. And that is a first-person narrative from the perspective of a human not on Earth, alone in some fashion, who is snarky/sarcastic, in a high tension situation with seemingly no way out, using copious amounts…
I'm a carnivore. Not like on the carnivore diet. Although I eat woefully few vegetables. Let's just say that I eat enough fruit and vegetables, in combination with my vitamins and supplements, that my chances of getting scurvy are not nonexistent. I can't not eat meat; the perfectly cooked, medium…
"Don't worry about that chair with a hole in the middle. It's merely waiting to be reupholstered." - La Chiffre, Casino Royale (1967 film)
I remember in high school having the choice of reading The Grapes of Wrath or To Kill a Mockingbird for class. I chose the latter. I was glad, too. I actually read Mockingbird and genuinely liked it. I also remember after we read the books, the students who read The…
With this book, I have now read everything by Thomas Harris. A whopping six novels - 4 of which feature Hannibal Lecter. This was not a Lecter novel. It was, in fact, Harris's first novel and a response to the Munich Olympic massacre in 1972.
I'm not exactly sure this qualifies as a meet-cute, but it is a beautiful story. Also a little weird that my first romance read is set in the Holocaust...
Imagine having an estranged uncle die and leave everything to you. Imagine that you learn that "everything" is his supervillain empire...
A new Star Trek novel by Una McCormack? Sweet! And the main character of the novel is [checks notes] Una?! I'm in! Now the question is, where does Garak fit into this story?
Do you miss the days when the Batman movies were kinda campy but not overly campy. When they were dark but not overly dark? Do you wish you could dive back into the Michael Keaton days as Batman - between Batman and Batman Returns? Do you wish there was more…
After finishing Pet Sematary recently, I really wanted a chance to re-read The Shining. It's spooky season after all! I have to say, having a few other Stephen King books under my belt really added to my enjoyment of this one.