That's probably the highest praise I can afford J.D. Robb's latest effort: it didn't totally suck. There were points where I was genuinely engaged -- although they were few and far between. With that said, this book starts to look like a masterpiece the more I read of 50 Shades of Grey, but that's a … Continue reading Celebrity in Death: A Not Completely Terrible Book
Nora Roberts
Get Your Crisp White Chinos Ready: It’s a Hilarious Quotes Post
You know, reading what I want was fun and all, but it led to some kind of boring posts. I missed being able to trash bad novels, especially novels lazy enough to employ J. Peterman catalog-esque descriptions. So imagine my delight when I discovered that J.D. Robb's mediocre Celebrity in Death does just that! Some … Continue reading Get Your Crisp White Chinos Ready: It’s a Hilarious Quotes Post
The New York Times Project Resumes
Thanks to the allegedly God-awful 50 Shades of Grey, there have literally only been two books I've missed since ending this project. When I was doing it regularly, there was a new book every week, of course, and then the second I called it quits, E.L. James's Twilight fanfiction captivated bored women the continent over, … Continue reading The New York Times Project Resumes
New York Times Project Grinds to a Halt
I've come to the decision that I just don't have this book in me right now. God bless the people who earnestly read this stuff, but I tried the first few pages and I've decided that, having finished two edge-of-your-seat potboiler thriller series, I can't do another right now. Instead, I'm first going to read … Continue reading New York Times Project Grinds to a Halt