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Mary Tyler Moore Season 2 Review
Mary Tyler Moore Season 2. Good. I don’t have a lot to say about the show; I think it holds up pretty well nearly forty years on, though it surely is of its time. Since I wasn’t paying attention, I didn’t know till it arrived that the last disc is exclusively bonus materials. I can’t […]
The Likeness Review
The Likeness, French. Yes. My librarian brought this home on spec, in the same delivery as What the Dead Know, and I’m quite grateful. The two mysteries share a plot element, but French’s work is much more solid than Lippman’s. Nothing struck me as filler, and even the segments that weren’t driving the plot were […]
What the Dead Know Review
What the Dead Know, Lippman. No. There is plenty of very good writing in this book. Unfortunately, there is also a disqualifying amount of not-very-good writing. This is the second time Publishers Weekly has let me down, describing this in their Staff Favorites issue as an “outstanding stand-alone thriller.” I did not find it particularly […]
How to Hurt Yourself Making Ginger Ale
1. Stop by the Indian grocery looking for cinnamon sticks (no dice) 2. Notice fresh ginger on sale (99 cents a pound!) 3. Buy a whole bunch 4. Chop it up into a rough paste in the food processor 5. Squish that paste through a clean damp cloth to make ginger juice 6. Put most […]
This Night’s Foul Work Review
This Night’s Foul Work, Vargas. Yes. I hadn’t planned to read another Adamsberg so soon after the last, but I saw this on the library site, and it was the next after Wash This Blood Clean from My Hand, and translated by the same person, so I picked it up. I enjoyed it as much […]
Leviathan Review
Leviathan, Westerfeld. Yes. To start with my only substantive complaint, while Leviathan does not have the clumsiest exposition I’ve ever read, there were several rough patches. I don’t recall being as distracted by previous Westerfeld, but I fancy steampunk brings its own set of challenges (we’re at this point in history, and it splits from […]
Forced Perspective History of Cookery Research Collection
Loomis, Andrew. Drawing the Head and Hands. New York: The Viking Press, 1956. Heffernan, Helen and Sybil Anderson. A Teacher’s Guide for Girls and Boys at School. San Francisco: Harr Wagner Publishing Company, 1956. Neumann, Ruth Vendley. Conversation-Piece Recipes. Chicago: Reilly and Lee Co., 1962. Diat, Louis. Cooking a la Ritz. New York: J. B. […]
October Reading
Wash This Blood Clean from My Hand Review
Wash This Blood Clean from My Hand, Vargas. Yes. I believe I enjoyed this book even more than I enjoyed Have Mercy on Us All, though I think I probably will continue not to seek out the other Commissaire Adamsberg books, as I fear possible disappointment (alternatively, I want to pace myself). I expect much […]