08 June 2013
Recommended: Eleanor & Park
By Borah Coburn // Books
Wow. I am super not qualified to objectively talk about this book in even a pseudo opinions-are-never-really-objective way. I have zero distance from this thing. I am in it, it’s …
03 June 2013
The Andalucian Friend: Nope
By Borah Coburn // Books
The press team on The Andalucian Friend is working their tails off to try and convince the general public that The Andalucian Friend is the Swedish thriller book equivalent of …
02 June 2013
Fat Angie
By Borah Coburn // Books
I. Wow. E.E. Charlton-Trujillo’s Fat Angie is a triumph and a mess and funny and brutally honest and gimmicky and clichéd and wonderful and a freaking thousand volts straight to …
24 May 2013
Jim Gaffigan’s debut book, Dad is Fat
By Brock Swinson // Books
Comedian Jim Gaffigan has been at the top of my comic list for many years now. You may recognize him as the pedestrian from the “meow” scene in Super Troopers, …
15 May 2013
Batman: The Court of Owls
By Matt Dodge // Books
In 1939, the fledgling comic book company Detective Comics released the 27th issue of their self-titled series, and introduced Batman to the world. Seventy-five years later, Batman is still here, …
08 May 2013
READ THESE: YA Beach Reading Edition
By Rachael Nisenkier // Books
In honor of the upcoming release of the cinematic rendition of Divergent (a book series I really enjoy, but don’t quite love), I figured I’d point out some under-explored gems …
03 May 2013
Vampires In the Lemon Grove
By Borah Coburn // Books
Vampires in the Lemon Grove is Karen Russell’s second collection of short stories. Her first, St Lucy’s Home for Girls Raised by Wolves, and her first novel, Swamplandia!, received quite …
29 April 2013
See Now Then by Jamaica Kincaid
By Borah Coburn // Books
I haven’t had a whole bunch of exposure to Jamaica Kincaid. I read Girl (which fairly blew my mind, GO READ THAT!), so there’s that, I guess. But I’m no …
09 April 2013
Must Read: The Thomas Cromwell Series
By Borah Coburn // Books
Hilary Mantel’s Thomas Cromwell series is fantastic. The series is planned to consist of three books, two of which are already out (Wolf Hall and Bring Up The Bodies). The …
23 March 2013
The 4-Hour Chef by Tim Ferriss
By Brock Swinson // Books
Falling somewhere on the scale between oddity and prodigy, Tim Ferriss is at it again with his third book of “personal experiments on lifestyle design.” First, he explored the realms …
22 February 2013
Read This: The Fault In Our Stars by John Green
By Rachael Nisenkier // Books
The Fault In Our Stars is a book that goes exactly how you expect it to, and yet breaks your heart in ways you never could have guessed. In that …
18 February 2013
The Love Song of Jonny Valentine
By Borah Coburn // Books
Teddy Wayne’s latest novel, The Love Song of Jonny Valentine, is about 11-year-old tween pop star, Jonny Valentine, and the circus that is his life. In the book, Jonny relates …
12 February 2013
The Average American Marriage by Chad Kultgen
By Borah Coburn // Books
Chad Kultgen’s latest novel, The Average American Marriage is the sequel to his provocative first novel, The Average American Male. The Average American Marriage is much like The Average American …
10 February 2013
Jungleland by Christopher S. Stewart
By Borah Coburn // Books
You guys, I did something crazy. I read a non-fiction book. This is … new and different for me. I don’t usually read nonfiction if it’s not about infectious diseases. …
Connect
