05 April 2014
Sense Of An Ending
By Borah Coburn // Books
Julian Barnes’s latest novel, Sense Of An Ending, has been well received. It’s won the 2011 Man Booker prize. It’s well written—which, in this case, actually just means that the …
02 April 2014
Read Doughnut
By Borah Coburn // Books
Tom Holt’s Doughnut is an utter confection* of silliness, sci-fi, world hopping, and awkward family relationships. If you’re unfamiliar with the realm of funny sci-fi, then dearest reader let me …
22 March 2014
Must Read: The Last Werewolf Series
By Borah Coburn // Books
Glen Duncan’s The Last Werewolf series is a powerful, engrossing, delicious delivery of violence, sex, musings on the why’s of life, questions about the nature of humanity (and monstrosity, as …
21 March 2014
Love The Basic 8
By Borah Coburn // Books
Gosh. The Basic 8 is one of those books I wish I’d read in high school. I mean, half a decade later it’s still amazing, I just know though, that …
13 September 2013
Read Before You See: The Book Thief
By Borah Coburn // Books
Markus Zusak’s The Book Thief is a masterpiece. I’m dead serious. So I’m both excited and terrified by the prospect that a movie interpretation of the book will be in …
28 July 2013
We Recommend: Orphan Black
By Borah Coburn // TV
There’s this little BBC America show about clones—Orphan Black?—you might have heard of it (and how people are ready to swear bloody vengeance because a certain actress was Emmy snubbed). …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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