10 January 2012
THE Hamlet
By Borah Coburn // Books
Faulkner’s The Hamlet is about a family of hicks (The Snopes) living in the boonies of Mississippi in a town called Frenchman’s Bend. The novel kicks off by introducing us …
30 December 2011
Go, Mutants! by Larry Doyle
By Borah Coburn // Books
I don’t tend to like things set in high schools—books, 80’s movies, tv shows, classes, you name it—and we could go into the whys, but what it basically boils down …
08 November 2011
Heroes of Olympus: The Son of Neptune
By Rachael Nisenkier // Books
I am too old for Percy Jackson. I’m okay with that. But I think it’s important to start off this review with a qualification: Percy Jackson is not Harry Potter, …
18 September 2011
Book Flashback: Good Omens
By Rachael Nisenkier // Books
This feature sees your intrepid author venturing back into the books that delighted her in the past to see if they still stand up. If you’re a fantasy reader, chances …
12 September 2011
Adaptation Alert: One Day
By Kelly Bedard // Books
The film adaptation of the truly wonderful book One Day, predictably, leaves much to be desired. While the presence of the always sensational Patricia Clarkson (perfectly cast in the pivotal …
03 September 2011
Rachael on Stephen King on Writing
By Rachael Nisenkier // Books
It’s rare that you get to say a book changed your life and not be talking at least somewhat hyperbolically. It’s even rarer to get to say that about a …
20 August 2011
Ten Thoughts on “A Dance With Dragons”
By Rachael Nisenkier // Books
(because an actual review would just be scattershot and hard to follow) 10. It turns out I really like the actual kingdom of Westeros. One of my problems with this …
09 August 2011
The Help
By Rachael Nisenkier // Books
I am happy to admit I indulge in the time-honored tradition of hurrying to read a book before a movie comes out. I’d like to think that I DON’T do …
24 July 2011
A Dance with Dragons, Interrupted
By Rachael Nisenkier // Books
Rachael, you say, after post after post in breathless anticipation of A Dance With Dragons, how is it possible that you’ve yet to say anything about the latest in George …
15 July 2011
City of the Ick Factor
By Rachael Nisenkier // Books
One of the unfortunate side effects to being addicted to young adult literature, particularly of the Sci Fi-Fantasy variety is you occasionally get sucked into a story that the whole …
05 July 2011
Quick Hits: Memoir Edition
By Rachael Nisenkier // Books
I have a passion for both memoirs and religious stories, so it seemed like Mennonite in a Little Black Dress was written for me. Yet the overall narrative left me …
20 June 2011
MyBookshelf: Quick Hits
By Rachael Nisenkier // Books
Welcome to a new recurring feature over here at MyBookshelf. Quick Hits is a monthly feature that will allow us at MyBookshelf to share a little bit about some books …
11 January 2011
This Rough Magic
By Kelly Bedard // Books
The longest-tenured Artistic Director in the history of The Stratford Shakespeare Festival was an eccentric former actor famous for temper tantrums and stage fright. As a director, he staged some …
22 December 2010
One Day
By Kelly Bedard // Books
One of the year’s most successful literary offerings, One Day by David Nicholls is so much more than chick lit. The story of Emma and Dexter is hilarious, heartbreaking, poignant …
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