A love story in an Orwellian universe dominated by fanaticism of sects, abuse and corruption. 1Q84 gets a lot of hate. Of the few people I know who’ve read it, there’s no one who says it’s ‘just okay’. Those who love it, love it. Those you don’t are convinced it was a waste of their […]
Month: March 2020
The Hazel Wood by Melissa Albert
Seventeen-year-old Alice and her mother have spent most of Alice’s life on the road, always a step ahead of the uncanny bad luck biting at their heels. But when Alice’s grandmother, the reclusive author of a cult-classic book of pitch-dark fairy tales, dies alone on her estate, the Hazel Wood, Alice learns how bad her […]
Looking Forward: March 2020
March is such a weird time. Mother Nature is in limbo – hot then cold (at least in Colorado). There’s a calm before the storm at work. Tax Season is coming up. I huddle in more this time of year; mentally preparing myself for the never-ending pool-side events and day trips. I appreciate these things […]