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review: a dark matter by peter straub

A Dark Matter, by Peter Straub Publisher: Anchor; Reprint edition (February 22, 2011) Language: English ISBN: 1400096723 Paper: $7.99, 608pp, mass market paperback Kindle: $7.99 I enjoyed this story, even though the storytelling got a bit tedious through repeated rehashes from various characters’ perspectives. But as that happens, more of the story unfolds. We learned [...]

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the hunger games and my issues with it

It all started with these blog posts elsewhere: I’ve been griping while reading The Hunger Games, and I’ve been making notes. When I first started reading and bumped into the word “Appalachia” in the text, my only thought was, “They better pronounce it right in the movie.” Yeah, there’s a lot of stuff, like I [...]

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we need to talk about kevin …

Last month under the recommendation of RN Lee, I read We Need to talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver. RN had suggested the book after reading my post about the Midnight’s Heir chapter with the parallel to Columbine. Shriver’s book is written as a series of letters from a wife to her husband about their [...]

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guest blog: electronica remix of "the sound of silence"

Title: Duptribe’s Electronica Remix of Simon & Garfunkle’s Classic “The Sound Of Silence” I’ve been a music lover my whole life. My first memory of music is listening to Simon & Garfunkel’s song Mrs. Robinson on my rocking horse when I was three. Like most kids, I cried a lot. One day my parents realized [...]

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