I picked this book up because I’m a huge fan of the Tarkovsky film, and this month I’ve been reading books that have been adapted to film. I liked this book. It’s more than science fiction needs to be. The back of the dust jacket will tell you this is a book about a psychologist … More Solaris by Stanislaw Lem
I picked this up because I really loved Tess of the d’Urbervilles by Hardy. Tess is one of my favorite fictional characters, so I wanted to meet Bathsheba of Far from the Madding Crowd. Bathsheba is a strong women. She makes her own decisions, she declines marriage proposals and runs a farm. She’s great, I … More Far from the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy
I had no idea what to expect from this novel. My husband picked it up for me because Hitchcock based one of his early films on it. This month I am interested in reading books that have been adapted to film. I-loved-this-novel, but it took me about 100 pages to understand why I loved it. … More Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier
I read The Metamorphosis for the first time when I was in high school. I remember thinking Kafka really missed an opportunity to write a great horror novel. “–Man turns to insect! gross!” This book is a good argument for re-reads. This is Gregor Samsa’s story. On page 1 he wakes up in his bed … More The Metamorphosis by Kafka
I picked up A Head Full of Ghosts because my sister recommended it. My sister is more of a horror enthusiast than I am. But, I have dabbled in genre fiction enough to be familiar with the more famous stories and authors. This novel does a lot of alluding to famous horror movies and … More A Head Full of Ghosts by Paul Tremblay
I picked up this book because Patti Smith wrote the introduction. I enjoyed the introduction more than the novel itself. Not because the novel was bad, Patti Smith is just a tough opening act to follow. The story begins as our nineteen-year-old narrator jumps out of her prison cell and breaks her ankle (astragal is … More Astragal by Albertine Sarrazin
This year I am trying to find a women who I can model myself after. I’m looking for someone who started out “like me” but became something that I admire. I’m looking for someone who interviews well and has the confidence of a… well, of a man. That’s why I picked up this book. Patti … More Just Kids by Patti Smith
I watch HBO’s Girls and I’m determined to find a strong female celebrity who I can admire from afar. So, I asked for Lena Dunham’s book of personal essays for Christmas. My sister-in-law got it for me. My sister-in-law is a serious, politically-correct librarian type of girl… so the fact that the book came from … More Not That Kind of Girl by Lena Dunham
The Handmaid’s Tale shows up on a lot of really great lists. Amazon’s 100 books to read in a lifetime, Goodreads’ best books ever, 1001 books you must read before you die, BBC’s top 100 books to read before you die… the list of lists goes on. It was also the December 2015 selection for … More The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
I was eavesdropping* in a little indy bookstore in my neighborhood. It’s the kind of bookstore with shelter cats sleeping on armchairs and with anorexic college students complaining about the cooooooolest issues. This bookstore makes me roll my eyes at people I wish I could be. It’s pretty much my favorite place in the world. … More A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara
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