Category: I stole this
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Koa Beck is smart
I want to share an article with you. It was written by Koa Beck and published in The Atlantic on December 31, 2015. I was directed to it for work reasons earlier this spring and have read it several times since. I think I learn something new every time. So now it’s your turn. Let me…
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Colour me impressed
Anson Mount is one talented mister. First, he was a convincing lead in a Britney Spears movie that cast Zoe Saldana in a supporting role (honestly, this speaks volumes). Then, he played the hell out of Cullen Bohannon, a bad-tempered, slick-shooting, slightly murderous (but gruffly loveable) railroad man, and successfully pulled off shoulder-length grey locks both on…
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13 Ways of Looking at a Fat Girl by Mona Awad
In just 214 pages and 13 stand-alone stories, debut author Mona Awad has won my undying respect. And because I can’t do this marvellous little book enough justice with a short and snappy “review”, I’m going to share one from the Globe and Mail instead: “It wouldn’t be far off to say that reading Mona Awad’s 13…
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You’re doing it wrong, Googler
Entertainingly enough, one of the most common Google searches that bring people to my site is “Chicago Med Tori”. Until now, there were two reasons for which a misguided Googler might arrive here using those terms: I posted a very short note about Chicago P.D. (Which is also created by Dick Wolf and exists in the same TV universe as…
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Article
Stolen from the New York Times. Primarily because of this line: “We had an accident one time. We read ‘Water for Elephants.’ It was a huge mistake.” Secondarily because it’s an interesting read: Men Have Book Clubs, Too By Jennifer Miller, New York Times None of the men in the Man Book Club had a problem…
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I love this instagram account
And not just because she takes amazing photos of It’s Only The Himalayas. More from @Ziba.Reads here.
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You want to read an honest(ly hilarious) review?
Here’s the tame version. And here’s the real nsfw Kendra version: “A few weeks ago, a friend in publishing (that’s right – I have connections) told me I would love a wonderful new author she’s been working with. Being the die-hard cynic that I am, I told her where to shove her opinion, and set off…