Laughing at the absurdity
I Hate Myself and Want to Die: The 52 Most Depressing Songs You’ve Ever Heard by Tom Reynolds You know how in High Fidelity, the big motif was the top 5? Top breakups, movies, songs by theme, whatever. Well, imagine if Nick Hornby took all the plot and characters out, but left the wit and the obsessive [...]

The e Before Christmas
Following my re-reading of Matt Beaumont’s e: A Novel, I discovered that he wrote a short sequel to it.  Further investigation revealed that it was made available digitally as a PDF from ebooks.com for a mere $4.25.  Sold!  All I needed was a handy reader for digital books (available free) and I was all set.  [...]

e: A Novel by Matt Beaumont
I’m sure most of us have been introduced to the epistolary novel at some point.  Classic examples include Dracula, Les Liaisons Dangereuses (Dangerous Liasons), The Color Purple — stories told exclusively through letters between characters.  This technique allows multiple viewpoints and narrators, often providing more than one version of events and truth.  This was especially [...]

Kicking off the Cannonball Read!
As I had mentioned earlier, I’m participating Pajiba’s Cannonball Read this year, along with a whole slew of other participants.  And I’m starting with a book that I adore.  Yes, I’ve read it before, but I picked it back up yesterday for the express purpose of reviewing it. They Call Me Mad Dog: A Story for [...]

Costumes through the ages (of Sharon)
In the spirit of Halloween, I went scrounging through my old pictures to find out what I used to look like when I dressed up. It’s pretty bad.  I mean, really. First up, this wasn’t for a special occasion, this is what I wore EVERY DAY. No, I’m not a tiny Amish nun but thank you for asking.  [...]