A Jihad for Love
I recently watched what turned out to be a most impressive documentary about gay men and women in Muslim communities and countries.
FreeVerse: Tegnér’s Drapa
This is another poem from Tales Before Narnia (which will be reviewed soon, I promise!).
Wench by Dolen Perkins-Valdez
In Dolen Perkins-Valdez’s debut novel, Wench, Lizzie, Sweet, Reenie, and Mawu are all brought to the Tawawa resort in southern Ohio for the summer by their masters. Perkins-Valdez researched the real retreat where it was common for Southern gentlemen to bring their slave-mistresses. Of course, being in a free state has a certain lure, and for the first time, their eyes are open to real possibilities of living free. An edifying friendship forms, one that none of the women have ever been able to have with other slaves, due to their status as the master’s mistress.
FreeVerse: Poem for my 43rd Birthday
Dear God do not think that I am 43 years old. I certainly didn’t write it. Please don’t call me ma’am, either.
Ruby and the Stone Age Diet by Martin Millar
Ruby and the Stone Age Diet was one of Martin Millar’s first books. It came out something like 20 years ago (indeed, a blurb from Neil Gaiman says that he’s been reading Millar for 20 years) in the U.K., but was only just published earlier this year in the U.S. by Soft Skull Press.
Here’s a recent conversation:The Sandman: Fables and Reflections by Neil Gaiman
Here we have Fables & Reflections the 6th volume of the Sandman series. This is one of those volumes that doesn’t have an over-arcing storyline, so Imma break it down for you.
Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater
Spoiler: the guy lives at the end. But you and I already knew that, considering that the sequel, Linger, is already out. I actually would have really enjoyed some delicious tragedy where he died and the next book could have been about some of the other werewolves, but this is YAPARANORMALROMANCE and that just isn’t going to happen. Thus I never felt any sense of urgency whatsoever, which might’ve brought the book up from “meh” to pretty ok.
Army of the Republic Winner
First of all, a question. I am having hella spam problems. In the last week or two, I’ve gone from around 75 or so spam comments a day to around 500 spam comments a day. Clearly, I cannot go on approving all comments/commenters. I have decided to try a captcha program. I know, I know, it sucks to have to do that while commenting, but what can I do? My question, therefore, is, does anyone know of a good captcha plugin for wordpress? Any suggestions would be much appreciated.
The Last War by Ana Menéndez
I really wanted to love this book, but it’s over-narration killed it for me. Never in recent memory has it taken me so long to get through a book so short (just over 200 pages).
