Let me begin by saying that the cover of this novel is perfect. Juliet, with her eyes closed: she could be anywhere, but in assembling an understanding of the world around her, images from her time in Nicaragua serve as a foundation. And the vivid imagery: the combination of photographs
It's not this bad. I haven't subscribed to "The New Yorker" for a year now. It's not that bad. But maybe it's close. 63 magazines. When I actually started reading them at the beginning of June, I was rightly chuffed. Beginning with the most recent issues, I was reading backwards,
Holly Black's Modern Faerie Tales series begins with Tithe. I bought a copy of it some years ago for my niece, thinking there was just enough swearing and sexual tension to incite an interest in reading. (That wasn't entirely successful, but I did quite enjoy reading it myself. Not that
I was inspired to re-read Margaret Atwood's The Penelopiad after I read The Odyssey (with and without pictures). "The story as told in The Odyssey doesn't hold water: there are too many inconsistencies." Atwood describes the impetus for retelling this classic tale as follows: "I've always been haunted by the hanged maids;
Readers of Who Do You Think You Are? first met Rose's step-mother in "Royal Beating". In that first story, Flo was an agent of power (although at least part of her power is wielded through her husband), a force to be reckoned with for young Rose. In "Spelling", Rose has
