I first heard about this book while listening to the now-defunct Books on the Nightstand podcast. It was Ann Kingman's recommendation, and I've found her recs to be hit/miss for me, but she was so enthusiastic about it that I put it on my TBR, then promptly put off reading it for almost a decade. I ...
This is one of three books I've read recently that does not use quotation marks. WHY?? It's so confusing! Especially when the author also breaks the rule of starting a new paragraph when a new person talks and has two people talking, without quotation marks, in the same paragraph! Argh! Stop doing t...
3.5 stars rounded down. Not sure what to say about this book. The writing was fine; the story was interesting (but strangely, disappointingly, predictable). I don't read a lot of sci-fi and the mystical parts were interesting concepts. I'm really not sure why I didn't like this book more.
THE PARTICULAR SADNESS OF LEMON CAKE, BY AIMEE BENDEROne of my best friends recommended this one to me, a (really) long time ago. She warned me it was "a bit pretentious", but she still enjoyed it. Maybe it was the warning about pretentiousness that put me off reading it for so long, but I thought i...
Oh, what a disappointment of a book. In addition to aggravating formatting issues (lack of quotation marks without a very good reason is always an annoyance), this book had a serious case of plot ambivalence. I wish Bender had just made up her mind about what she wanted her book to be. Is it a full-...
I have such mixed feelings for this book. I really cannot decide wether I liked it or not. I found it engrossing and frustrating. I think at the end of the day the story is trying to portray our ability to love those who are flawed. Rose can taste these flaws, which those around her keep hidden f...
I adored this book, mostly because as always I'm a bit of a sucker for sweet narrative, and this one was wonderful. I never quite warmed up to George, but towards the end, Joseph -- cold and standoffish and painfully relatable -- won a spot in my heart. Rose was... kind of lovely, actually. I liked ...
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