From the morbid to the mortal, Caitlin Doughty introduces us to the world of the funeral home and its employees. Following her work at Westwind, a funeral home and crematory, Doughty describes the people she’s worked with (both dead and alive) and the lessons she’s learned about life and death (but mostly death.)
First Impressions: Jennifer Mills’s “Dyschronia”
Australian author Jennifer Mills crafts a new kind of apocalyptic story, one without mutual destruction, nuclear winter, and the end of humanity as we know it. Using the strange and unexpected, Mills pulls the reader back and forth from present to past to create her novel.
First Impressions: “How Death Becomes Life” by Dr. Joshua Mezrich
A powerful, scary, and beautiful novel about one of the most daunting fields of surgery: Transplant. Dr. Joshua Mezrich brings readers not only through the history of transplantation but also through the present. Successes, failures, and complications all rise through this gripping story.
Bookmarks (Part Two)
The second part of a discussion on bookmarks and styles of bookmark-ing. Now: the unconventional stuff.
Bookmarks (Part One)
How do you bookmark? Let's look at the most traditional bookmarks: paper, laminated, and more!
First Impressions: “Medici: Ascendancy” by Matteo Strukul
Beginning with the death of Giovanni de’ Medici, Strukul crafts the past lives of Italy’s most famous family, the Medici. From death to exile, Strukul (translated to English from Italian by Robert McKenna) weaves a history rife with betrayal and coarse alliances.
First Impressions: “The Memory Police” by Yoko Ogawa
SPOILERS!! Ogawa’s novel echoes Orwell’s “1984” in this chilling novel about the power of the government and the mind. Translated from Japanese, follow the interwoven stories told by and written by the narrator through her life living on the island.
Books Abroad: Dymock’s
Much to my (very American) dismay, Australia is not host to Barnes&Noble. Fortunately, there’s an alternative: Dymock’s! This is what it was like…
Book Chiropractics: Cracked Spines
They say that if you step on a crack, you break your mother’s back. But what about your book’s? Cracked spines are the topic of debate for many bibliophiles—where do you stand?
Cover Trends: Floral Imagery
The next installation in examining popular trends in book cover design! It’s all about flower power—floral motifs, elegant greenery, and bright flowers.
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