The Blist

This book is not really one I'd pick up, except for the rave reviews I was reading about it. So I decided to give it (and soccer lit) ...

Now that flu season is in full swing, and our flu shots aren't doing us much good this year, it's a good time to talk about all th...

Give me liberty! And two book reviews damn it! Yes, I'm reviewing (more) textbooks. Why American History? Well, my instructor asked ...

It's hard to think that there used to be a day when people would willingly go into surgery without anesthesia of any kind...without st...

Don't get me wrong, I like me a dystopian mind blow every now and again to make me feel good about my current situation, but guh-damn....

Roots is a work of historical fiction written in 1976 by Alex Haley. He begins with the life and eventual capture of his great-great-great...

"Mom, after someone dies and becomes a ghost, do they become a kid again?" My four-year-old asked me this just a day after I f...

According to wikipedia, Anne Rice is an author of "gothic fiction, christian literature, and erotica." One of these things i...

In the words of the great John Cleese, "and now, for something completely different..." I don't know what I was expectin...

"Merricat, said Constance, would you like a cup of tea?" "Oh no, said Merricat, you'll poison me." "Merricat,...

Why do people like this book? Am I missing something? I get it. Bad writing and an improbable plot that could also operate as a pasta st...

After finishing several audiobooks, I had gotten used to "reading" while accomplishing some other task. So it took several weeks...

One of my top five! And it's only January! This book is soooooo good, you guys. It's eye opening and tragic and heartwarming and...

"Individually, you don't know what you're doing collectively." This is Mae's ex-boyfriend's synopsis of the n...

I accidentally read this book. Is that possible? I realized a few hours in that it wasn't autobiographical, but rather a collection of...

What is Columbine to you?  Before April 20th, 1999, Columbine was simply a school to most people, if not the flower for which it was named...

Well, I guess I owe Ms. Ng congratulations for writing a book that has seemed to appeal to so many people. Because despite the positive re...

Okay, guys. I'm going to tell you the biggest secret I've discovered so far for 2017...It will get you rea...