The Luminaries
The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton Set in 1865-1866 in New Zealand during the gold rush, 13 men try to solve a bunch of local mysteries, involving an opium-addicted whore, a missing prospector, a recently deceased man with a wife that no one knew about and a scarred man...
Amazing Race: Angry Showgirls
Yes, I’m still catching up from the end of last season. This is the second to last episode, “Cobra in my Teeth,” where the final four teams run around Indonesia eating cobras, hard-boiling eggs in a volcano crater and putting makeup on each other. Come join the commentary from...
Divergent
Divergent by Veronica Roth I had no intention to read a Hunger Games knock-off. I kept hearing it was good and when I read what it was about, it did intrigue me, even though the factions seemed arbitrary. I read this the same time as some friends on Twitter...
A Storm of Swords (A Song of Fire and Ice #3)
A Storm of Sword by George R.R. Martin It is not the book’s fault that it took me almost a year to read it. It is long but I did start reading it when I started watching the third season of Game of Thrones. I wanted to be surprised...
Amazing Race: Begging for Help
The holidays and travel caught up with me, so I am finally going back to finish up my recaps of the last season of Amazing Race. In this ninth episode, teams traveled to Indonesia to feed elephants and have nervous breakdowns trying to make music. Click through to read...