It’s an accepted fact—in fiction, anyway—that to be a brilliant detective, you must also be broken in some fundamental way. Perhaps that brokenness is why they’re able to see the clues the rest of us miss? What’s curious about these flawed, brilliant minds though, is how often their struggles are expressed through substance abuse and […]
Sometimes, wisdom arises in the strangest of places, like a conversation between a witch and her cat. “Wickedness depends on where you’re standing, doesn’t it?” the cat tells her, not only making a salient point, but also summing up a central theme of Garth Nix’s new collection of short stories, To Hold the Bridge.
Welcome to the Book Nerd’s Guide to Life! Every other week, we convene in this safe place to discuss the unique challenges of life for people whose noses are always wedged in books. For past guides, click here. At what point in a relationship is it appropriate to divulge your strangest fictional crush? Let’s not […]
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, they say, even in the book world. There are plenty of great parody novels out there (Sherlock Holmes pastiches alone could fill up their own bookstore section), but some novels that begin life as commentary or satire on a genre later prove to be lasting entrants into that genre’s canon. We’ve […]
Welcome to the Book Nerd’s Guide to Life! Every other week, we convene in this safe place to discuss the unique challenges of life for people whose noses are always wedged in books. For past guides, click here. I have a small confession to make as we embark on this week’s journey into the mind […]