Tag: books

• “The Pisces” Mini Book Review

  

  The Pisces by Melissa Broder My rating: 4 of 5 stars I’ve been aware of “The Pisces” since it’s released. And still. Once I finally requested it from the library, I had no idea what I was getting myself into. This book is definitely for both the lovelorn and the hopeless romantic. I mean, there […]

  C.S.J.

  January 23, 2021

  BOOKS + LITERATURE, LustLoveSex

  books, The Pisces, The Pisces book

• How To Lose Readers & Alienate People: A Review on “The Rules Of Attraction”

  

  by Shae In her New York Times book review, published on September 19, 1987, Michiko Kakutani compared the shortcomings of The Rules of Attraction characters to the then-current run of 1980s jeans commercials: “Not only are these kids uniformly attractive (slim and sun-tanned with high cheekbones), but they also all project the same air of shiny self-absorption – a mood […]

  C.S.J.

  January 1, 2017

  BOOKS + LITERATURE, SEXISM+GENDER, VIDEO

  books, novels, The Rules of Attraction

• Lavish Reviews: “Bliss” by Shay Mitchell & Michaela Blarney

  

  On the surface, Bliss looks like a super girly book. On the inside, it is a super girly book with an infinitesimal bit of grit and boatloads of scandal to be almost inappropriate for the average teen reader (it’s just right for the 21+ set in YA fiction). Bliss: A Novel (published by St. Martin’s Press) is […]

  C.S.J.

  December 29, 2015

  BOOKS + LITERATURE

  books, Pretty Little Liars, Shay Mitchell