I’m not usually a makeup blogger — I mean, LOOK at that flat-lay. Sad! Anyway, I’m not a ‘makeup blogger,’ but I do own, wear, and covet makeup A LOT. Like, a-lot, a-lot. Anyway, since it’s December and we’re winding down the year, I thought I’d share a list of the products I discovered this…
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My First Date with Lush
Yes, you read that right: my first. After I shared about my struggles with acne, I took the advice of the comments and got my butt to Lush on the Upper West Side. It was a rainy Thursday afternoon, and I was the only shopper in the store, with three knowledgeable and enthusiastic employees. We…
Starship Troopers
This is arguably the most famous of Heinlein’s novels and I would venture to say it is probably the least typical Heinlein novel. The humour is sparse, there’s almost no sexual encounters, and the female characters can be counted on one hand. While I always enjoy The Dean’s writing, I found this one to be…
Night Terrors: Sex, Dating, Puberty, and Other Alarming Things by Ashley Cardiff
Last month, I was fortunate enough to be stuck on a train for ten hours (ten hours just read that sentence will you!) to devour this entire book in a single sitting. Ashley Cardiff’s collection of essays all revolve around the subject of sex. Because she is openly talking about sex, her narrative voice takes…
I Was Told There’d Be Cake, by Sloane Crosley
As soon as I finished the first chapter of I Was Told There’d Be Cake, I realized something: Sloane Crosley was the friend from Long Island I never had in college. Her humorous essays are very conversational, relateable, and then…they take a turn for the absurd. I found myself smacking my forehead at her ditching…
Podkayne of Mars
I can’t wait to introduce you to Podkayne of Mars!!! Told as a diary written by Poddy Fries, nine Mars years old (which is like 16 Earth years – because of the longer orbit, duh, Heinlein thinks of everything) and about to embark on the journey that will change her young life!! But then –…
I Will Fear No Evil
What do you get when you put the brain of a dying old man into the body of an impossibly hot young woman? I Will Fear No Evil explores every possible angle of a horny old man being surgically implanted into the body of his secretary to prolong his life. Questions like, “Where is the…
When the Tripods Came
Full disclosure: this is a children’s book. Yes, friends, this is how 1988 does YA dystopian sci-fi. No icky love triangles, no pseudo-sexual undercurrents, no preachy abstinence subtext. Just tripods. What I love about the Tripods is that they’re unpredictable. No little green men screeching “TAKE ME TO YOUR LEADER,” in fact, I have no…
Convergence: Nightwing and Oracle
Nightwing may get top billing in this two-part Convergence story, but it’s Oracle (Barbara Gordon) who clearly steals the show. Told mostly from her perspective, the story examines the more human aspects of being trapped under the giant dome. In very few well-chosen words and images, the reader quickly understands the psychological implications of being…
Time for the Stars
As far as Heinlein goes, this one is probably one of the least convoluted, and most child-appropriate. That said, he falls into what I like to think of as his “short-book” pattern, where the first half is slow, plodding character development. You get to know someone, get to like them…and then in the third act,…
Love in the Time of Cholera
Hoping for some light reading? Love in the Time of Cholera is not it. After four hours of reading in a waiting room, I had only made it through the first 30 pages. This wordy behemoth is worth your time, because it will be hard to put it down, I promise. This book is about…
Flutter
I met Jennie Wood at NYCC14 and this review is so beyond late, but trust me, it’s worth it. If you’re a fan of Sex Criminals and coming-of-age comics, Flutter is one to check out. Navigating growing up and figuring yourself out is hard enough when you’re a teenager. Understanding your body and desires is…