UK

Rereading: To Sir With Love

I've read To Sir With Love 3 or 4 times now, usually when I'm feeling frustrated with teaching. And who…

4 years ago

The Candle-Factory Girl

The Candle-Factory Girl was a perfectly pleasant working-class family drama, but including some of the worst historical world-building I've ever…

7 years ago

Scars

In Eliza Bates' new novel Scars, when drunken hotel heir Luke Klein bumps into underemployed waitress Anabelle Cahill, he convinces her…

7 years ago

The Epic Crush of Genie Lo

If you live in Asia, there’s probably some TV show or movie playing any given time of day that either…

8 years ago

The Street of Eternal Happiness

For me, one of the most interesting parts of the story was the arc about CK's struggling restaurant, Your Sandwich.…

8 years ago