That Which Shiri is Reading: City of Stairs by Robert Jackson Bennett
I used to be anti-first-person-present novel voice (apparently, the more one reads, the more one finds exceptions to one’s nonsensical and foolish self-imposed rules...
Author: Shiri Sondheimer
Dispatches from the Last Chance Salon
Twinkle, twinkle little bat Love the fangs, I’ll tell you that. Up up in the sky you fly Swan like necks to bite and watch...
Your Wednesday Earworm: Trampled by Turtles Tiny Desk Concert
But of a long one today but I promise it’s worth the listen!
That to Which Shiri is Listening
Bands of any size. Behind a desk. In the All Songs Considered Office. Incredible talents including new crushes (Trampled by Turtles) and some of my enduring...
Let’s Talk Process: Why the Book is *Almost* Always Better Than the Movie
I have yet to meet a writer who doesn’t enjoy dream-casting each and everyone one of her beloved, bedeviled, reviled characters from her published, still...
Review Monday: WE ARE ALL COMPLETELY FINE by Darryl Gregory
A support group for survivors of paranormal trauma. Sounds a bit trite, no? The gimmicky use of two popular topics. A trope. In Daryl Gregory’s...
Sentenced: Shiri’s 9-21-14 Edition
“We were dancing a war ballet, wrapped in the pinnacle of mankind’s technology, our crude weapons singing a thousand-year-old dirge.” page 186
That Which Shiri is Reading: Loki: Agent of Asgard
First of all, how in Hells Bells is it the last third of September? Crazy talk. Recommended to me by the inimitable @OliviaKelly_ after...
Dispatches From the Last Chance Salon
Dearest Patrons: You asked. We answered. There was some growling and then some screaming, but after that, we answered. There are now suggestion lamps placed...
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