Unearthed: A bunch of book review blurbs from things read in the latter half of 2016. I Love Dick by Chris Kraus There is so much to love about this book by Chris Kraus. It’s wacky,…
Posts tagged Megan Abbott
Sticking the Landing
Not much will keep Katie and Eric Knox from helping their fifteen-year-old achieve her Olympic gymnastics dream — not mountains of credit card debt, falling apart cars, or their younger son, maybe not even murder….
Fever for the Flavor
In the worlds Megan Abbott creates teenaged girls are these lean-limbed, silk-haired raw beauties who sweat something that smells like strawberry lip gloss. They travel in packs and those packs have a hierarchy. And they…
Girls gone wild with Bath & Body Works
Oh, okay. I see. This is Megan Abbott’s jam. She likes to write sexy coming-of-age stories about smooth-legged teenaged girls who toss their tresses and emit berry-flavored scents from the surface of their lips and…
Doesn’t stick the landing
The less you think about Megan Abbott’s Dare Me the more you’ll enjoy it. When you’re knee-deep in cheerleader on cheerleader aggression and glitter and backtucks you’re totally captivated. You will find yourself breathing a…
Girl crimes
The high school cheerleaders at the center of Megan Abbott’s dark, psychological young-adult thriller Dare Me are a living, breathing unit with indistinguishable pieces. They travel as a pack, ponytails swaying, skirts hiked up to here,…