Updated the ‘Recent Works’ sidebar, which is really something I should stay on top of all the time rather than just updating every few months, but oh well, it’s a good excuse for a post. Soon I’m hoping to review Helen Oyeyemi’s ‘Boy, Snow, Bird,’ and ‘S.’ J.J. Abrams by Doug Dorst. It’s taking me a while to get a handle on either of them. In Boy, Snow, Bird’s case it’s because it’s a fantastic, complicated novel whose flaws and strengths are so entwined it’s hard to pull them apart. In S.’s case, it’s because the book’s a derivative slog and I have to finish the damn thing before I can review it.