Or, how one book convinced me that I want to be a 19th-century teen bootblack.
In the town of fair Tokyo, where candy comes from
Lived a man name of Kyuk-ho whose work-life was glum.
Well, he thought a great thought with his brain before bed:
“I’ll go buy a sweet treat, like some chocolate!” he said.
It’s not about spies. Or gold. Or girls. Or even James Bond. It’s about food.
An in-depth look at “The Choppers,” a 1961 movie about the downfall of five teens who strip cars and sell the parts for cold, hard cash. And for kicks, daddy-o.
In the early 1980s, Mattel needed a new kind of Barbie. Sword-Slinger Barbie. They wound up with more than they bargained for.
In an age of reboots, there’s a reason nobody’s making Zorro movies, TV shows, or books.
I like reading weird books. I like writing weird books. But sometimes, I run across a book that’s so weird it causes me to question whether it’s even real.
Philip Marlowe gets more than he bargained for when he accepts a simple job involving mysterious food.
Takeaways from “Convenience Store Woman,” a novel by a best-selling novelist who had to work at a convenience store to make ends meet.