Qwert City

Hiatus

alika — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 04:22:03 +0000

In order to spend more time writing books, QC is taking a break from blogging until further notice. As always, we welcome your feedback on the fiction and what you’d like to see more of on the site. Email QC with requests! Thanks!

Escape

alika — Sat, 30 Apr 2011 07:40:34 +0000

Ben’s lesson on Napoleon at Elba wasn’t arbitrary.

Finding LOST: Season Six by Nikki Stafford

Parted

alika — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 07:40:04 +0000

We’re all deeply committed.

Solar by Ian McEwan

Despise

alika — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 07:39:21 +0000

He stopped to sigh softly.

Wuthering Heights: The Wild & Wanton Edition by Annabella Bloom & Emily Bronte

Noises

alika — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 07:37:56 +0000

Nobody was certain at that stage what a bass guitar was, but bands all seemed to have one.

Bit of a Blur by Alex James

Impression

alika — Tue, 26 Apr 2011 07:00:03 +0000

Like Gandhi, Thoreau believed in the ability of the determined moral minority to correct the evils of the majority.

Gandhi: His Life and Message for the World by Louis Fischer

Overcooked

alika — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 07:39:03 +0000

By ten o’clock that night, there were 163 comments, from fans in eleven countries.

Juliet, Naked by Nick Hornby

Nudge

alika — Sun, 24 Apr 2011 07:38:23 +0000

This “silly, childish discussion”—whether the new century begins on the year 00 or the year 01—appears and reappears like clockwork every hundred years.

Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea by Charles Seife

Instance

alika — Sat, 23 Apr 2011 07:37:41 +0000

When Mr. Bump was a carpenter, he found that when he was hammering nails he hammered his thumb most of the time and the nail hardly at all.

Mr. Bump by Roger Hangreaves

Slapped

alika — Fri, 22 Apr 2011 07:36:50 +0000

A winner has options.

Irish Thunder: The Hard Life and Times of Micky Ward by Bob Halloran