This book is all about coping mechanisms. Cheri becomes distant from his wife claiming everything his wife says and does is wrong because it is not Lea. Lea just picks up and goes away on vacation, but even the change of scenery still leaves her feeling morose. This book was heartbreaking. It is obvious, by […]
Top Ten Tuesday Hosted by The Broke and Bookish This is really more of my parent’s memory, but when I was a baby they put down a buck, a beer and a book and depending on which order I went to them would determine my personality later. I crawled to the book first, followed by the buck […]
Director: Edmund Goulding Writers: Casey Robinson (screen play), George Emerson Brewer Jr. (from the play by) Stars: Bette Davis, George Brent, Humphrey Bogart Release Date: April 22, 1939 A young socialite is diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumour, and must decide whether she’ll meet her final days with dignity. Bette Davis is my favorite actress […]
First, for my New Year’s Resolutions progress Do not go crazy with reading challenges: I am borderline here Comment on at least 5 blogs a day: I’ve been doing okay with this, some days I comment on anywhere from 0-2 blogs and on others I comment on 10 so I’ll give myself a passing grade […]
Cinder is a retelling of the fairy tale Cinderella, but is completely different from any other retelling I have yet encountered. It is futuristic and this Cinderella is cyborg. I like to pride myself, that I am pretty good about figuring out plot twists ahead of time, I had Cinder’s true hidden identity (even to […]