Reviews Done Quick The Kindest Lie centers around Ruth. After many years she is returning home for the holidays. However, something else draws her home. Ruth had a baby in high school, and now in her thirties, she feels pulled to find him. The Kindest Lie while a good holiday read, was a little predictable […]
Weekly Wrap-up is where I share happenings on the blog, books I have read or acquired recently. I link to Caffeinated Book Reviewer, The Book Date and Reading Reality Off The Blog I took several sporadic blogging breaks this year and before I knew it, it was December. Right on queue, Wisconsin gave us snow […]
Review Molly is an endearing character, with her OCD for cleanliness and decency, her love for The Olive Garden, and despite better judgment, Molly trusts everyone. However, like Ted Mosby’s former girlfriend, I consistently heard myself saying “Oh honey” to the schemes she unknowingly got involved in. I got the impression that Molly was slightly […]
Hosted by Rose City Reader Beginning: It’s a wonder everyone who uses public transport in winter doesn’t keel over and die of germ overload. Hosted by Freda’s Voice Anne at Head Full of Books is taking over for a bit Page 56 She appears swaying in the doorway, but she’s not alone My Thoughts: I […]
Books from the Backlog is a fun way to feature some neglected books on your bookshelf unread. If you are anything like me, you might be surprised by some unread books hiding in your stacks. Carole’s Random Life in Books hosts this meme On My TBR This Week Why It’s On My TBR Killing Me […]
Books from the Backlog is a fun way to feature some of those neglected books sitting on your bookshelf unread. If you are anything like me, you might be surprised by some of the unread books hiding in your stacks. This meme is hosted by Carole’s Random Life in Books On My TBR This Week […]
Mini-Review s was different from what I was expecting, although, I can’t quite put my finger on what I was expecting in the first place. P. Djèlí Clark’s short book was unique with characters that had strong independent voices. I think what caught me off, guard was the genre. I went into Ring Shout thinking […]
Hosted by Rose City Reader Beginning: Dear Hannah, What are you writing? I expect you’ve started something new by now. If not, consider this a nudge from a fan. You have a following, my friend, desperate for the next Hannah Tigone. To paraphrase Spider-Man: With great readership comes great responsibility. Hosted by Freda’s Voice Page […]
I think the best way to describe The Last Thing He Told Me would be to compare it to a trainwreck. It started out fine and (somewhat) harmless but it slowly started to go off the tracks. The gist of the story is that Owen goes on the run after the company he works for […]
Weekly Wrap-up is where I share happenings on the blog, and books I have read or acquired recently. I link to Caffeinated Book Reviewer, The Book Date, and Reading Reality Off The Blog My library card expired without my notice until I tried to renew a book so getting that update was a top priority […]