Big Little Lies is my first in my analysis of books vs their film (or series) counterpart. Big Little Lies has been circulating the book blogosphere for a while so the novel is nothing new, however what brought me to read it was the HBO series. It looked like a trashy romp and is one of […]
Review: I purchased Everything I Never Told You on a whim. When I walked into Barnes & Nobel I only had eyes for Little Fires Everywhere. However, I am usually hesitant to splurge on a hardcover by an author I’ve never read before. Therefore, I reached for Celeste Ng’s début novel. The plot of Everything […]
Weekly Wrap-up is where I share happenings on the blog, books I have read or acquired recently. I link to the Sunday Post hosted by Caffeinated Book Reviewer Off The Blog The weather has been a bit crazy here, one day I’m walking to the library the next it is so windy I’m afraid I’ll […]
My TBR Meme is hosted by Michelle at Because Reading, this monthly meme’s purpose to help tackle one’s ever-growing tbr. On the first Saturday of each month participants post three books from their to-read list and allow others to vote on what they should read next. The following Saturday, the winning book is revealed with […]
Adaptation Alert: I believe the title of this posts says it all, Everything I Never Told You and Little Fires Everywhere are being adapted to screen. Earlier this year, according to Deadline, LD Entertainment optioned the rights for Everything I Never Told You. Currently, Michael De Luca (The Social Network, Moneyball) is set to produce. […]
Tuesday Trailer is a new weekly meme on First Impressions Reviews. To embrace books which are hitting the big screen and share the trailer for the upcoming movie. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society is a romance/Downton Abbey reunion as it stars Lily James, Jessica Brown Findlay, and Penelope Wilton. Netflix recently picked […]
Weekly Wrap-up is where I share happenings on the blog, books I have read or acquired recently. I link to Caffeinated Book Reviewer, Tynga’s Reviews,The Book Date Off The Blog I took a very long break from blogging and came back refreshed and ready to start anew. I came back with a few ideas which […]
My To Be Read List is a monthly meme hosted by Michelle at Because Reading. Each month I will make a post with three books from my TBR list. Readers will then vote on which book I should read next. The following Saturday the winning book will be announced. Then on the last Saturday […]
Hosted by Rose City Reader Beginning: It was a solecism of the worst kind. He sneezed loudly, wetly, and quite unforgivably into the woman’s face. Hosted by Freda’s Voice Page 56 People liked to say that the wrong streetsof Acton got the heat of the day and that’s why things were so different […]
Review The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah had languished on my kindle for two years. It mocked me each time I turned on the device to delve into something else. Finally, finally I got around to reading it. The reason I dragged my feet was because after reading one of Kristin Hannah’s earlier novel, Winter Garden […]