First Impressions I would like to begin my review Making Lemonade with Ben by Katherine Perreth by saying that I am 31 and disabled. I was born with left-sided cerebral palsy with my arm being completely paralyzed. Also, at the age of 16 I had brain surgery, disconnecting the left hemisphere due to life threatening […]
The Write On Review-a-Thon is a challenge hosted by Book Bumblings. From Friday through Sunday, we all band together and write as many reviews as possible. It’s a weekend for you to either catch up on reviews or get ahead on upcoming ones. It doesn’t matter if you write one review or 10 – if […]
First Impressions Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury reminded me of The Nightmare Before Christmas. It was quirky enough to impress but eerie at the same time. Impressions While Reading I had always wanted to read something by Ray Bradbury and with my renewed interest in reading books that were adapted to movies, […]
Book Review I’d been looking forward to the continuation of The Lizzie Bennet Diaries but unfortunately, The Epic Adventures of Lydia Bennet by Kate Rorick left me high and dry. I liked that the story did not focus on her scandal with George Wickham and fixated more on “the after”. My pet peeve was more […]
First Impressions Boy is one of the few Roald Dahl books I did not read when I was younger and was looking forward to this new experience with a favorite childhood author. Impressions While Reading It was a riveting look at Roald Dahl’s childhood in only the way he could Impressions on Narration It is […]
First Impressions After watching Making a Murderer, Twelve Angry Men by Reginald Rose, a play about a jury debating the innocence of a juvenile being tried for murder seemed appropriate. Impressions While Reading It a first seemed like a simple story but it was anything but and the tensions the bounced from one to another […]
The Actors While watching The Family Fang I realized something, Jason Bateman plays the same role in every movie — Michael Blooth. The do-gooder who holds himself slightly above others but does it without looking like a dooche. Baxter Fang was no exception, he was a bit of an oblivious doofus and portrayed the lost […]
First Impressions The Family Fang by Kevin Wilson is 309 pages of a “Candid Camera”. Caleb and Camille Fang put performance art above all else. Their kind of performance art I just found to be mean. Although, like a guy getting kicked in the nuts on America’s Funniest Home Videos you can’t help but laugh. Impressions […]
Do you write a monthly wrap-up post? How did you do this month? Share with me and/or visit The Book Date who has a monthly link-up for exactly that. Books Reviewed in May Number of Books Bought 2 Number of Books from Library 6 Fiction/Non-Fiction Ratio 100% Fiction Male/Female Authors 8 female 3 male Re-reads […]
First Impressions The Odd Couple by Neil Simon, in play form, is the perfect short humorous read, or listen in my case. Impressions on Narration The principal actors voiced the performance well and I found myself laughing aloud at times. Oscar and Felix are a stitch without intention. Overall Impression In a sense, it reminded […]