Dewey’s 24 Hour Readathon is upon us and I am ready to get started. Reading List: The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat by Oliver Sacks The Silver Linings Playbook by Matthew Quick Maisie Dobbs by Jacqueline Winspear White Fang by Jack London The Coming Storm by Michael Lewis The Return of the […]
Reviews Done Quick I picked up Into The Wild while at my family’s cabin in Northern Wisconsin. From a landscape perspective it seemed like a perfect match. All I can say is thank goodness it is short. As usual, Jon Krakauer’s writing was spot on, it was his subject matter that was the problem, Christopher […]
Book Impressions With the likes of the Cleveland Three, and Elizabeth Smart in the news, kidnapped women who eventually are found is a hot topic. Girl Last Seen was more on the cold side. The characters were all one dimensional, particularly the two missing girls. Because of the lack of development I didn’t form a […]
Reviews Done Quick All The Light We Cannot See was one of the most hyped-up books when it was released in 2014 and even won a Pulitzer Prize. Sadly, I didn’t see it. I tried desperately but I just couldn’t get into it. It felt pretentious and had an Oscar (or in this case Pulitzer) […]
Weekly Wrap-up is where I share happenings on the blog, books I have read or acquired recently. I link to Caffeinated Book Reviewer, Off The Blog Last Saturday I saw the new A Star is Born with my mom and sister-in-law. I love Judy Garland and James Mason who starred in the 1954 version so […]
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 […]
8 Reasons not to Adopt Orphan number 8 The author draws you in with shock and awe plot twists such as, the reason why Rachel and her brother were put in an orphanage. However, once the shock has disappeared there is little left to keep one reading on. Rachel’s reminiscences grow repetitive and long-winded. and […]
Fraterfest is hosted by Kim at Caffeinated Reviewer and runs from October 11 – 16. Book List Maisie Dobbs by Jacqueline Winspear The Grave’s a Fine and Private Place by Alan Bradley The Girl in the Spider’s Web by David Lagercrantz In Cold Blood by Truman Capote The Outsider by Stephen King Silkworm by Robert […]
The Short of It Cleopatra’s Daughter had been nesting on my bookshelf for several years. Honestly, I could have waited a bit longer. It read like a young adult novel but instead was misleadingly marketed towards adults. I didn’t think the characters, particularly Selene were well-developed or even grew as individuals. When I find it […]
Breaking up is hard to do I went through a Jodi Picoult phase when I was in my twenties. True her novels are formulaic but they were still enjoyable and that’s the important thing. Unfortunately, that was not the case with The Tenth Circle. While it is a timely book The Tenth Circle just fell […]