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 […]
I read Charlotte’s Web to pieces when I was growing up. I loved the camaraderie between the spider and “Some Pig”. Now as a twenty-something I was still enchanted by Fern, Charlotte, Wilbur and even Templeton, only this time I was a little less with Wilbur. The whining and squealing was more than I could […]
I knew Stuart Little was a book written by E.B. White and that Michael J. Fox voiced the mouse-like character but I had no idea what the actually plot was. It pretty much centers around Stuart undertaking ordinary, mundane chores exhibited as a 6 inch person, and occasionally being chased around by the family cat. […]
I’m not sure how I feel about Insurgent. The reader does get a deeper look at the different factions and Dauntless training, but it got repetitive. Tris goes through a simulation and someone tells her she’s Divergent, she goes through another simulation and someone else figures out she’s Divergent, and round and round we go. […]
This may sound a little snobbish but as a general rule I don’t read novels that have a cartoonish drawing on the cover; I typically take that as a warning sign for being a trashy novel. Please don’t ask why I picked it up. Little Bitty Lies by Mary Kay Andrews centers around Mary Bliss […]
First and foremost, I would like to note that I checked out Waiting to Be Heard from the library. I did not buy or receive a free copy, but I did read the book. Why the disclaimer? Because anything negative said about Waiting to Be Heard (particularly on Amazon) gets bombarded with accusations and automatically […]
Catchy huh? Reconstructing Amelia immediately grabbed my attention but the theme of bullying even more. Amelia, against better judgement is invited to join the Magpies, a high school sorority. Amelia desperately wants to be accepted with the lead “Maggies” threatening her if she lets them down. I found this interesting, with bullying leading to suicide […]
Fairest was a cross between Singin’ in the Rain and Snow White. Debbie Reynolds must lip-sync for a silent picture star and with the transition to talkies her annoying voice would ruin her career. Of course, Jean Hagen is exposed as a fraud and Debbie is hailed. The only difference is that Aza snags a […]
By the Shores of Silver Lake is a much more mature novel in comparison to the series thus far. Hardship has befallen Plum Creek. It is addressed right away that the Ingalls have suffered through Scarlet Fever with Mary becoming blind as a resolute. Also, even though it is not mentioned, in the gap between […]
The whole book is a treasure really, but I particularly liked when Laura would go off to discover the inhabitants of Plum Creek, splashing her feet in the water, running up hills and encounters with water wild life. Although my favorite was her class party at Plum Creek with snotty Nellie Olson. As a come […]