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Where the Crawdads Sing

Where the Crawdads Sing

Goodreads Progress First, is it odd that I am comparing an Oprah Book Club Selection to a Reese Witherspoon Book Club Pick?  The reason I thought of Icy Sparks while reading Where the Crawdads Sing is because both Icy and Kya were ostracized as children for being different and therefore kept to themselves.  This unfortunately led […]

Posted November 1, 2018 by Whitney in Review / 4 Comments
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Audiobook Review: Winter by Marissa Meyer

Audiobook Review: Winter by Marissa Meyer

First Impressions: Winter by Marissa Meyer is the conclusion to the Lunar Chronicles.  Ever since I finished Cress I had looked forward to reading the conclusion to the Lunar Chronicles.  Sadly, I was not as swept up by the story as I had hoped to be.  Cress ended with a cliffhanger and I expected that […]

Posted January 17, 2018 by Whitney in Review / 2 Comments
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Audiobook Review: My Story by Elizabeth Smart

Audiobook Review: My Story by Elizabeth Smart

In 2017 I jumped on the Elizabeth Smart bandwagon, I watched the Lifetime Movie and the A&E documentary and of course, I read her memoir. I listened to the audiobook of My Story narrated by the author, Elizabeth Smart. Like Waiting To Be Heard by Amanda Knox, I received a sensationalized story by a privileged […]

Posted January 10, 2018 by Whitney in Review / 1 Comment
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Audiobook Review: The Ghost Next Door by R.L. Stine

Audiobook Review: The Ghost Next Door by R.L. Stine

The Ghost Next Door by R.L. Stine was one of my favorites in the Goosebumps series growing up. I think that it centered around a seemingly normal girl appealed to me, and I remember the plot-twist ending caught me off guard. Listening to The Ghost Next Door as an adult it was no longer relatable and […]

Posted January 3, 2018 by Whitney in Review / 1 Comment
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Welcome to Dead House by R.L. Stine

Welcome to Dead House by R.L. Stine

As a 9-year-old I loved the Goosebumps series and now, as a 29-year-old several times over I decided to reread this favored series of old. Welcome to Dead House made me feel my actual age. What I Liked I recalled R.L. Stine having a tendency to play with my mind; working myself up to know […]

Posted November 7, 2017 by Whitney in Review / 0 Comments
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End of Watch by Stephen King

End of Watch by Stephen King

End of Watch by Stephen King is the end of the Bill Hodges Trilogy I very much enjoyed the first two in the series and looked forward to reading the last installment. One year after its release I am finally getting around to reading it. All my favorite characters returned one last time. Jerome and […]

Posted November 1, 2017 by Whitney in Review / 0 Comments
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The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead

The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead

The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead held great promise. The novel had an interesting idea of the Underground Railroad being an actual railroad, unfortunately, that is where it ends. The Underground Railroad was an undeveloped idea that never turns from a cocoon into a butterfly. The characters were rather dull and, despite all they had […]

Posted August 18, 2017 by Whitney in Review / 4 Comments
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The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks

The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks

Nicholas Sparks is a very formulaic author. He designs two star-crossed lovers living on opposite sides of the tracks and despite all odds come together. Even if I had not seen the movie before hand I could have seen where the story was going. Although, being predictable was not my biggest complaint with The Notebook. […]

Posted August 17, 2017 by Whitney in Review / 0 Comments
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Fates and Furies by Lauren Groff

Fates and Furies by Lauren Groff

I cannot believe Fates and Furie was Obama’s best book of 2015. Yes, this is a story of marriage but not a realistic one. The majority of the book focused on their sex-life, with Lotto and Mathilde coming off as sex-crazed teenagers and was more information than I needed. Fates and Furies is split into […]

Posted August 10, 2017 by Whitney in Review / 2 Comments
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A Walk to Remember by Nicholas Sparks

A Walk to Remember by Nicholas Sparks

I never thought I’d say it, but I preferred Mandy Moore to Nicholas Sparks. A Walk to Remember was my first foray into Nicholas Sparks and I have to say, I was not impressed. I knew the premise before I began, I knew I was in for a tear-jerker. However, I did not expect the […]

Posted August 7, 2017 by Whitney in Review / 0 Comments
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