Source: Library

The Grownup by Gillian Flynn

September 2, 2016 Whitney Review 4 Comments
The Grownup by Gillian Flynn

First Impressions The first sentence in The Grownups by Gillian Flynn includes the words “hand job”. I wasn’t sure how I felt about that. What direction will the story take? To be frank, it was a turn-off. Impressions While Reading The Grownups was odd, to say the least. An unnamed psychic who knows how to […]

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The Empathy Exams by Leslie Jamison

August 12, 2016 Whitney Review 0 Comments
The Empathy Exams by Leslie Jamison

First Impressions In July my book club read The Empathy Exams by Leslie Jamison. Outside of David Sedaris, I do not read short stories or essays. I typically don’t have the patience for them.  There is not enough meat on their bones. I prefer longer novels that give me time to sink my teeth into […]

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Winter Garden by Kristin Hannah

July 29, 2016 Whitney Review 1 Comment
Winter Garden by  Kristin Hannah

First Impressions Winter Garden by Kristin Hannah takes patience, 150 pages of patience. Although, I plugged on because I could tell the book had potential. In reality, I had to wade through a lot of bullshit from Anya’s daughters Meredith and Nina to get to the good stuff. Anya’s story, the truth behind her fairy […]

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Lady Susan by Jane Austen

July 12, 2016 Whitney Review 2 Comments
Lady Susan by Jane Austen

First Impressions Lady Susan was a Jane Austen novel I had not yet read. With the recent release of the film  Love & Friendship, thought this would be as good a time as any.  Impressions While Reading Lady Susan, one of Austen’s novellas, was as witty as ever but it did take me a while […]

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The Price of Salt by Patricia Highsmith

July 5, 2016 Whitney Review 1 Comment
The Price of Salt by Patricia Highsmith

First Impressions I thought the beginning of The Price of Salt by Patricia Highsmithwas a little slow going. I will be the first to admit that it took some time to get into. Although things picked up quickly after a visit to a department store counter. Impressions While Reading The first thing that struck me […]

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The Cellar by Minette Walters

June 28, 2016 Whitney Review 0 Comments
The Cellar by Minette Walters

First Impressions Minette Walters novel, The Cellar, is all-consuming with a child’s disappearance. The beginning opens a Pandora’s Box. Impressions While Reading Her captures, Ebuka and Metunde, known as Master and Princess to Muna are hard, bitter, and down right mean. It is very hard to shake. Although, as the plot progresses, despite getting his […]

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Making Lemonade With Ben by Katherine Perreth

June 21, 2016 Whitney Review 0 Comments
Making Lemonade With Ben by Katherine Perreth

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 […]

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A Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury

June 16, 2016 Whitney Review 4 Comments
A Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury

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, […]

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Boy: tales of childhood by Roald Dahl

June 9, 2016 Whitney Review 5 Comments
Boy: tales of childhood by Roald Dahl

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 […]

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