Well, who doesn’t love John Green. The man has some special ability to tap into other peoples’ minds, and it’s hard not to find yourself in at least some small way in each of his novels. As a person who suffers from anxiety and OCD, I found myself in a big way in Turtles All the Way Down. “We never really talked much or even looked at each other, but it didn’t matter because we were looking at the same sky together, which is maybe even […]
Okay, so I HAVE to read Pride and Prejudice now, right?
Oh my god, y’all, this book was so fun. As I’ve admitted in shame before, I’ve never read Pride and Prejudice before (I know, I know). But I grabbed this one on audiobook after approximately one million of you reviewed it favorably, and I really enjoyed it! The audio version in particular was a fun distraction while training for my latest run. So this tells the modern day story of 5 unmarried sisters, and their various shenanigans as their parents’ financial situation falls to pieces. It’s […]
Excellent use of research to enhance a story
The Boy Who Loved Too Much tells the story — and Latson does write it like a story, not a dry tome of science — of a boy named Eli with a genetic disorder called Williams syndrome. Described as the “anti-autism”, Williams syndrome breaks down social inhibition. Kids (and adults) like Eli are irrepressibly friendly, something that endears them to others but also worries their loved ones, since they go through life incredible vulnerable. Latson follows Eli and his mother Gayle over 3 years, describing […]
Not sure if romance disguised as a mystery, or the other way around…
Whether All The Lies We Tell was meant to be a mystery novel with some romance, or a romance novel with some mystery, it didn’t quite rock either genre. I’ve never read anything else by Megan Hart, but according to Goodreads she tends to walk that line with most of her works. “That was the thing about water under a bridge. It could get caught up in a bunch of debris, or it could sweep everything away, leaving nothing behind; it all depended on the ferocity […]
Playing catch up (plus I want to complain about All the Missing Girls)
The Maid’s Version by Daniel Woodrell (3 stars) This is a very well-written but ultimately not very good story. By that, I mean that Woodrell’s writing is gorgeous — his descriptions of small town Missouri, his flashbacks to the 1920s — but the central mystery (who caused an explosion at a dance hall in 1929) doesn’t do much to grip the reader. I picked this up solely because I loved Winter’s Bone, but it definitely did not live up to my expectations. Elsewhere by Gabrielle Zevin […]
Hi. I’m Badkittyuno, and I’ve fallen behind again…
Hi. Sorry. I really thought I was like 10 reviews behind and it turned out to actually be 19. So then I started up this list of reviews…and didn’t post it…and now I’m 26 behind. I would blame my kids/divorce/life, but really — I’d much rather read than write! Also, I’ve been working from home a lot and doing laundry instead of writing reviews (which is what I do when I get bored at the office), so that’s not helping. Anyway, here’s 26 brief reviews […]
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