What is Columbine to you? Before April 20th, 1999, Columbine was simply a school to most people, if not the flower for which it was named. After the devastating shooting that took 13 lives and terrorized hundreds more, Columbine was a symbol of mass murder and disaster. Maybe you have heard of Columbine, maybe you haven’t. But whatever Columbine was to you before reading this book, will surely change. Columbine is a media driven narrative. As the events of the Columbine shooting unfolded, that narrative […]
I should have known there wouldn’t be more dialogue in this one…
Well, I guess I owe Ms. Ng congratulations for writing a book that has seemed to appeal to so many people. Because despite the positive reviews and internet hype, I wanted to poke out my eyes with spoons after reading “Amazon’s Best Book of the Year for 2014.” You can go ahead and clutch your literary equivalent of pearls in your hands. I remain steadfast in my assessment. This book made me want to scream when I finished it. THESE ARE THE MOST ANNOYING PEOPLE […]
Stilettos, gossip, and a touch of murder
Okay, guys. I’m going to tell you the biggest secret I’ve discovered so far for 2017…It will get you reading more books, faster than ever. Read on if you want your mind blown…it’s…audiobooks. Okay, so maybe I’m a late bloomer on this one. But for real, y’all, this is a game changer. Just like cell phones, Myspace, Facebook, insert-anything-technological-here-that-I-discovered-years-after-everyone-else was. But hey! I just used a gif. Besides the few audiobooks I’ve heard on road trips, this was my first non-vacational audio book for my […]
A Superhero Thriller that Doesn’t Take Itself too Seriously
This book is up there with Ready Player One and Lock In in terms of future and technology themes. It’s also similar to Mission Impossible and X-Men, among others. Basically, Myfanwy (rhymes with Tiffany), wakes up with no memory. Oh, and there’s dead people all around. But she finds clues to her situation in notes left by…herself? Or whoever was in her body before her? Still not clear on that. Myfanwy learns right away she can take the equivalent of the blue pill or the […]
A Wonderfully Tragic Tale of a Fateful Trip…
I went into this book thinking it was going to be a lifetime movie throwaway. While Lifetime would probably salivate over this one, I was pleasantly surprised by the story as a whole. It’s a castaway story with a little before, but mostly during and aftermath kind of stuff. We follow two individuals who have endured a harrowing plane crash and Gilligan’s Island scenario, and switch between their now and events on the island. Bleeker did a great job of writing…life. She didn’t allow her […]
A beautifully written book that was a bit over my head
I’m not sure what this book was about, but I’m sure it’s something important. This book reminded me of something I might read in high school or college with a lot of themes and symbolism that were totally over my head. But if I learned anything, it’s to recognize when I’m reading a book that has themes and symbols (read: every book, I guess). The Enchanted is about death row inmates as they wait for their date to arrive. Some welcome it, some fight it, […]
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