There’s absolutely no reason why I should like or even love this book. In fact, I’m not going to recommend it to anyone I’ve ever met (on the Internet or in real life)…ever…because I don’t want to be judged on this book. John Dies at the End is uneven, it definitely feels like something someone published piecemeal on the Internet before it was picked up by a publishing company (oh wait, it was), it needs a much better editor because there are issues with a […]
I Kinda Wish Cormoran and I Were A Thing
Let’s start where it all started, shall we? I can do that because this is my review…When I read Cuckoo’s Calling I was truly hoping that it wasn’t a one off. I loved the mystery of the book but more than the mystery I really wanted to see where the working relationship between the detective and Robin was going to continue to go. She is so sorely underused in that book, that it was quite a relief that the second book in the series, The […]
Riding A Train While Drunk Sounds Awful
I don’t think I’ve ever met a character who annoyed me more than our protagonist Rachel. That said, I see this as a win for the author, Paula Hawkins because even Rachel seemed tired of dealing with herself. Fired for months now, our alcoholic friend spends her days riding the train to and from “work” because she doesn’t want her roommate to know that she has been fired. This is pretty much a metaphor for her life–constantly moving but making no progress. The train pauses […]
An Island of Liars
Cady Sinclair (Eastman) and her extended family have always summered on their private island off the coast of Cape Cod (as super rich families are wont to do, I suppose). Cady spends her days and nights with her cousins Johnny and Mirren and their friend Gat making memories, enjoying each other and giving their group the moniker, The Liars. The Liars are inseparable and seem oblivious to the tensions between their mothers (the three sisters/aunties) and how the grandfather pits the women against each other, […]
Dead Like Me Lite
Lana Harvey lives in Limbo City (a place where all souls of all religions go), she’s a reaper (that doesn’t cause death but has to shepherd souls to their respective afterlife). The problem with Lana is that after 300 years, she’s still not inspired by the work and makes sure to do the maximum minimum. Unfortunately for her, her boss is the Grim Reaper and shockingly, he has just given her a promotion that involves a task that must be completed or Limbo City and […]
Having Kids Forces You to Deal with Cliques All OVER AGAIN…
I don’t know if you have children…I also don’t know if you have the same experience… but for me? Having kids is like going back to school all over again as I struggle to navigate the hierarchy of the “room moms” while being a working mother (I’m a high school teacher! you’d think they’d cut me some slack) and not knowing all the ” unwritten rules of smug Kindergarten momhood”. Let’s just say that I’m not going to be Homecoming Queen of the kindergarten moms […]