Being a stay-at-home mom in a town where you don’t know anyone can be tough. We’ve been in our house for seven years now, and this is the year where I’ve really started to make friends and find like-minded people that I enjoy spending time with. It took a while, but it was worth it. And now I’m invited to join a new book club with all of these wonderful friends. Exciting, right? Well, I was excited. Until I read the book that was chosen for this […]
Sometimes I wonder if I read the same book as everyone else.
I’ve only read one of Ann Patchett’s books before this, and I enjoyed Bel Canto. I thought it was well-written and the kidnapping plot kept me invested until the very last page. Last year, my book club read State of Wonder and I just couldn’t get into it. That very same book club chose Commonwealth for their September book. I didn’t go to the meeting, but I put my name on the library list, and it took FOREVER for it to be my turn. The […]
WTF did I just read? A spoiler-filled rant.
I’ve read a whole bunch of reviews of More Than This over the past few years, but none of them ever really say what that book is about. Everyone talks about how much they like Patrick Ness, and that he really nails the voice of a troubled teen. But nobody mentions the plot of this book. For good reason, I’ve learned. I just finished reading this and I’m going to be spilling some spoilers. So really, don’t read this if you ever plan on picking […]
A Stephanie Plum plot checklist.
Is this a review? I don’t even know anymore. But I’ve gotten to the point where I don’t really have anything new to say about these books. Its sort of like Janet Evanovich has a 200 page template and just fills in the blanks. Like a gigantic, best-selling Mad Lib. I really don’t know why I still read these. I don’t like them that much anymore. But maybe I do? I don’t know! I’m annoyed that Stephanie SPOILER slept with Ranger because she had some […]
Note to self: Never question Rainbow Rowell.
Last week on Instagram, Rainbow Rowell posted a photo of a book she had just finished and recommended. The cover of the book looked a bit ‘twee’ to me, and I filed it away in the back of my mind, a book for a rainy day. I went and I judged a book by its cover, instead of listening to the all-powerful words of Queen Rainbow. I’m sorry. I’ve learned my lesson. The next day, I saw it randomly, unshelved, just sitting there at the […]
“Life is made of these moments – of one’s physical being moving through time and space – and we string them together into a story, and that story becomes our life.”
Here’s something weird. I read this book a few weeks ago, and I couldn’t put it down. I kept talking about how great it was and how much I loved it. And then I kind of forgot about it, and just moved on to the next book. Which, considering that Noah Hawley is mostly known as a TV writer, sort of makes sense: Finish up one episode, and get ready for the next. You may know Noah Hawley as the mastermind behind the amazing Fargo. […]
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