CBR10Bingo: Brain Candy (BINGO!) Before this year, I wasn’t much of a YA reader. I saw myself as more of a Serious Reader, too serious for the frivolity of YA lit. And while my favorite books are still likely to be denser and heavier literary fiction and hard sci-fi, I’ve come to enjoy the balance that YA brings to my library with the quicker read and lighter tone even when the subject matter isn’t so light. Thus, the Brain Candy square was always going to […]
Not to be confused with the famously terrible Tommy Wiseau film
CBR10 Bingo: Snubbed (short-listed for the 2010 Man Booker Prize) – BINGO #2! Jack is a typical five-year-old boy. He likes cartoons and birthday cake and bouncing on the bed. He does phys ed with his mother, timing how many laps they both can make around the room and celebrating when he wins. He likes picture books and drives his mother to distraction when he makes her read Dylan the Digger over and over and over. He’s whip smart for a 5-year-old; he knows that the […]
Disappointing
Hmmm, it pains me to say it, but I was not a fan of this book at all. This is hard to write, as I have loved every other one of Liane’s books. This book had a lot of great components, such as the build up – 9 strangers away for a week at a health retreat where things are done ‘differently.’ Fabulous back story to each of the characters involved, where more and more of the characters’ histories are revealed at a great […]
This book will make you hungry (Third bingo!)
#CBR10Bingo: Delicious From Goodreads: In downtown Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Lou works tirelessly to build her beloved yet struggling French restaurant, Luella’s, into a success. She cheerfully balances her demanding business and even more demanding fiancé…until the morning she discovers him in the buff—with an intern. Witty yet gruff British transplant Al is keeping himself employed and entertained by writing scathing reviews of local restaurants in the Milwaukee newspaper under a pseudonym. When an anonymous tip sends him to Luella’s, little does he know he’s arrived on […]
This book is delightful, and now I want a tea dragon
I don’t remember where I first heard about The Tea Dragon Society but I was instantly hooked by the name, as it contains two of my favorite things, tea and dragons. While taking my ten year old gift book shopping (we always give books as birthday presents), I pointed out The Tea Dragon Society and said that I really wanted it. She remembered and gave it to me for my birthday this past weekend! Katie O’Neill wrote an endearing story with charming, beautiful illustrations and wonderful characters. The story […]
An intriguing look into a serial criminal.
This book is a fascinating look at a serial rapist turned murderer. This book analyses the East Area Rapist (EAR), a man who committed more than 50 rapes and killed over 10 people in the state of California from 1974-1986. The chapters vary between re-enactments of certain cases in the different areas, responses from police, ongoing investigations into the crimes from retired police officers to online amateur investigators, and a brief look into Michelle and her present life whilst investigating and writing this book. It […]
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