Mini-Review Readers may come for the Sarah Palin impression but they’ll stay for the clever, witty, and insightful memoir that is Bossypants. Tina Fey’s narration enhanced the reading experience and, in my opinion, is the only way to read Bossypants. Also, despite being written 13 years ago Tina Fey’s comments on politics and women being […]
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My tbr is getting out of control. It is time to take action and remind myself of all those goodies on my shelf. To get motivated I started a meme, To Be Read Thursday. Each week, I will highlight one book that I physically own, be it arc, bought, paperback or ebook, and is on […]
You would think that a book about children spontanously combusting into flame would lead to a unique and quirky story. Unfortunately, Nothing to See Here failed to deliver. Instead it had a lack of character development, with a repetitive plot and was just kind of dull. Lillian, is hired by a former prep-school friend to […]
Off the Blog: At the beginning of April, my husband and I moved spending the first two weeks of the month packing/unpacking and settling in. At the start of the year, I took a break from blogging, picking it back up this past month. I realized I had been putting too much pressure on myself […]
Weekly Wrap-up is where I share happenings on the blog, books I have read or acquired recently. I link to Caffeinated Book Reviewer, The Book Date and Reading Reality Off The Blog It was an uneventful week. However, over the weekend I participated in Dewey’s 24-hour readathon and marathon-watched History of the World Part 1 […]
Dewey’s 24-Hour Readathon The weather has felt like November the past few weeks which is perfect for curling up with a good book. I’ll probably have to do a bit of cleaning during the day but that’s what audiobooks are for right? Reading List: Audiobooks Ebooks Physical Books Opening Meme 1) What fine part of […]
The Write On Review-a-thon is a monthly, low-key event to help you stay on top of your review pile. Join however you’re comfortable (via blog, on the #boutofbooks-ers facebook page, or whatever works for you) and get motivated to keep your reviews up to date! Brought to you by Reading the Paranormal and the #boutofbooks-ers […]
Hosted by Rose City Reader Beginning: Sally Campbell’s shoes are fashionable but extremely flimsy. She ordered them from Curtis Fairchild’s specifically for Richmond’s winter season, but now she feels like a fool for thinking she could get away with wearing them on the half-mile walk to her brother-in-law’s house to the theater. Hosted by Freda’s […]
Review A fellow Book of the Month member loaned Transcendent Kingdom to me years ago and I am finally just getting around to reading it. As I say with most of my tbr why did I wait so long? The novel is addicting in more ways than one. Yaa Gyasi effortlessly navigated between the present […]