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 […]
My tbr is getting out of control. It is time take action and remind myself of all those goodies and 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 […]
Quick Impressions Had I done to Dolly, perhaps, what Frank Lasalle, a fifty-year-old mechanic, had done to eleven-year-old Sally Horner in 1948? The Real Lolita is eye-opening and a fascinating true crime novel. While the novel does switch between Nabokov writing the book and the horror of Sally Horner “the real Lolita” I felt that […]
Can’t Wait Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Wishful Endings to spotlight and talk about the books we’re excited about that we have yet to read. Generally they’re books that have yet to be released. This week I can’t wait for Why I’m Waiting The Twelve-Mile Straight is being compared to To Kill A […]
The best way to describe the novel The Nest by Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney is to compare it to The Royal Tenenbaums but without the understated humor. The Plumb children were self-absorbed, entitled and while adults acted like children. In short, the characters were all unlikable and were not the reason I became invested in the […]
First Impressions The Family Fang by Kevin Wilson is 309 pages of a “Candid Camera”. Caleb and Camille Fang put performance art above all else. Their kind of performance art I just found to be mean. Although, like a guy getting kicked in the nuts on America’s Funniest Home Videos you can’t help but laugh. Impressions […]