Quick Thoughts & Quotes I cannot say enough good things about Cane River. I reread it about every ten years and each time I am blown away. The hardship these women go through is simply heartbreaking, it leaves you with all the feels and I always end up crying at least once. The novel is […]
Some may see it as inconceivable but I liked the film version of The Princess Bride more than the book. I felt that the book was too and short and the plot felt rushed. As I love the dialogue in the film, I found myself searching for favored scenes or quotes that are shown in […]
Reasons to Listen to Born a Crime This is a novel that is enhanced by its audiobook. Trevor Noah is an excellent storyteller and made this book highly listenable. His childhood is not all sunshine and roses, however, as should be expected Born a Crime is far from being a downer. I was laughing one […]
Review There are very few books that make me cry by Of Mice and Men is one of them. I remember the first time I read this book in 9th grade. I was so moved by it and then someone ruined it and told me the Lenny dies. I was devastated. Like Sirius Black, another […]
First Sentence Is it fair to call The Princess Bride a classic? The storybook story about pirates and princesses, giants and wizards, Cliffs of Insanity and Rodents of Unusual Size? Review A great book for fans who want a “behind the scenes look” at The Princess Bride. I listened to the audio version and thought […]
First Sentence A story has no beginning or end: arbitrarily one chooses that moment of experience from which to look back or from which, to look ahead. Reasons to Listen to The End of the Affair Colin Firth brings life into his performance and found myself going back on more than one occasion to listening […]
It is the already the start of my yearly end of year memes, this one is entitled My Life According To The Books I Read In 2018. Describe yourself: The Bad Seed by William March Describe where you currently live: The Women in the Castle by Jessica Shattuck If you could go anywhere, where would […]
What to Expect A suspenseful mind-bender Pictures of Matt Damon dancing in your head Wickedly good writing Oh No He Didn’t! Quick Thoughts The Talented Mr. Ripley was well written and was very suspenseful. Unfortunately, because I had seen the movie, the shock of some of the plot points were lost for me. Fortunately, […]
My To Be Read List is a monthly meme hosted by Michelle at Because Reading. Each month I will make a post with three books from my TBR list. Readers will then vote on which book I should read next. The following Saturday the winning book will be announced. Then on the last Saturday […]