I have loved the Flavia de Luce novels in the past but found Speaking From Among the Bones to be lackluster. I didn’t feel like there was much of a mystery element as there has been previously. Alan Bradley seemed to go off on tangents and thought the death of Mr. Collicutt took a backseat […]
Ebook Challenge Hosted by Workaday Reads January 1 -December 31, 2013 I finished the 2013 Ebook Challenge last week while on vacation. I had a bit of an oh no moment as midway through my vacation my Kindle froze. I couldn’t get it to turn on and it wouldn’t charge. This is bad, but the worst part […]
I first heard about Eve in Hollywood through an ad on Goodreads. I saw the words “All About Eve” splash across the screen and immediately clicked on it as the 1950s film of the same name is my favorite movie. I soon found there was no relation to the film but as I scrolled down […]
Once Again the fabulous Michelle of The True Book Addict is hosting the High Summer Read-a-Thon! The reason I like her week long read-a-thons is because there are a little more layed back than a 24 hour ‘thon. I don’t feel as rushed. of the read-a-thon Michelle describes: We will start on Monday, 7/22 at […]
I picked this up at my most resent visit to the library and was excited that it wasn’t checked out for once. As this was considered a “new release” at the library I could only check it out for a week. A first was worried that I wouldn’t be able to finish it in time. […]
You Are One of Them is steady, keeping an even pace, but it wasn’t necessarily the thriller I thought it was going to be — for some reason I was picturing espionage. This is not to say that I was disappointed, not by a long shot. You Are One of Them was suspenseful, I assumed […]
June has come to a close, we’ve made it half way through the year and what have I accomplished? I’ll be doing so with this fun meme I found at Stuck in a Book Number of Books Read 33 Number of Books Bought 5 (incredible huh?) Number of Books from Library 16 Fiction/Non-Fiction Ratio 30 […]
Currently Reading: Speaking From Among the Bones by Alan Bradley Books Reviewed: The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood The One I Left Behind by Jennifer McMahon Atonement by Ian McEwan Waiting to Be Heard by Amanda Knox The Silent Wife by A.S.A. Harrison The Other Typist by Suzanne Rindell The Obituary Writer by Ann Hood […]
It’s time to face the music, as of Monday Google Friend Connect will be no more. I signed up for Bloglovin’ when I first heard of this travesty, I like the site but was always in denial. I was under the delusion that Google would change its mind. Apparently not. Switching readers is like the […]
An obituary exhibits surviving family members, degrees, slight accomplishments, but never a full story of the decease’s life. Both Vivien Lowe and Ann Hood showcase this in The Obituary Writer. I almost dropped The Obituary Writer twenty pages in. When we are first introduced to Claire the reader is indulged to her thoughts on sex […]