Book Review: Let’s Explore Diabetes with Owls

May 17, 2013 Whitney Review 2 Comments
Book Review: Let’s Explore Diabetes with Owls

I loved David Sedaris’ new book Let’s Explore Diabetes with Owls but I hate writing reviews for short stories. This is because my thoughts jump from one place to another “I really liked this story, but the second one not so much, but overall…” My thought process is not cohesive. Thus I will cover my […]

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Friday Memes #24

Friday Memes #24

  Q: School is out! What is your favorite Summer Reading book? I read a big fat chunkster almost every summer, Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell, I say almost because my wrist needs time to recover.  I know typically summer reading is associated with “fluff”  but I just love being swept away to […]

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Review: The Fault in Our Stars

May 15, 2013 Whitney Review 1 Comment
Review: The Fault in Our Stars

Is it wrong to laugh while reading a book about Cancer?  Because I was.   John Green took a serious topic and made it uplifting, inspirational and eventually heartbreaking.  Hazel has cancer of the lungs.  Her mother, feeling that Hazel is depressed over her condition forces her to go to a support group, with Hazel going […]

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Bout of Books Master Post

Bout of Books Master Post

Bout of Books read-a-thon which is organized by Amanda @ On a Book Bender and Kelly @ Reading the Paranormal  started one minute ago.  I usually don’t make goals for these kinds of things because I typically never meet them but I would like to read a least one book.  I think that’s doable… I’ll be keeping track of my […]

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Weekly Wrap-Up #1

Weekly Wrap-Up #1

The Sunday Post is a weekly meme hosted by Kimba the Caffeinated Book Reviewer ~ It’s a chance to share news~ A post to recap the past week on your blog, showcase books and things we have received and share news about what is coming up on our blog for the week ahead. This Week on the […]

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Bout of Books read-a-thon

Bout of Books read-a-thon

The Bout of Books read-a-thon is organized by Amanda @ On a Book Bender and Kelly @ Reading the Paranormal. It is a week long read-a-thon that begins 12:01am Monday, May 13th and runs through Sunday, May 19th in whatever time zone you are in. Bout of Books is low-pressure, and the only reading competition […]

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The Aviator’s Wife by Melanie Benjamin

May 10, 2013 Whitney Review 3 Comments
The Aviator’s Wife by Melanie Benjamin

Charles Lindbergh flew the Spirit of St. Louis to Paris and his baby was kidnaped. That’s the gist of my knowledge of the Lindberghs. Much has been researched/documented on Charles Lindbergh but what about Lucky Lindy’s co-pilot, his wife Anne Morrow Lindbergh? Like her first two novels, Melanie Benjamin gives us a look at a […]

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Friday Memes #23

Friday Memes #23

  Feature and Follow Friday is hosted by Parajunkee and Alison Can Read Q: Happy Mother’s Day! Who is your favorite mom from fiction? A: Mrs. Bennet, she is by no means June Cleaver, in fact very far from it.  Despite best intentions she is a horrible mother.  I mean seriously, who sends their daughter out in the […]

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Review: The Diary of a Young Girl

Review: The Diary of a Young Girl

When I was younger I went through a “holocaust” phase before moving on to Harriet Tubman and slavery. The funny thing is that Anne Frank’s Diary was not the first Holocaust book I read, I think that was The Devil’s Advocate. Anyway, I soon became fascinated by the Secret Annex and the secluded life she […]

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Top Ten Light & Fun Books

Top Ten Light & Fun Books

Top Ten Tuesday Hosted by The Broke and Bookish Anything by David Sedaris, he has me laughing to tears every time.  Although, if you need a recommendation, my favorite is Me Talk Pretty One Day Harry Potter series J.K. Rowling: This is fun fantasy series that has me smiling with enjoyment with a warm fuzzy feeling. Twilight […]

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