Review The Yellow Wallpaper is a short story of a women with postpartum depression. However, as it is the 1800s her husband assumes it is “nerves” and that she is slowly going mad. The story takes places in the space of one room with you guessed it — yellow wallpaper. Her desent and obesseion with […]
First Sentence: Our hero was not one of those Dominican cats everybody’s always going on about – he wasn’t no home-run hitter or a fly bachatero, not a playboy with a million hots on his jock. My Thoughts: I love books about geeks and I couldn’t help but fall in love with Oscar Lin-Manuel Miranda […]
Weekly Wrap-up is where I share happenings on the blog, books I have read or acquired recently. I link to Caffeinated Book Reviewer and The Book Date Off The Blog It has been a few weeks since I participated in a weekly wrap-up, but with good reason. Due to family reasons as well as the […]
My To Be Read List is a monthly meme hosted by Michelle at Because Reading. How It Works Each month you will make a post with three books from your TBR List (these books can be already on your kindle or shelf or books you might want to purchase) and add your link on the […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
A Review in Bullet Points Salvage the Bones was a drudge to get through. Too wordy and overuse of similes. The novel felt like it had been written by like, a valley girl. Dog fighting — way too much dogfighting. The novel felt contrived. Jesmyn Ward took a period of time that was sure to […]
Reading Progress Review The Silent Patient has gotten so much hype since its publication. There is now a movie in development. I had to see what all the fuss was about. Truth be told, The Silent Patient is a slow build. It is a novel you have to stick with but, the reader will be […]
My tbr is getting out of control. It is time 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 my tbr. It […]