Friday Meme: The Kindest Lie

Friday Meme: The Kindest Lie

Hosted by Rose City Reader Beginning: No one talked about what happened in the summer of 1997 in the house where Ruth Tuttle had grown up. Hosted by Freda’s Voice Page 56 She would go home and confront Mama.  She would get answers about her son. The Book: Save

Posted May 19, 2023 by Whitney in Friday Memes / 3 Comments

Career of Evil

Career of Evil

Review Career of Evil is the third book in the Cormoran Strike series and unfortunately, it will probably be my last.  I enjoyed the book’s two predecessors however, this installment was long-winded with a backstory that felt unnecessary or had already been touched on in a previous novel. At times Career of Evil felt more […]

Posted May 17, 2023 by Whitney in Review / 0 Comments

What the Dead Know

What the Dead Know

I originally picked up What the Dead Know because of my love for unsolved mysteries and the Anastasiaesque theme of the novel. Instead, Shawn Colvin’s Sunny Came Home came to mind. Let me explain. Sunny and Heather Bethany disappeared and thirty years later Heather reemerges, coming home so to speak. Like Anna Anderson I called […]

Posted May 16, 2023 by Whitney in Review / 0 Comments

Weekly Wrap-Up #150

Weekly Wrap-Up #150

Weekly Wrap-up is where I share happenings on the blog, and books I have read or acquired recently. I link to Caffeinated Book Reviewer,  The Book Date, and Reading Reality Off The Blog The Wisconsin weather has been giving me whiplash, one day it’s sunny and 80 and the next it’s 40 and rainy.  My […]

Posted May 14, 2023 by Whitney in Weekly Wrap-Up / 3 Comments

Wow, No Thank You by Samantha Irby

Wow, No Thank You by Samantha Irby

Wow, No Thank You was a book club selection way back in 2020, and being the bad book clubber I am, I’m just getting around to reading it. I was originally excited to read it as it reminded me of David Sedaris and his unique humorous essays. Sadly, this was far from the truth. A […]

Posted May 13, 2023 by Whitney in Review / 0 Comments

Bossypants by Tina Fey

Bossypants by Tina Fey

Mini-Review Readers may come for the Sarah Palin impression but they’ll stay for the clever, witty, and insightful memoir that is Bossypants. Tina Fey’s narration enhanced the reading experience and, in my opinion, is the only way to read Bossypants. Also, despite being written 13 years ago Tina Fey’s comments on politics and women being […]

Posted May 9, 2023 by Whitney in Review / 1 Comment

Weekly Wrap-Up #149

Weekly Wrap-Up #149

Weekly Wrap-up is where I share happenings on the blog, books I have read or acquired recently. I link to Caffeinated Book Reviewer,  The Book Date and Reading Reality This Week on the Blog This Week I Read Currently Reading Currently Listening

Posted May 7, 2023 by Whitney in Weekly Wrap-Up / 0 Comments

Nothing to See Here by Kevin Wilson

Nothing to See Here by Kevin Wilson

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 […]

Posted May 2, 2023 by Whitney in Review / 0 Comments

Monthly Wrap-Up: April 2023

Monthly Wrap-Up: April 2023

 Off the Blog: At the beginning of April, my husband and I moved spending the first two weeks of the month packing/unpacking and settling in. At the start of the year, I took a break from blogging, picking it back up this past month. I realized I had been putting too much pressure on myself […]

Posted May 1, 2023 by Whitney in Monthly Review / 1 Comment

Weekly Wrap-Up #148

Weekly Wrap-Up #148

Weekly Wrap-up is where I share happenings on the blog, books I have read or acquired recently. I link to Caffeinated Book Reviewer,  The Book Date and Reading Reality Off The Blog It was an uneventful week.  However, over the weekend I participated in Dewey’s 24-hour readathon and marathon-watched History of the World Part 1 […]

Posted April 30, 2023 by Whitney in Weekly Wrap-Up / 0 Comments