I listened to Themes and Variations during the 2020 lockdown. This grouping of short stories was just the ticket to get me out of whatever anxiety I was feeling that day. Like all of David Sedaris’ books, I was laughing out loud and the time passed quickly without me noticing it. I’ll also note that […]
Review in Bulletpoints: For such a short audiobook Paula Mclain has written a novel packed full of punch The subject matter of a female scientist is always interesting to me. However, I appreciated that the language was written in a way that anyone could decifer the sciencey lingo. Hillary Huber was a new narrator to […]
Review The Heatwave is Albert Camus’ The Stranger, if Tinder had exisited. Victor Jestin’s novel is a slow burn. From the minute Leo discovers Oscar’s deceased body I felt like an ant squirming under a magnifying glass. The Heatwave takes its time telling the story. Because of this, you could feel the anguish over what […]
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 […]
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 […]
Goodreads Progress Mini Review: Z: a novel of Zelda Fitzgerald was the first book I read by Therese Anne Fowler and I’m sure it won’t be my last. The author chose an interesting subject. Zelda’s story drew me in and, with help from the writing I felt like I was there with her. Jenna Lamia […]
Review Molly Burke’s memoir is uplifting and informative. I liked that Molly mainly put the focus on herself rather than her disability. As a disabled person, (cerebral palsy) I also found myself nodding along as so much of what she said applies to all people with differences. I find memoirs so hard to review […]
Weather is a unique look at one woman’s daily life and reminded me of Mrs. Dalloway. Unfortunately, it is not as memorable as Mrs. Dalloway. My main complaint is with the characters, they were just kind of forgettable. Lizzie was just kind of floundering through life, questioning pretty much everything and rude to boot. I just […]