My boyfriend and I don’t always agree on what to watch, listen or read. However, one thing we can usually agree on is Good Mythical Morning. With a road trip ahead of us I knew this would be the perfect book for our four hour car ride. The audiobook was very entertaining and was […]
Goodreads Updates Susan Orlean’s voice droned though out the book, and I almost felt as if she was bored and just going through the motions. I did speed up the pace on my audiobook which did help, but I still felt like I was being read a book by my high school English teacher. Yes, […]
First Sentence It was only a duck pond, out at the back of the farm. It wasn’t very big. Lettie Hempstock said it was an ocean, but I knew that was silly. She said they’d come here across the ocean from the old country. What I Liked Neil Gaiman narrated The Ocean at the End […]
Three things I learned from Furiously Happy Judge time based on before and after Kirk Cameron went crazy You can never have too much cowbell Normal is boring. Weird is better. Goats are awesome. Choose to live furiously happy No one is prepared for their first time nor do they ever forget it. That […]
First Impressions Sue Rainsford’s debut novel is dark and twisted and reminiscent of a fairy tale before Disney got their hands on it. Think Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs but without Prince Charming. Story Impressions Follow Me to Ground was creepy, like Joey Tribbiani putting The Shining in the freezer creepy. After I finished listening […]
This is How it Is is a very moving book. It explores the family dynamics that change when a loved one is going through the process of transitioning. I loved Poppy’s resilience to become who she truly is despite judgement and liked that it sent the reader on a journey through several years and were […]
This is the second book of short stories I’ve read in 2020 and sadly it was another fail. I find it odd as I adore the works of David Sedaris. I think the difference is that Ann Patchet and Curtis Settinfeld write in the vain of a novella without enough bite. Unfortunately, I found You […]
Reading Progress Review I had been looking forward to listening to The Light We Lost, but unfortunately it was a snoozefest. With the lead character, Lucy continuously bemoaning what could have been, it got a little repetitive and with a lack of character development or depth to the plot, it quickly became tedious. Lucy disappointed […]
Goodreads Updates Final Impressions I wasn’t expecting much from The Proposal to begin with. I was hoping for a fun romance with a bit of plot outside of the bedroom. Instead, I got an insipid plot with one dimensional characters. Top if off with the TMI romance scenes and I’m surprised I made it all […]
I have heard people rave about Ann Patchett for years but despite the praise never picked up one of her novels. In November 2017, Reese Witherspoon chose The is the Story of a Happy Marriage as her book club pick of the month. I decided that it was finally the time to give Ann Patchett a try. Typically, I […]