I went through a phase where I read Reese Witherspoon’s book club selections. Reese Witherspoon’s so-called “tagline” was that she picks books that focus on strong female characters and stories. Sadly, that was not the case with Counterfeit. The main character Ava was anything but, Ava was easily manipulated, weak, and incredibly unlikeable. Typically, I […]
Mini Review I don’t have a lot to say about The Christmas Train, I had to slog through this for my book club. I really couldn’t stand this book. It’s so unbelievably stupid, and there is no plot whatsoever, or at least not a decent one. Subscribe to Blog via Email Enter your email address […]
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 […]
My thoughts Girl, Woman, Other is a beautiful, intertwining collection of short stories. At first, I had difficulty getting used to the lack of punctuation and, it wasn’t something I ever completely got used to. However, I didn’t feel like it hindered the story either. Truthfully, I’ve never been a fan of short stories unless […]
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 […]
Review The Last Mrs Parrish started out strong. It dropped breadcrumbs I eagerly picked up in my quest to learn what Amber’s motive was. Sadly, that trail quickly dried up and I began sighing like Bella Swan in Twilight. The novel became like any other domestic thriller. However, despite the fact that the plot had […]
The Short of It Cleopatra’s Daughter had been nesting on my bookshelf for several years. Honestly, I could have waited a bit longer. It read like a young adult novel but instead was misleadingly marketed towards adults. I didn’t think the characters, particularly Selene were well-developed or even grew as individuals. When I find it […]
Breaking up is hard to do I went through a Jodi Picoult phase when I was in my twenties. True her novels are formulaic but they were still enjoyable and that’s the important thing. Unfortunately, that was not the case with The Tenth Circle. While it is a timely book The Tenth Circle just fell […]
First Date: Readers of this blog will know that I enjoy reading books on famous persons’ signficant others. Therefore, it should come as no surprise that I picked up The Other Einstein. Unfortunately, I had a little difficulty getting into this novel and even tried listening to some of it. This helped a little, but […]
Big Little Lies is my first in my analysis of books vs their film (or series) counterpart. Big Little Lies has been circulating the book blogosphere for a while so the novel is nothing new, however what brought me to read it was the HBO series. It looked like a trashy romp and is one of […]