Why Did I Listen To This Book? I listened to Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee by Dee Brown because the book has been on my Project Fill In The Gaps Challenge and on my To Be Read list for pretty much forever. A little background, I was a social studies education major in college and […]
One Summer: America, 1927 by Bill Bryson | Audiobook Review
April 10, 2014
Why Did I Listen To This Book? Remember that whole secret project that I keep going on and on about? Well, the audiobook of One Summer: America, 1927 by Bill Bryson and narrated by Bryson as well was a part of that secret project. However, listening to this book did not feel like homework or like some […]
Battle Fatigue | Mark Kurlansky | Book Review
March 25, 2014
There are some books that strike you right in the conscience. These are the books that make you think and maybe ponder your value system just a little bit. When I opened up Battle Fatigue by Mark Kurlansky, I think I was expecting draft dodgers and maybe a teenager reluctantly going to war. I think I […]
A Death-Struck Year by Makiia Lucier | Book Review
March 23, 2014
I hate to admit this, but A Death-Struck Year by Makiia Lucier has made me regret those days where I wished for the flu so I could be out of work for a couple of days without touching my vacation time — I always have this cushion of sick time. Lucier’s debut has made me realize […]
Out Of The Easy | Ruta Sepetys | Book Review
June 12, 2013
Ruta Sepetys is fast becoming one of my go to authors for a solid read. Her latest book, Out Of The Easy, is another historical fiction but set in 1950s New Orleans instead of 1941 Lithuania. Despite the different settings, I found Sepetys’ latest book to have the same emotional draw as Between Shades Of Gray. I […]
Orleans | Sherri L. Smith | Book Review
June 10, 2013
Sometimes I am an idiot and read mediocre books with fast approaching release dates while letting the good ones languish in a pile. YOU GUYS, I let Orleans by Sherri L. Smith languish, like a total idiot, and let me tell you I have all of the regrets, because this book was AMAZING. Yes, all caps […]