When I was feeling burnt out and a bit down, I decided on a whim to pick up a book that would be decidedly more depressing than my actual life. I chose Maybe One Day by Melissa Kantor which is one of those cancer books. I’m not sure what to think of the sick lit […]
Cold Kiss by Amy Garvey Book Review
August 29, 2011
Amy Garvey’s debut, Cold Kiss is very romantic and I think you should check it out if you are in the mood for a kissing book.
Retro Friday Review: Stopping For A Spell by Diana Wynne Jones
April 29, 2011
Retro Friday Reviews is a weekly meme hosted by Angie of Angieville. It’s EXACTLY how it sounds, you review an older book on Friday. Stopping For A Spell by Diana Wynne Jones was one of my later Dewey 24 Hour Readathon books, I read it around 2 a.m. so please be forgiving of my fuzzy […]
Book Review: Divergent by Veronica Roth
April 25, 2011
I have a confession to make. I thought Divergent by Veronica Roth was going to be terrible because of the cover. Don’t hate me, but I think the cover is a bit cheesy looking. Then everyone started reading it and tweeting about how great it was and I learned an important lesson. YA’LL THIS IS A BOOK YOU SHOULD NOT JUDGE BY THE COVER!!! Is that in your face enough? Seriously, I am in LOVE with Divergent. Okay, so you know how some long books take like forever to read, unless they contain Harry Potter magic inside? Well, I’m pretty sure there is something magical inside Divergent because I read this almost 500 page book in two days. It would have been one day, but work frowns on me coming in on zero sleep.
Audiobook Review: The Dressmaker of Khair Khana: Five Sisters, One Remarkable Family, and the Woman Who Risked Everything to Keep Them Safe by Gayle Tzemach Lemmon
April 19, 2011
When I think of Afghanistan, I think of a giant mess and bombs and war and kites and the Taliban and unhappy people. I don’t often think of extraordinary acts of courage. I don’t think of women being brave. However, The Dressmaker of Khair Khana: Five Sisters, One Remarkable Family, and the Woman Who Risked […]