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 […]
The Sound Of Letting Go | Stasia Ward Kehoe | Book Review
February 10, 2014
It’s immensely satisfying when an author can dazzle you just as much with her sophomore novel as she did with her debut novel. There is no sophomore slump to be found in Stasia Ward Kehoe’s The Sound Of Letting Go, a read that feels as though it’s from the heart. Kehoe captures human emotions so perfectly […]
A Trick Of The Light | Lois Metzger | Book Review
January 31, 2014
I love when you can read a book in a single setting. It seems like in 2013, as I write this (although you are now reading this in 2014) I am so numbers focused. I am hyper vigilant about how long it takes me to read a book and what my reading challenge percentage is. […]
Boy21 | Matthew Quick | Book Review
January 30, 2014
I cannot believe that I’ve read three Matthew Quick books in ONE year. That seems like kind of an indulgence for me. You see, typically I might read one, MAYBE two books by an author within a year but never three. Yet, I could not resist Quick’s books. He’s got this writing style that just […]
You Are My Only | Beth Kephart | Book Review
January 22, 2014
When I first read a book by Beth Kephart, I wasn’t too keen on it. I did not get what all the fuss was about. Maybe I just wasn’t ready at the time or maybe it was the person I was back then. Now, though, after reading Kephart’s You Are My Only, I feel that I […]