When I was in second grade, I would always get books out of the library about magic and magic tricks. These books were circa 1970s printing. I only ever learned one trick which was how to make a pencil look like it was bending – so I guess you can call me an illusionist. Let’s […]
Down The Rabbit Hole by Holly Madison | Book Review
October 19, 2015
One of my biggest guilty pleasures in life is celebrity memoirs. I seriously cannot get enough of sordid tell-alls. One of my other big guilty pleasures is reality TV. Down The Rabbit Hole by Holly Madison marries these two guilty pleasures into one pink book of awesome. I do not even care if people judge […]
Terrible Typhoid Mary: A True Story Of The Deadliest Cook In America by Susan Campbell Bartoletti | Book Review
September 2, 2015
Okay, if you are not new to Good Books & Good Wine you know that I love books about diseases. I do not know why I find diseases so interesting, but there it is. If you are new here, HI SORRY IF I SCARED YOU AWAY. Terrible Typhoid Mary: A True Story Of The Deadliest Cook […]
You’re Never Weird On The Internet (Almost) by Felicia Day | Audiobook Review
August 25, 2015
Why Did I Listen To This Book? In the late 2000s, right around the time I finished reading The Name Of The Wind by Patrick Rothfuss, I subscribed to his blog because I was desperate for a sequel and wanted updates as they came. One day, Rothfuss posted a link to this web based series […]
Rapture Practice: A True Story About Growing Up Gay in an Evangelical Family by Aaron Hartzler | Book Review
August 18, 2015
I have literally had Rapture Practice by Aaron Hartzler on my TBR for over a year. I mean, my actual write it in the composition this is serious I mean business TBR. What is not to intrigue me? Hartzler’s memoir promises to be about a person growing up in an evangelical family who happens to be […]
Thomas Jefferson: President and Philosopher by Jon Meacham | Audiobook Review
August 7, 2015
Why Did I Listen To This Book? Ever since listening to How To Fight Presidents, I have had a little bit of a side interest in the Presidents. Thomas Jefferson: President And Philosopher by Jon Meacham presented itself to me, basically, and well, riding that whole high from How To Fight Presidents, I listened to it, way later, […]