I feel a special affinity for books about the magic of books and reading. There’s a special connection there when the author totally puts the magic of words right down on the page, quite literally. Thus, when The Forbidden Library by Django Wexler landed on my door step, I knew that I would have to clear […]
OCD, The Dude, And Me | Lauren Roedy Vaughn | Book Review
January 13, 2014
There are times where I basically pick up a book to read on the basis of it being short. I realize that is not always the best thing to look for, but there it is. I do that. And yes, it totally does set me up to fail, at least as far as my enjoyment […]
Thou Shalt Not Road Trip | Antony John | Book Review
January 7, 2014
It sometimes makes me sad when contemporary books that I really, truly like and enjoy do not quite catch on like I hope that they would. Thou Shalt Not Road Trip by Antony John is a book that I basically blew through, but one that ultimately had some meaning to me, as I’ve met people […]
George’s Marvelous Medicine | Roald Dahl | Audiobook Review
December 30, 2013
Why Did I Listen To This Book? By now, you have probably been to my blog a few times. Maybe you’ve been a loyal reader over the years. Chances are you know about my Roald Dahl obsession. I’ve read and reviewed a couple of his books as a way of revisiting my childhood and also […]
Control | Lydia Kang | Book Review
December 16, 2013
I am going to state right now that I am a tiny bit surprised at how much I enjoyed Control by Lydia Kang. This is not to say that I went into the book expecting to hate it, far from it. Yet I had read a few reviews that made me kind of apprehensive. ALSO! Control does […]
Sometimes I Forget You’re A Robot | Sam Brown | Book Review
December 14, 2013
Why Did I Read This Book? Y’all, robots are so cool and you know, I will pretty much read anything with adorable pictures and robots. ALSO! Sometimes I Forget You’re A Robot by Sam Brown took me like five minutes to read, but in those five minutes, I was able to figure out who this book would […]