Jessie is a friend. Yeah I know he’s been a good friend of mine… For a large majority in society, “Jessie’s Girl†by Rick Springfield is a well known feel good karaoke song. From the first initial beats of the song, it gets the feet tapping and the heads bouncing along to the beat as […]
Such Wicked Intent Kenneth Oppel Audiobook Review
August 27, 2012
Y’all there will be spoilers here for THIS DARK ENDEAVOR, so if you have not read THIS DARK ENDEAVOR, click here instead! Am I the only one who is compulsvie about book and series formats? For real, once I start a series in one format, I prefer to keep going in that format. Y’all, I […]
The Music Of Cavendish: Part 2 + Giveaway
August 26, 2012
Y’all, I’d love to welcome Claire Legrand, author of The Cavendish Home For Boys And Girls to Good Books And Good Wine today! Today she is talking music, so I hope you have your spotify queued up to listen to these songs. The Music of CAVENDISH, Part 2 Music is a huge part of my writing […]
The View From Saturday EL Konigsburg Audiobook Review
August 20, 2012
I love reading award winning books. There’s something that is quite gratifying about reading a book of verified quality. When I saw the Newbery Award winning The View From Saturday by EL Konigsburg in the Audible $5 sale, I immediately snapped it up. One of the other main reasons being that it is set mostly in […]
Misty Of Chincoteague Marguerite Henry Audiobook Review
July 28, 2012
I must confess, I never went through a horse crazy phase and thus never read the classic Misty Of Chincoteague by Marguerite Henry as a child. Clearly, I was missing out and of course in an effort to reclaim bits of my lost childhood, I borrowed the audiobook from the library. If you also did […]
The Summer I Turned Pretty Jenny Han Book Review
July 21, 2012
One staple of contemporary young adult literature is the beach setting. Jenny Han makes great use of the beach setting in her novel, The Summer I Turned Pretty, which explores the changes that come with adolescence and young love. Every summer Belly and her family stay at her mom’s best friend Susannah’s beach house at […]