I know the fourth of July has come and gone but, honestly, are fireworks ever a bad thing? Plus, I’m hoping they distract you from the fact that this week my reading is going to be minimal at best. Last week we moved into our new house, which is still unfinished and not a home yet. I know you stop by here for my opinion on books but today I’m going to give you my ... Read More...
Dear Committee Members by Julie Schumacher
We moved into our new house this week but it is still unfinished so my mental ability to write new reviews is shot. Until I can get back to the important things in life (and all this construction people GET OUT of my house) I am re-recommending, Dear Committee Members, one of my favorite books of 2014. It just came out in paperback and is witty and sharp. Deliciously humorous ... Read More...
I Saw a Man: A Novel
Michael knew Caroline’s job was dangerous when he married her. As a foreign correspondent her field of interest was the Middle East and while he was also a writer his inspiration came from stillness and hers from motion. They both told the stories of people But where Michael always retreated to his desk to tell his stories Caroline had simply moved on to the next. For ... Read More...
Girl at War: A Novel
Ana is from Croatia but now lives in America and attends college in New York. Despite having been in the U.S for a decade she suddenly finds herself overcome by memories of her life in Croatia in 1991—the beginning of the Yugoslavian civil war. These memories increase in intensity until she can no longer sleep at night. In desperation, she decides to go back to Croatia to try ... Read More...
It’s Monday, June 22nd: What are You Reading?
This is it, my twinkly reading stars, the last week before we move into our house. Whether it will be finished or not remains to be seen so you can just imagine all the noise inside my head as I try and remember everything that needs to happen in the next week. I have to pack up a rental house, make decisions about the remodel, and figure out where to put everything in ... Read More...
In the Unlikely Event
As a young girl growing up in the 1970s there were few reading experiences more ubiquitous than discovering that author Judy Blume understood you. That she seemed, in fact, to be a teenage girl herself who was reaching off the page to make you feel less alone. I don’t know many women who did not read and relate to Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret. Blume has gone on ... Read More...
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