Amy & Roger’s Epic Detour
With a plot as comfy as a well-worn sweater, Matson somehow wowed me into a 5-star review. Want to know why?
The Book of Tomorrow
Written by Cecelia Ahern Oh, hey! I’m back. Can’t promise I’ll do any better at posting than I have been, but I’ll try! I’m headed to Ireland in a few days for a vacation. On a whim, and getting excited about finally getting a vacation, I decided to swing by the library and pick up a book or two. …
The Forever Summer
Written by Jamie Brenner The last time I visited my sister, she gave me a stack of books. No, really. A stack. I slid a few in my suitcase, a few in my Harrods tote, and had to come back for the rest. I feel bad because I keep reading stuff she wouldn’t like (Nonfiction,…
Emma
Written by Alexander McCall Smith I’ve never been Jane Austen obsessed. i enjoyed her books, and never minded reading them in school. I understand that she was making social commentary in the only manner available to her, and I can appreciate that. But at some point, it felt like the same theme in a different…
The Dry
Written by Jane Harper You know the saying “don’t judge a book by its cover?” Well, I almost did. I was in a hurry that day at the library, and decided to just grab the first four books I could find from my Goodreads list. My dog was in the car (it was cool out,…
The Café by the Sea
My last stop of the day was the local wine shop, so I swung into the library (conveniently located across the street), grabbed a book or four, and then continued across the street where I enjoyed a glass of wine with the start of a new book.
Trixie Beldon: The Mystery Off Glen Road
I read this in preparation for NaNoWriMo. I originally thought about writing a Young Adult mystery, and wanted to do some research into the genre. I loved Trixie as a kid. I may have loved Trixie more than I loved Nancy Drew, and that’s saying a lot.
Gold
I recently had a mini-rant about buying books from the bargain section of Barnes & Noble. In the interest of fairness, I need to take that back. I read three bargain books in a row that were quite good, and this was one of them. In fact, I’d even say that Gold broke my streak of choosing bad fiction books. Thank goodness.
Winter of the Gods
When I was in High School, our teacher assigned a book of mythology. I think I was a Sophmore, and I’m pretty sure my teacher was one of those coaches who showed up for a year and did his time before moving on to a larger school in a larger town. An argument could be made that these teachers left for public schools because we could be difficult. Personally, I think we would have been far better behaved if books like Rick Riordan’s Percy Jackson and the Olympians existed instead of the yawn-fest we were assigned. Whoever compiled that book of myths had to work really hard to make it so boring.
Hers for the Reading 