Welcome to my weekly blog update for April 3, 2016! Holy smokes. I didn’t mean to take such a long break! The last time I posted was on February 21 but I have read quite a bit since then. I’m so brain-dead by the time I get home from work, I only want to veg Continue Reading…
Welcome to my weekly blog update for February 21, 2016! Well, it’s been a rough couple of weeks. Just as I pressed the “Publish” button on my last Sunday/Monday post, my mom called to let me know that one of my grandmothers had passed away. Of course I’m upset and miss her, but when I Continue Reading…
4.5 Stars. I’m sitting here thinking about what it was, exactly, that I liked about this book. I can’t really say that it was about much of anything. It’s just a slice of everyday life. But I think what stands out to me most is that this is a book about male friendship. Not “good buddies” or even battle-forged bonds. These guys just like […]
3 Stars. Eh. Axel was a whiny wimp who complained endlessly about having to go on the trip. The minute his uncle, Professor Liedenbrock, started to get the least bit angry with him over his dithering, Axel would cave and blithely go along with whatever ridiculous plan the professor has in mind. Axel was generally the one with […]
Welcome to my weekly blog update for February 7, 2016! We’ve had a good week here. The weeknights were pretty low-key and yesterday we went to a local RV show and spent tons of our imaginary money. 🙂 That’s the best kind to spend, right? We were just dreaming. Last night we went to see Continue Reading…
3 Stars. I’m about to write a huge sweeping statement that I really shouldn’t but here goes. I just don’t do well with South American authors. That’s not fair. I’ve only read three or four, I think. But I never have a clue what’s actually going on. What’s real, what’s not, what the “not real” things are supposed to […]
3 Stars. I’m exhausted. Emotionally and physically exhausted. Because of my library’s policies, I had two weeks to listen to a 21-part audio book, when it normally takes me that long to listen to about 10 parts. Because I love this series, I buckled down and did it. This can’t have been good for my blood pressure. I only thought […]
Welcome to my weekly update for February 1, 2016! Our snow from last week is mostly gone so life is back to normal. I know some of you have a big snow storm heading your way now, so stay safe and warm! My mom’s birthday was on Wednesday and my dad’s is coming up on Continue Reading…
3 Stars. I’m so torn. I adore A Northern Light by Jennifer Donnelly. Like, top-five-books-ever adore it. So I know she can write. But this is her debut novel and it shows. It also got laughably melodramatic. There’s a better word to describe this book but it’s escaping me. Dickensian? Maybe. Fiona’s tragedies just pile one on […]
4 Stars. As I write this, it’s been a year and a half since I listened to The Golem and the Jinni and I still think about how good it was. Then I feel a pang of guilt that I haven’t reviewed it and spread the love. So here we go. Details have faded a bit but I do remember that I loved innocent Chava and jaded Ahmad. Chava was […]
Welcome to my weekly update for January 25, 2016! I hope those of you affected by winter storm Jonas made it through in good shape! We got about 6″ off of it, which is a pretty good amount for us. The office was closed on Friday so I was able to stay home and read Continue Reading…