Where’d You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple: Book Review

Bernadette Fox is an…eccentric…mother and wife living in Seattle. Her daughter, Bee, is an excellent student and has asked for a family cruise to Antarctica as a reward for earning all A’s (or her school’s equivalent) throughout her middle school career. Bernadette and her husband, Elgin, can’t think of a reason to say no so […]

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Vintage by Susan Gloss: Book Review

Violet Turner owns a vintage clothing shop in Madison, Wisconsin. She’s on her own after her rocky marriage ended and she likes it that way. She’s always dreamed of owning a shop like this and she’s happy enough. Then she finds out that she’s being evicted from her building, a good friend asks her to […]

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Spring Fever by Mary Kay Andrews: Book Review

4 Stars. I just adore Mary Kay Andrews’s books because they are so much fun to read! The characters generally come to life for me, I find myself laughing at the trouble they inevitably get themselves into, and the settings feel real. Spring Fever is no exception. Annajane is not perfect by any […]

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Weekly Update for March 10, 2014

Welcome to my weekly update for March 10, 2014! It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? is hosted by Sheila at Book Journey. Posted: Nothing. Sunday is my posting night and I got tied up watching the Oscars last week. Read: The Hanover Square Affair by Ashley Gardner How to Read Literature Like a Professor: A Lively […]

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It’s Monday! What Are You Reading?

It’s Monday!  What Are You Reading? is hosted by Sheila at Book Journey. I just returned from visiting my in-laws in South Florida so I didn’t post anything last week. It was nice to feel the sunshine though! Here’s what’s happened over the past two weeks. Posted: Review: The Girl of Fire and Thorns by […]

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Found by Margaret Peterson Haddix: Book Review

It’s very hard to summarize this book without giving anything away. Let’s see…. Jonah Skidmore was adopted when he was three months old. Just before his thirteenth birthday, he receives a cryptic message in the mail and he starts questioning the little that he knows about his past. Very, very bare bones there. After getting […]

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Labyrinths by Jorge Luis Borges: Book Review

Um, I think I missed something. This book’s average rating on GoodReads is 4.47 as I write this and I’m rating it 2 stars. Where did I go wrong? It’s been a while since I finished so I won’t be able to get too specific. First of all, I didn’t particularly care for the writing […]

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