"Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk"
my take: It’s not long into this novel that the reader can start to figure that the halftime walk is …
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"MWF Seeks BFF"
my take: One of my life skills classes is about friendship – which is a more universal relationship talk for …
"Daring Greatly"
my take: I also read I Thought it was Just Me and The Gift of Imperfection by Brené Brown this …
"The Vacationers"
my take: Dysfunctional family goes to Mallorca. Food, pool, sun, beach, Spanish men and scenery. Definitely a great escape novel …
"Turn Right at Machu Picchu"
my take: This is a rather detailed exploration into the who, what, where, when, and why of Machu Picchu. Hubby, …
"Just Mercy"
my take: Profound. Important. Essential. Imperative. What word best sums the necessity of Bryan Stevenson’s voice? Right up there with …
"The Orchardist"
my take: The last 20 or so pages of this were some of the best writing I’ve ever read – …
"Florence Gordon"
my take: A bit of a cross between Olive Kitteridge and Emily, Alone, Florence is a somewhat crotchety feminist whose …
"The Invention of Wings"
my take: Oh, I really wanted to love this. I mean, The Secret Life of Bees was so memorable. After …
"Euphoria"
my take: As I was in my good not great reading slump, a friend suggested this as a possibility to …
Top Picks January – June 2015
Inspired by other blogger posts – here are the cream of the crop from the 35 books I’ve read so …
"The Bartender’s Tale"
my take: When I heard Ivan Doig died (recently), I thought it a fitting time to read this. Sometimes a …
"Station Eleven"
my take: I’d been reading a lot of good books. I was looking for a great one. I chatted one …
"Jewelweed"
my take: A small town saga set in Wisconsin, the novel is populated with a large cast of everyday characters …
"Gaudy Night"
my take: Written in 1936, instead of being historical fiction it’s, um, period literature, I guess. Which is rather refreshing. …
"Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore"
my take: Yes! I’m a sucker for bookstore stories. A store lined with books? Yes. Yes. Yes. This is a …
Orange is the New Black
my take: Whilst visiting Daughter and her Bebe back when he was a wee thing, we decided to try the …
"Small Victories"
my take: As noted in a previous post, Anne and I are incarnations of a very similar being. So she …
"Paper Towns"
my take: I very much enjoyed John Green’s The Fault in Our Stars, so when I saw this at Target …
"Sense and Sensibility"
my take: I really can’t help myself: this series of current authors re-writing the Austen novels is so juicy I …
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