image: jenniferdonnelly.comJennifer Donnelly, who resides in upstate New York, writes very engaging historical fiction. Prior to my reading Revolution, I had read a previous novel of hers, A Northern Light, which takes the Theodore Dreiser story An American Tragedy and changes the narrator to a female teenager working in an Adirondack boarding house. Do you know this story? … Continue reading Revolution by Jennifer Donnelly
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The Eternal Ones
After what feels like a long time, I've fallen in love with reading books again and have relegated the iPad to a place not on my nightstand. Yes, yes, I know that some folks read books on iPads or other electronic readers, but that isn't really my way. I like to turn pages. Anticipating a … Continue reading The Eternal Ones
We All Fall Down
image from: hachettebookgroup.comI have a dark fascination with addiction. I don't understand it, but I know that it is real and accept that it is a part of our society. It's everywhere. Of course, for every drug addict there is an ever widening circle of the people impacted by the drug addict and their actions. … Continue reading We All Fall Down
Unbroken
image from nytimesbestseller.netI just finished an amazing book about a remarkable man. Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand relates the absolutely inspiring life story of Louie Zamperini, an Olympic athlete, a soldier in the Pacific during World War II and, ultimately, a man who did not allow the extreme challenges in his life to permanently break him. … Continue reading Unbroken
From one bossypants to another…
image from Barnes and Noble Since finally finishing Jonathan Franzen's Freedom I have regained my own personal freedom in selecting reading material. For the record, I will never again read another of Franzen's self-indulgent, over-sized volumes about some of the least likable people in the universe. Screw you, Pulitzer and National Book Award conferrers - … Continue reading From one bossypants to another…
Girlbomb Birthday Party
Me and Janice!!Ever since I read Anne Frank's Diary of a Young Girl, I've been a fan of the memoir. The ability of a person to chronicle and express their experiences never fails to touch me - and perhaps is the reason why I find myself sharing my own life as freely as I do … Continue reading Girlbomb Birthday Party
Vampire Books Suck
We've already established that I'm a reader. Unless I've had too many glasses of wine, I am literally unable to fall asleep without a book. I always have something to read wherever I go - soccer games, doctor's appointments, vacations... Like my palate for food, my choice of reading material is open and broad, and … Continue reading Vampire Books Suck
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