Halfway through the week, I started questioning whether I even like to read, since I'm hating everything lately. Things picked up big time. I finished The Lifeboat, which did turn out to be kind of…
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Quick takes- January 2017
Something Borrowed. 1 star. I usually like this author, but "It's ok to have an affair with your best friend's fiancee as long as she's kind of a bitch," is not a great concept to…
The week in review
Oh, this week. I'll just say I'm glad this blog is mostly about books because The Other Stuff is kind of out to get me this week. But I got some decent reading in, so…
Gimme shelter
One of the perks of having been a precocious reader was getting book recs from my mom at an early age. I can thank my mother for introducing me to Anne Tyler, John Irving, Toni…
The week in review
Been a challenging seven days. My kids have been sick most of this week and I'm going a little stir crazy. Also, something else happened today, right? Oh how I wish it was as unreal…
Oh, Snape…
We finished up the Harry Potter books, then watched the last two movies this weekend, and Oh! My! God! Why didn't anyone ever mention how good this is? We had to discover it for ourselves,…
The week in review
Kids being back in school + my feet being worse than ever = lots of time to read. Silver linings. Behold the Dreamers completely lived up to the hype. This is a very layered, nuanced…
You don’t get it when there’s nothing to get
I was 21 when I first read Nude Men, and it became an instant favorite. I was curious and mildly apprehensive about revisiting it. For one thing, I've never liked a single thing Amanda Filipacchi…
You know who you are
A week after finishing Truth and Beauty, I'm still mulling it over. Something about this book really brought me down; I mean, other than the fact that it's a really depressing memoir about someone plagued…
The week in review
Another busy week, with New Year's and a sneak trip to Great Wolf Lodge, but my kids finally went back to school yesterday (yay!) and I always read faster when I'm not liking something (boo!)…