Finishing what I started last week, The Girl in the Red Coat quickly lost steam after an okay start. I trudged through it because it was fairly short, and I really hate not finishing something,…
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All I know is what’s in the tap water
I'm not sure I can think of anything more utterly delightful than We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves. Definitely one of my favorites of the last ten years, maybe ever. This is funny and touching…
Quick takes- October 2016
This Must Be the Place. 5 stars. Great characters, great stories, perfect novel. Recommended to: everyone. Girls on Fire. 2 stars. Badly done, overly dramatic, adolescent in a bad way. Miller's Valley. 4 stars. Anna…
This week in review
Starting where we left off last week, I finished Happy Family, and I'm sorry to say, it doesn't get better. I was expecting the "happy" part of the title to be meant ironically but not…
Straight up, with a twist
I'm almost always disappointed by thrillers, but I still keep going back for more. I think it all comes down to the twist. Either the twist isn't shocking enough, so you see it coming, or…
On the fence
Every time I see the cover of A Little Life, I feel queasy. It's been about a year since I read it and I'm still not sure how I feel about it. I don't know…
The Week in Review
I feel like I was very busy this week, but I still managed to get plenty of reading in. I finished The Nix over the weekend. It started out great and never lost momentum. It…
No such thing as bad publicity
After Birth by Elisa Albert is one of my favorite books that I've read in the last few years, and is typically the first thing I suggest when people ask me for recommendations. I was…
This week in review
I got a lot of reading time in this week. Finished up three quick ones and then started in on a long one. First up, I finished Textbook by Amy Krouse Rosenthal. I'm still not…
Unforgettable
I go through two or three books a week, so I don't always remember everything I read, even if I enjoyed it in the moment. One book I will never forget is Jill McCorkle's first…