This is my last full week of the kids being in school, so I was kind of on a tear! I love summer more than anything but there is less me-time, and me-time is reading…
Quick takes- May 2017
No One Can Pronounce My Name. 4 stars. Maybe a little long and forgettable, but great characters and solid writing. Poignantly captures how it feels to be an outsider, in many different ways. Saints for…
I’m not a kid, I happen to be 18
Were Judy Blume books essential reading for you when you were young? She certainly was for me and all my friends, but all these years later, I'm still never sure quite how universal the Judy…
One thing leads to another…
I had a few reasons for reading Last Things this weekend. For one, I love graphic memoirs, in fact, they're typically the only memoirs I can stand. I also tend to be in pressing-on-a-bruise mode…
The week in review
It's been a very long day/week/month so I'm going to get right to it. But, SUN SUN SUN FINALLY SUN! I Found You started out very strong, but the plot got too convoluted and soap…
Like those signs that say “Thimk”
Someday I'm going to make more of an effort to organize my holds, but once again, a bunch of my most anticipated holds came up at once, so here's another round of "which one will…
The week in review
TIL that I really got my money's worth when I paid someone to bolt our bookcases to the wall. I had to move them and it was a huge pain to unbolt, so, thanks, Mr…
Short and sweet like PB
I had to got to do a lot of mothering this Mother's Day weekend. So much, that I did no running and barely any reading. I did make a killer dessert though, and while this…
The week in review
The Book of Summer came out this week! It was otherwise uneventful. I finished A Separation, which turned out to be a real slog. There is lots happening in this book, and it's fairly short,…
You shred it, wheat!
2 question pop quiz: 1. What are my two favorite things? 2. What comes out today? Answers: 1. Books and summer. 2. The Book of Summer! I was lucky enough to get an advanced copy…