The story of The Kitchen House begins at its end – with a young woman and terrified child happening upon a lifeless body swinging from a high tree branch, the ashes of a scorched plantation house smoldering in the background. How did it come to this? [Read more...]
Book Review: The Kitchen House by Kathleen Grissom
05/28/2013 by Leave a Comment
Book Review: Devil’s Knot – The True Story of the West Memphis Three by Mara Leveritt
05/21/2013 by Leave a Comment
Apparently, modern day witch hunts do exist. In case you haven’t heard the story of the West Memphis Three, now is your chance to read all about it before it is released as a movie later this year. [Read more...]
Book Review: Man Up! Tales of My Delusional Self Confidence by Ross Matthews
05/21/2013 by Leave a Comment
Ross Matthews is right about one thing – any self-confidence he feels about his writing skills is without a doubt delusional. He’d have to be out of his mind to think that readers will actually be entertained by the garbage he passes off as a book. [Read more...]
Book Review: The Invisible Bridge by Julie Orringer
05/20/2013 by 1 Comment
Yes, this might possibly be (i.e., definitely is) yet another World War II book review that you by now have probably come to expect from me; but before you groan in utter dismay, tell me the last time you read about cougars (i.e., those “mature” woman that essentially rob the cradle in the name of love – or at least in the name of a one night stand), architecture, Paris nightlife, and WWI all in one book?! I’m betting never! [Read more...]
Book Review: Me Before You by Jojo Moyes
05/16/2013 by 1 Comment
I am really struggling to come up with an introduction that does this book justice, because to me, Me Before You was perfection. [Read more...]
Book Review: Eleanor and Park by Rainbow Rowel
05/07/2013 by Leave a Comment
You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, and you’ll be thankful no one ever called you raghead because they think your ginger hair is reminiscent of a woman’s monthly visitor. [Read more...]
Book Club in Session: Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card
05/07/2013 by 1 Comment
What do you do when the fate of humanity rests on the shoulders of one small boy? Choose it for book club and discuss it, of course! [Read more...]
Book Review: Little Wolves by Thomas Maltman
04/09/2013 by 1 Comment
The wolves may have been little, but the disappointment was not. [Read more...]
Book Review: Beyond Belief – My Secret Life Inside Scientology and My Harrowing Escape by Jenna Miscavige Hill
03/22/2013 by Leave a Comment
You likely have heard criticism of Scientology, but if you are like me, Jenna Miscavige Hill’s memoir will show you that you really knew very little about what truly happens behind Scientology’s closed doors. [Read more...]
Book Review: Where’d You Go Bernadette? by Maria Semple
03/22/2013 by Leave a Comment
A crazy woman, a trip to Antarctica, a mysterious disappearance, and boarding school drama? It sounds like the makings of an amazing, if slightly unusual read. Unfortunately, Where’d You Go Bernadette, by Maria Semple was far from either of those things in my opinion. [Read more...]
Book Review: Heads in Beds – A Reckless Memoir of Hotels, Hustles, and So-Called Hospitality by Jacob Tomsky
01/16/2013 by Leave a Comment
Well, it is officially time to eschew the notion that your life must be interesting in some way to write a memoir. If Jacob Tomsky can do it, then anyone can do it. But I hope your attempt turns out to be more stimulating than Heads in Beds: A Reckless Memoir of Hotels, Hustles, and So-Called Hospitality, because this book (really a mixture of memoir and guide to getting the most from your hotel stay) was just not cutting it for me. [Read more...]
Book Review: Brain on Fire – My Month of Madness by Susannah Cahalan
01/14/2013 by Leave a Comment
Imagine waking up in a hospital bed with no recollection of how you got there or how long you’ve been there. Budding journalist Susannah Cahalan woke up to this nightmare when she was 24 years old. In her gripping memoir Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness, the reader is invited to journey with Cahalan to the edge of insanity in back. [Read more...]
Book Review: City of Thieves by David Benioff
01/13/2013 by Leave a Comment
Benioff brings a fresh perspective that is both quirky and lighthearted to what would otherwise be rather depressing content: survival in World War II’s Russia. [Read more...]
Book Review: Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
01/12/2013 by Leave a Comment
For all the hype Gone Girl, by Gillian Flynn, was getting, I was expecting it to be the mystery/thriller of the year for 2012 (as many blogs, publications, lists, etc. claimed). Sure, it was gripping and held my attention, but by the end all evaluations of how good or bad the book was were replaced by one thought: “Wow, Flynn has to be a special kind of crazy to write this.” [Read more...]
Book Club in Session: A Game of Thrones (Book 1 in A Song of Ice and Fire Series) by George R. R. Martin
01/06/2013 by Leave a Comment
We’re back! Lauren and I haven’t had a book club discussion in a long time, so we are starting the year off right by discussing Game of Thrones!
