I read a lot (as you well know) and nearly all of the books I read get featured at some point here on the blog. At least, all of the adult books I read make an appearance here. An area of my reading life that doesn’t get much airtime here is the books I share with… Continue Reading
If you’ve been around my blog for long, you know that I read fairly broadly and with many purposes: to be entertained, to learn, to step into the shoes of people whose lives and experiences I would otherwise never understand. . . . One item that is not on my list of priorities when opening up a… Continue Reading
As promised, I’m back today with the third and final installment of this month’s quickie book reviews. (You can find part one here and part two here.) This batch is split evenly between fiction and nonfiction, and my opinions were as diverse as the books themselves. Kind is the New Classy: The Power of Living… Continue Reading
I mentioned last Monday that this month, rather than sharing all of my monthly reviews within a single week, I’m spreading them out throughout the month. Part One came last week, and today we’ve got Part Two of June’s quick(ish) book reviews. These six books were all great reads that either entertained or seriously made… Continue Reading
Biographies—and really all books within the history genre—are definitely an area that is lacking in my my reading life. It’s not that I don’t enjoy learning about history; both of my parents are pretty big history buffs and they taught me to appreciate the subject from an early age. However, I’ve had the most luck… Continue Reading
I’m back today with six more reviews of books I’ve read in the last month. There’s a whole lot of words coming your way down below, so I’ll jump right into the reviews! Parenting With Love & Logic, by Foster Cline & Jim Fay: If there is one thing I’ve learned about parenting, it is that… Continue Reading
I hope you’re ready for some book reviews, because I’ve got some for you! Today’s batch of books is a diverse one: some Chick Lit, some suspense, a memoir, and a dog book that may or may not be relevant for you, but was extremely helpful for me. Let’s get to the reviews, shall we?… Continue Reading
April is National Poetry Month. The annual celebration has taken place every April since 1996, but I’ve never participated in or even acknowledged the event myself. Until this year, when this month’s Reading Challenge category is helping me break all barriers to become a poetry reader. Like all high school students, I dedicated quite a… Continue Reading
We’re rounding out Quick Lit Week with reviews of six more books I read in the last month. There are a couple of excellent books in this batch! Far From the Tree, by Robin Benway: Sixteen-year-old Grace has had a happy and “normal” life as the adopted only child of two adoring parents. Her comfortable circumstances… Continue Reading
Here we go with Round Two of this month’s book reviews. We’ve got a little something for everyone here: mystery, romance, and even dog training! What I Saw and How I Lied, by Judy Blundell: The protagonist and narrator of this noir mystery is Evie, a 15-year-old girl who has always lived in the shadow of… Continue Reading