Downloaded the audiobook from the library. This will be my book for driving/listening this week. Let's see what all the hype's about!
Category: Books
Reading: resolution update
I am behind on my resolution of classics. BUT I can still do this!! Completed: FrankensteinThe Bell JarMy Sister's Keeper Attempted and failed: A Tale of Two Cities (for the upteenth time in my life!) Started: The Phantom Tollbooth On hold/planned/gotten: The Great Gatsby (the library only has one copy in audiobook and someone else… Continue reading Reading: resolution update
Review: My Sister’s Keeper
Holy Shit. That"s got to be the summary of my review of My Sister"s Keeper by Jodi Picoult. I cried through at least half this book. I literally would just sit with tears steaming down my cheeks because I couldn't or wouldn't close my eyes even to squeeze the tear ducts shut. This book would… Continue reading Review: My Sister’s Keeper
Books: The Phantom Tollbooth
I'm about 1/2 way through A Tale of Two Cities and it's just as hard to force myself through the audiobook as regular book-version. So I've checked out The Phantom Tollbooth in ebook format from my local library.
Review: Children of Blood and Bone
I'm breaking one of my rules. I'm reviewing a single book in a series - Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi. This is because the second book (Children of Virtue and Vengeance ) isn't out yet. So I can't review the whole series. And I need to talk about this book. I've had… Continue reading Review: Children of Blood and Bone
Review: Wayfairer trilogy
I pretty much stumbled across this series and found myself drawn in. I never realized a book without strong plot could be enjoyable. All those "character books" I had to read in middle and high school (I'm looking at you Pat Conroy) where it's exploring "the human experience" or whatever. I disliked those. But the… Continue reading Review: Wayfairer trilogy
Review: Spinning Silver
Naomi Novik is a unique writer in my world - I find her books extremely frustrating and extremely intriguing at the same time. I love retellings and twists on fairy tails and Novik hits both with this book. More than 90% of the book is told from the perspective of women - Miryem, Wanda, and… Continue reading Review: Spinning Silver
Current Reading List
I was talking to someone the other day and I made a comment "one of the books I'm reading..." the person stopped me and said, "One of? More than one?" Yes. I read multiple books at the same time. Not literally sitting and reading one page in one book, then the next, then the next.… Continue reading Current Reading List
Review: The Bell Jar
I actually finished this up right before giving birth, but.... well a lot has slipped the past few weeks! I struggle with mild anxiety, and I know how much that can debilitate me from functioning - I read this and it hurt. I only brush on the levels of unhappiness, disconnect, and depression Plath expressed… Continue reading Review: The Bell Jar
Books: Resolution
I am dragging myself through The Bell Jar. I can read maybe a chapter at a time - so I am going to go ahead and download A Tale of Two Cities from librivox and start listening to it on my commute to/from work (while I have a commute.... I am downloading "version 2" read… Continue reading Books: Resolution
Dream by Day 