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Miss Peregine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Russell Riggs
Russell Riggs’ first novel “Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children” sat on my bookshelf for the past three summers. This Christmas, my older sister picked it up and read it, which of course left me very curious. I decided to … Continue reading
Lock and Key by Sarah Dessen
I picked up Sarah Dessen’s “Lock and Key” at my neighborhood TJ Maxx, on the clearance shelf for $2. What a deal, right! And I figured that it would just be a quick, leisure read, but I was surprised that … Continue reading
Posted in Fiction, Three Star, young adult
Tagged book, book club, book review, Fiction, Literature, lock and key, Novel, reading, sarah dessen, Three Star, ya fiction, ya novel, Young Adult
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Stitches by Anne Lamott
I first encountered Anne Lamott when a creative writing professor of mine asked the class to read Lamott’s “Bird by Bird.” I enjoyed that well enough, so when I saw “Stitches” on display at my local library I decided … Continue reading
Posted in Memoir, Two Star
Tagged anne lamott, book, book review, lamott, Literature, Memoir, Nonfiction, Self-Help, stitches, two star
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Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
While my younger sister was home for winter break she was flipping through channels and ended up watching Julia Roberts in “Eat, Pray, Love.” Because I heard that the book was much better than the movie rendition (obviously), I headed … Continue reading
Posted in Memoir, Three Star
Tagged Bestseller, book, book review, eat pray love, elizabeth gilbert, india, indonesia, italy, Life, Literature, Love, Memoir, new york times bestseller, Nonfiction, Three Star, travel, travel literature
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Why We Broke Up by David Handler, Illustrated by Maira Kalman
One afternoon, while I was browsing the shelves of the YA section of my local library, I was attracted to the look of the cover of a book written by an author I had never encountered before. When I flipped … Continue reading
Posted in Fiction, Three Star
Tagged art, book, book club, book review, breakup, david handler, Fiction, illustration, lemony snicket, Love, Maira Kalman, Novel, painting, reading, relationship, teenage, Three Star, why we broke up, YA, Young Adult
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Dear John by Nicholas Sparks
Ah, Nicholas Sparks, the great romance writer of our time. I picked up Dear John because I hadn’t yet seen the movie with Amanda Seyfried and Channing Tatum and I wanted to read the book before doing so. I’d be … Continue reading
Posted in Fiction, Four Star
Tagged afghanistan, amanda seyfried, book, book review, channing tatum, dear john, Fiction, Love, nicholas sparks, Novel, romance, war
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Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
I read Gone Girl solely because of its popularity and it didn’t disappoint! The book tells the story of Nick and Amy Dunne, a young married couple, whose marriage seems to be going well but, of course, suffers … Continue reading
Posted in Fiction, Four Star
Tagged Bestseller, book, book review, Fiction, Four Star, gillian flynn, gone girl, murder, mystery, new york times best seller, Novel, reading, suspense
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Update!
Hi Everyone, I haven’t blogged here in a LONG time, my apologies for that. But I have been spending all of my extra time plowing through some books on my to-read list (Gone Girl, lots of Hemingway and Fitzgerald, a … Continue reading
Heart of the Matter by Emily Giffin
Before my trip to Portugal this August, I picked up some books for my kindle very last minute around 1am the night before my flight. Because I had spent the summer cruising through the rest of Emily Giffin’s novels, I … Continue reading
Posted in Fiction, Two Star
Tagged book, book review, emily giffin, Fiction, giffin, infidelity, Novel, one star, reading group, romance
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Rats Saw God by Rob Thomas
I picked up Rats Saw God by Rob Thomas after it was featured on my local library’s book of the week list. As soon as I began reading it, I loved it. There was so much about the plot that … Continue reading
Posted in Fiction, Five Star
Tagged book, book review, Fiction, Five Star, Novel, rats saw god, reading, rob thomas
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