Reviewing Royal Wedding by Meg Cabot
I began reading the Princess Diaries series when I was a similar age to the book’s awkward heroine, Princess Mia. Now, as an adult 15 years since the series was first released, I pounced on the opportunity to revisit this familiar character now that she…
Reviewing Missoula by Jon Krakauer
I am a Krakhead (self-diagnosed). I have read every book by Jon Krakauer, some more than once, some more than twice. The first road trip that my husband and I went on, we listened to Into the Wild, sometimes going hours without speaking, absorbed in…
Reviewing Saint Anything by Sarah Dessen
I owe a lot to Sarah Dessen. Let me explain. I first began reading her novels back in 2003 when the film “How to Deal” was released. While Mandy Moore may have gotten me into the theater doors, (I was a wee teen, don’t judge)…
Reviewing God Help the Child by Toni Morrison
Nobel laureate Toni Morrison know how to tug at people’s heart-stings. Her work is notoriously fierce, poignant, and emotional and God Help the Child has claimed its place among her canon of extraordinary novels. In less than 200 pages, Morrison shares a moving story about…
Reviewing The Children’s Crusade by Ann Packer
I still remember when my mom gave me Ann Packer’s The Dive from Clausen’s Pier, for two reasons. One: I could not put it down and suffered a night without sleep, followed by a day of dark circles under eyes and stumbling. Two: it made…
Reviewing House of Echoes by Brandon Duffy
My husband and I often daydream about selling all of our possessions and buying a little cabin in the middle of the woods in Vermont or upstate New York. We could read books all day and listen to music; he could write and I could…
Reviewing The Wilderness of Ruin
I am a self-professed true crime junkie. I drop everything when my TV is tuned to Investigation Discovery. Ann Rule and Harold Schechter are my superheroes. I am also a bit of a history geek; my undergrad degree is in the subject. When history and…
Reviewing Girl in a Band by Kim Gordon
Kim Gordon, vocalist, bassist and founding member of the critically acclaimed band Sonic Youth is the coolest woman alive. Possibly to ever exist. And she proves this in her new memoir Girl in a Band. Okay, I suppose this may just be my opinion but…
Reviewing the latest Zuckerbook: Gang Leader for a Day
We are now in the third installment in the Mark Zuckerberg list of Zuckerbooks, and the overall theme of getting the world to read books that will open their eyes to new ideas and ways that the world works persists. The book Gang Leader for…
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