Happy New Year and all that nonsense. I thought I’d break away from my manuscript’s massive rewrite to share a few thoughts on the books I’ve read recently. My goal is to get through 75 in 2020. So far I’m off to a decent start. The Queen of Nothing – Holly Black YA Fantasy […]
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[Book Review] Harry’s Trees – Jon Cohen
Harry’s TreesAuthor: Jon CohenPublished: 2018Genre: FictionMy Rating: ★★ Thirty-four-year-old Harry Crane, lifelong lover of trees, works as an analyst in a treeless US Forest Service office. When his wife dies in a freak accident, devastated, he makes his way to the remote woods of northeastern Pennsylvania’s Endless Mountains, intent on losing himself. But fate intervenes […]
[Review] Hunted – Meagan Spooner
Hunted | Meagan Spooner Genre: YA Fantasy Published: 2017 My Rating: ★★★ From Goodreads: Beauty knows the Beast’s forest in her bones—and in her blood. Though she grew up with the city’s highest aristocrats, far from her father’s old lodge, she knows that the forest holds secrets and that her father is the only hunter […]
What I Read in February
Yes, this is late–you think I don’t know it’s March 7th? During the last week of February, I ended up on a four day business trip to Nebraska, which I’m still recovering from. I’m blaming it for not reaching my reading goals (see below) and writing goals (*gesticulates wildly at timestamp* nyeh). But that’s not […]
January Book Reviews…in February!
Seeing as we’re almost halfway through February, I’m a bit late with this post. Below are the four pitiful books I read in January. My goal this year is, as always, to get to 100. I’m already four behind. But no matter! I have a good feeling that this will be the year I achieve […]
[Review] Wink Poppy Midnight – April Genevieve Tucholke
Title: Wink Poppy Midnight Author: April Genevieve Tucholke Genre: YA Fiction Published: 2016 My Rating: ★★★★★ Every story needs a hero. Every story needs a villain. Every story needs a secret. Wink is the odd, mysterious neighbor girl, wild red hair and freckles. Poppy is the blond bully and the beautiful, manipulative high school queen bee. […]
[Review] Bad Romance – Heather Demetrios
Title: Bad Romance Author: Heather Demetrios Genre: YA Fiction Published: 2017 My Rating: ★★★★ From Goodreads: Grace wants out. Out of her house, where her stepfather wields fear like a weapon and her mother makes her scrub imaginary dirt off the floors. Out of her California town, too small to contain her big city dreams. Out […]
The World Needs Library Simulator
I’m a big fan of escaping reality and where better to do that than in VR? Not only can you immerse yourself in another world, you can choose to be anything you want (Goat Simulator), work any job you want (Garbage Truck Simulator), and date the hunky man of your dreams (Dream Daddy: A Dad […]
[Review] My Italian Bulldozer – Alexander McCall Smith
Title: My Italian Bulldozer Author: Alexander McCall Smith Genre: Fiction Published: 2017 My rating: ★★1/2 From Goodreads: When writer Paul Stewart heads to the idyllic Italian town of Montalcino to finish his already late book, it seems like the perfect escape from stressful city life. Upon landing, however, things quickly take a turn for the worse […]
Why Alphabetizing Your Private Library is The Worst: A Journey
It’s Friday night and I’ve just consumed a small Albino Turtle. Two shots of espresso, my limit for this week, surges through my veins. I’m jittery and restless until an idea hits me. An idea to do something worthwhile. Something good. I quickly fold piles of clothes and vacuum the carpet that hasn’t seen the light […]