I read Baggage Claim last summer at the pool. It was a perfect Summer read. It was easy to get into, the characters were believable and sympathetic. The story moved quickly along, carrying me with it for the ride. I really enjoy books where women take a look at the life they’ve created for … Continue reading
This week’s word for the Year of Words Challenge is Committed. Turns out that’s kind of funny. I had decided to read one book for this week, and as soon as I started it, I knew it wasn’t going to be a book I really wanted to read. I quickly decided (since I was … Continue reading
I found this book while researching books for week 2 of the Year of Words book challenge. The word of the week was Dedication. As a woman who thought she had all her ducks in a row, was well researched and thought she knew just how birth would go, only to be in for … Continue reading
Masters of Doom is not a book I would normally read. I am not into video games, in fact, I don’t even really like them, and don’t understand them, however, the Year of Words Book Challenge already has me stepping out of my reading comfort zone. I chose this book based on the sub-title … Continue reading
I’m still not finished with any of the 3 books I’m currently reading, so I thought I’d pull a book off the kiddo’s shelf for today’s book review. Hanna got this book for Christmas this year. It has a black horse on the front… can’t really go wrong there. However, this is not just … Continue reading
I’m still playing by the “rules” next book comes off the top of the Summer Stack. The next book on the stack was These Things Hidden. It didn’t take long to fall into this book. The first couple pages and I was hooked. It’s hard to describe this book, without giving too much away. … Continue reading
I’m working on my first novel. I’ve been thinking about categories, and audience and all that stuff. I started going through Amazon looking at the other books in categories I’m considering, and thought I’d read some of them, to see how they were similar/dissimilar to the tone/content of my novel. As always, when it … Continue reading
I’ve been in a book funk lately. I’ve started some books, couldn’t quite get into them, or found them so incredibly boring or poorly written I didn’t know what to do! I hate giving up on authors and books in the middle, but I also hate reading boring and badly written books! Lucky for … Continue reading
