I just finished The Light of the Fireflies and I’m still reeling. This book started off so horrific. I literally had nightmares about this book the first time I fell asleep after I started it. The premise, that these parents were keeping their children locked in a basement. It was unfathomable. I wanted … Continue reading
This is the quote that got me… “Roe creates characters who feel real, who are beautiful and flawed and full of desire and regret and love and pain. He brings us into a world where terrible things happen to ordinary people and it’s hard not to want a miracle girl to save them. And, … Continue reading
So yesterday, in the car, on the way to school, my kiddo says this: “This book changed my life! It actually made me love books. I usually read just for the points, but I didn’t read this one for the points, I didn’t even know how many points it was!”. Be still my heart. … Continue reading
When I picked up my copy of Yes Please from the library I didn’t really know what to expect. The powerful cover made me hopeful, but you just never know what you’re going to get when you read a memoir written by a professional comedian. Sometimes it seems a little forced, a little trite, like they’re … Continue reading
A Reason to Run made it on the recommended list for the word Reason. I finished Breakfast with Buddha, and The Promise of a Pencil and decided to jump into one more book this week. Both the other books I’d read were books that left me thinking, so I decided a “palate cleanser” (a book … Continue reading
If you remember, at the beginning of the week, I chose The Kindness Diaries to read for the word Reason. I must admit I was once again swayed by the reviews. I don’t know if that’s a good thing or a bad things. I did want to read a book along the same lines though, and The … Continue reading
I chose No Tourists Allowed as my book of the week for the word Worth in the Year of Words Book Club. As I read the description I was pretty confident a story with addiction, and service at the center would get me thinking about “worth” in my life. And I was right. … Continue reading
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind was my local book club’s book for this month. It’s a bit of a departure from the books this book club normally reads, and I was really excited to read it. I read it during the Joy week of the Year of Words book club, but I think it … Continue reading
