I really wanted to like the book more than I did. Her endless making herself out to be a victim was so tiresome. She seems to still be perplexed why the people she defaulted on (hundreds of thousands of dollars!) and whose house they did not maintain or repair would not want to talk to … Continue reading
Trying to get back into the habit! Night Film was the 6th book I’ve read so far for 2018 so I’m off to a good start! I’ve started a new page on my book list for this year so we will see how many books I end up reading. I had read Marisha Pessl’s first … Continue reading
Poison starts out sort of slow and typical. The woman is a journalist who focuses on women’s rights type stories. She is now a professor in the Seattle area where she lives with her professional husband, her toddler and two children from her first, deceased husband. As the book progresses, it is clear her husband … Continue reading
I don’t read a lot of books written by men or about men because they generally don’t interest me. I already know too much about men’s stories. I picked The Good Father because I like the shows Fargo and Legion and he is the writer/creator of them and the subject sounded interesting. I tried … Continue reading
The Hopefuls is another book I got out from the library because it was available instantly for download for the Kindle. I remember hearing about her other book, Girls in White Dresses, when it came out but I honestly am not sure if I read it. I thought I had but then the description doesn’t … Continue reading
Another YA book! What has gotten into me? I had tried to get this on Netgalley but was refused (I have a 97% rating! What more do they want?) but saw it it was available immediately for the Kindle through the Maryland Library eLibrary Consortium so I downloaded it. I really prefer to read on my … Continue reading
The Hate U Give caught my eye back before it was released in late February thanks to the 2Pac reference in the title but I just was able to download it to my Kindle from the library this week. It was as good as I hoped. The story of Starr, a black girl going to … Continue reading
