by Drew Hayes Second Hand Curses Drew Hayes is literary Xanax. Now, before you get offended on his behalf, let me explain. I deal with a lot of stress in my life right now. My father died in January after a long, protracted fight with Alzheimer’s. My mom and…
by Felicia Day You’re Never Weird on the Internet (Almost) I was only peripherally aware of Felicia Day before starting this book so why read it? Well, it was a daily deal on Audible and it is about geeky stuff, so I gave it a try. I’m glad I…
by Jack London Call of the Wild I read White Fang long before I discovered this more famous dog story set in Alaska by Jack London. Maybe, if I had read this one first, this would have been my preferred story, but probably not. White Fang was much more my…
by T. Kingfisher The Seventh Bride Let’s get real, I love fairy tale retellings. Whether it’s Jessica Day George and Princess of the Midnight Ball or Robin McKinley and Beauty or many, many others, I can’t get enough of them. That is definitely why I purchased The Seventh Bride. It’s…
by Susan Richards Chosen by a Horse When I started this I had no idea I had read another book by this author, and if I had I wouldn’t have read this one. It wasn’t that Saddled: How a Spirited Horse Reined Me in and Set Me Free was such…
by Richard Feynman & Ralph Leighton What Do You Care What Other People Think? I loved Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman!: Adventures of a Curious Character. It was funny, insightful and a lot like listening to my Dad and his brothers talk about their lives. I connected with Richard Feynman…
by Blake Crouch Good Behavior Do you remember that very creepy, very good TV show a couple of seasons back starring Matt Dillon? The author of the novel that was based on also wrote this set of novellas. Evidently there is a TV show based on this character, too, and…
by DK Publishing The Amazon I don’t read and review picture books often, but here goes. This is a children’s non-fiction book about the Amazon. it’s full of bright, beautiful photos of the plants, people, and critters of the Amazon rain forest. It touches on a little of the history…
by Cathy Yardley Rock Your Plot: A Simple System for Plotting Your Novel 4/20/2015 – The author has done a great job condensing and distilling information about the writing process and I’m inspired to give her method a try. 5/31/2018 – This is my second time through this book and…
by Jesse Itzler Living with a SEAL: 31 Days Training with the Toughest Man on the Planet The premise is interesting and the execution was okay, but I am definitely not the target audience for this book. For one thing, there is a lot of raw and raunchy language and…
