by Molly Harper Sweet Tea & Sympathy By all rights this should be called bittersweet tea because it’s coarser and less refined than I expected it to be. The main character, Molly, has a career-ending experience involving shrimp and flamingos and has to retreat to her father’s family compound to…
by Douglas Preston The Lost City of the Monkey God I don’t know why I always feel compelled to tell you why I read a book before I tell you what I think of it, but the trend continues. I went to the library a while back, trying to find…
by Charlie N. Holmberg The Master Magician I remember being disappointed in The Paper Magician. It had come with a strong recommendation and I had great expectations for it, expectations that I felt were largely left unfulfilled. I swore I wouldn’t read the next book in the series but then…
by Gerald Graff & Cathy Birkenstein They Say/I Say To continue a trend in my reading lately, here is a very helpful book turned into an only mildly helpful audio book. The advice is sound and practical and I can see it making a big difference in how I approach…
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 Jonathan Scott and Drew Scott It Takes Two: Our Story For some reason I seem to be on a non-fiction kick lately. To continue this trend I chose It Takes Two: Our Story by the Scott brothers. It came up on sale on Audible the other day and I…
by Danielle Krysa Your Inner Critic Is a Big Jerk: And Other Truths About Being Creative Last semester I took an online class in public speaking. (I had to make a bunch of videos – it wasn’t pretty.) For my last speech I had to choose from a list of…
by Libby Koponen South America (A True Book) Talk about a quick read! This was a book I ordered through inter-library loan when I started thinking about writing Tarzan fan fiction set in South America. I had no idea it was less than 50 pages long and filled with pictures….
