I was not a fan of this book. The narrator was completely unlikable, which I understand to be the point. However, it was distracting how unlikable he was. I’m not a big religious person (to say the least), but even I was absolutely choking on the amount of biblical names and oversaturated (and pretty lazy)Continue reading “Review: Don’t Cry For Me”
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DNF: The Tobacco Wives
Wow. What a spectacularly uneventful book. I spent 173 pages in the world of The Tobacco Wives, and I couldn’t bear to spend a moment longer in it. What a terribly mediocre book. I can firmly say, after reading the 825th description of a dress, that I have no interest whatsoever in what happens throughoutContinue reading “DNF: The Tobacco Wives”
Review: The Nature of Witches
Holy shit, y’all. This book tricked the fuck out of me. I knew this book was about Jesus, and, when I read the acknowledgements, she thanked Jesus. I was actually on board for a while, but too many references to My Sun instead of My God just got under my skin. Yes, I’m not religious.Continue reading “Review: The Nature of Witches”
Review: The Witch’s Heart
After reading so many Greek mythology retellings (Ariadne, The Song of Achilles, and Circe), reading The Witch’s Heart was an excellent way to sate my desire for mythological retellings when tired of hearing about Zeus and what a giant asshole he is. The Witch’s Heart is, instead, a Norse mythology retelling, centered on Angrboda, Loki’sContinue reading “Review: The Witch’s Heart”
Review: The Paris Apartment
Omigosh. I tried to get ahead of the narrator at every step of this book and I could NOT! The Paris Apartment isn’t my usual jam. There weren’t many picks for March’s Book of the Month Club choices that I was interested in so I went with this one, thinking that it would at leastContinue reading “Review: The Paris Apartment”
Review: Booth
Choosing Booth as my March Book of the Month Club add-on was a no-brainer. I’ve long been fascinated by American history, particularly the Early American era. While Booth sits just outside of that parameter, I’m familiar enough with the context of the period to understand and appreciate just how much meticulous research went into thisContinue reading “Review: Booth”
Review: Honor
WARNING: Here there be spoilers — Honor was a total shocker to me. I went to the local library on my lunch break to snoop around and left with this copy of Thrity Umrigar’s book. Then I read 40 pages at a restaurant while I devoured my meal, finished my work day, and drove straightContinue reading “Review: Honor”
Review: Yellow Wife
I have a confession. I listened to the audiobook of Yellow Wife instead of reading it, which makes it the first audiobook I’ve actually finished (the other I started, but didn’t finish, as an audiobook was The Midnight Library). I loved the narration. The breathy way the narrator described the setting, rehashed the dialogue, andContinue reading “Review: Yellow Wife”
What does Arkansas have against pizza?
My husband wondered aloud what the state of Arkansas had against pizza while we were playing the Alphabet Game on a long drive to Conway, Arkansas. Obviously, he couldn’t find a ‘z’ (and, full disclosure, I found the ‘z’ first and won). We stopped at two bookstores while we visited Conway, a secondhand store calledContinue reading “What does Arkansas have against pizza?”
Review: The Damage
Usually, when picking out my Book of the Month Club picks, I’m painstakingly thorough – I read Goodreads and Amazon reviews and read the synopsis of the BOTM page, then reread it again. When I read the blurb for The Damage, the premise piqued my interest and I knew that it would grab me, especiallyContinue reading “Review: The Damage”
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