My favorite childhood author, Madeleine L’Engle, passed away earlier this month. I read her Time Quartet when I was in late elementary/early middle school and devoured several more of her books that were not in the series. I had Kenny buy me the series again a couple of years but they had been collecting [...]
I have finished a few books these last couple of months and wanted to share my reviews so here are the first four books for this new(ish) year…
Why Do Men Have Nipples? was a bunch of fun questions related to the human body – sort of like cocktail party questions, you gotta have a drink [...]
It took me forever to finish my latest book, Cuba and the Night by Pico Iyer. Being Cuban-American, I always gravitate toward fictional stories based in or about Cuba. This was no exception. It was set in the 80’s, during the days of the Cold War and Reagan. The story is mostly narrated from the [...]
Since it has been a while since I posted, I owe you guys a couple of book reviews…
When I bought the book, The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls, I thought it was another fiction book. As I started to read it though I realized it was actually an autobiography! It is an amazing read – [...]
Another book read… This time is was Tuesday with Morrie by Mitch Albom. It was a short, simple read full of lots of advice on how to live a fulfilled life. Albom essentially interviews his dying professor and records in writing the advise the professor, Morrie, has to give. It was sweet and touching and [...]
Looks like I am staying on track towards my goal of one book a month – I just finished the fourth book of the year and it was Douglas Coupland’s Eleanor Rigby. I think this is my second Coupland book and it was a good read. Unique story-line and good follow-through despite a hokey plot [...]
Yay! It’s Friday! Here are a couple of book reviews…
I often buy books by their cover – they usually have weird and unique plot lines. This book, Thumbsucker by Walter Kirn, was one of those buys and it was a weird read. I honestly can’t decide if I liked or hated it. OK, I didn’t [...]
I finally finished a book a few weeks ago that I have been reading since late last year titled Savage Girl by Alex Shakar. It’s the first book I’ve finished for 2006… yay!
The book was OK. It dragged on though and although I would get drawn in I just as quickly lost interest. I think [...]
I almost forgot to write my last book review of the year! As you may recall, back in January I let my one magazine subscription expire and I vowed to get back into reading actual books once again like I used to. I have kept track of them here on the blog via the “Toad’s [...]
I slowed down on my reading since I got my promotion at work. I have had no energy or motivation to do so. But I did get a couple in and here are my reviews…
The Book of Ratings : Opinions, Grades, and Assessments of Everything Worth Thinking About by Lore Fitzgerald Sjoberg was a fun, [...]
