Last year Kenny decided to upgrade his Kindle to the 3G… so I got his 2G and I have been loving it! I ordered a pink leather Mivisu flip case from eBay that works perfectly. Even with the case, it has a thin profile (only 1/2″ thick!) and the flip design lets it stand up [...]
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption by Laura Hillenbrand
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
What an incredible story of endurance, survival, torture and heroism. Such a compelling story but dragged out by the level of detail the author brings in. At times in the book I feel like I am living [...]
In the Time of the Butterflies by Julia Alvarez
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
I finally got through this book – it is a fictional novel that is based on historical figures, the Dominican Mariposa sisters. The author herself is Dominican and her family left as political refugees. Through research she found her family’s life crossed [...]
The Dogs of Babel by Carolyn Parkhurst
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
This was a super quick read (took me a week) after taking forever on my last book. A unique take on a tragic love story with a sub-plot diversion. Very well written, very introspective. Narrator and main character Paul was very well developed, so [...]
Looking for Jake: Stories by China Miéville
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
I came into this book not really knowing Mieville’s style. These stories were all dark and several had a post-apocalyptic feel. Not necessarily a feel-good series of short-stories but not all books should be. Since the subject was not light and airy I will [...]
The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
Interesting concept but I struggled with the idea that the narrator, a murdered 14 year old girl, could be so seemingly nonchalant about her murder. I would have liked to see more dimensionality in her character, more anger, less acceptance. A good idea and relatively [...]
Identical Strangers: A Memoir of Twins Separated and Reunited by Elyse Schein
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
A fascinating true-story recounted by the twins themselves. Separated at birth and adopted by separate families who were not aware they were adopting one half of a set of twins, Paula & Elyse find each other in their early [...]
So I gave up my People magazine subscription once again and received my husband’s 2nd hand Kindle reader (he upgraded to the latest). I was hesitant at first about switching to the Kindle but it has won me over in one major way… it’s so slim and compact that it fits in my purse better [...]
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 [...]
