Winter Garden by Kristin Hannah
I have mixed feelings about Kristin Hannah. Sometimes, I like her stuff (The Great Alone), sometimes I can't stand it (Comfort & Joy), and sometimes I'm in the middle (The Women). I think this one falls squarely in the middle, too. Just before Christmas, Evan Whitson, the family patriarch, … [Read more]
The Guillotine by Delilah S. Dawson
This book was INSANE. I saw this somewhere on my Facebook feed... someone posted they liked it, didn't want to give any spoilers, and so I just put it on my TBR list and didn't read the blurb. I was looking for something quick and easy Sunday morning, and this was available from the library, so … [Read more]
The Someday Garden by Ashley Poston
I absolutely loved Poston's newest. It had everything my little romantic heart likes to see in a romance novel. Great chemistry, people actually talking to each other and not avoiding things, great setting, great love scenes, etc. I absolutely loved The Dead Romantics and this one is up there with … [Read more]
Dr. No by Percival Everett
You may not have known you needed a Percival Everett take on a Bond villain, but you definitely do. Our main character, Wala Kitu (words that mean "nothing" in Tagalog and Swahili) is a brilliant mathematician who studies nothing. As in nothingness, which is not the same as the nothing that is the … [Read more]
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling
25 years. This has been 25 years of my life. I first read these books in early 2002, in my freshman year of college. We had a cheap, late-run movie theater in my college town that charged $1 for movies that were nearing the end of their theatrical run. My girlfriend and I went to see virtually … [Read more]
The History of Sound by Ben Shattuck
In a "hook-and-chain" couplet structure, Shattuck meanders back and forth across three centuries in New England with six pairs of stories exploring themes that rhyme. This collection starts off pretty slow and gentle, and for the most part stays that way, telling the stories of ordinary people … [Read more]
