Raise your hand if you read the V.C. Andrews Dollanganger series as a teen… Yep, me too. Although I am a little shocked that I did seeing that if it is racy in 2014 it must have been highly controversial in 1989. I assume my parents let me read it since I didn’t do anything… Read More
The last of my hurt-my-ankle-stuck-at-home reads was Where’d You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple. It was pretty darn funny. I mean, sometimes I’d laugh out loud at really inappropriate times (ie. in the waiting room of the ortho). I loved that Bernadette was bright and quirky and left her job to be a stay at… Read More
I really enjoyed The Violets of March by Sarah Jio. Based on the cover alone, I probably would not have picked it up. But, y’all know how that old adage goes… Luckily, quite a few of you mentioned it over the last year or so, and when I came across it at the library I… Read More
Okay. Promise you won’t laugh? I’ve now added a series about trolls to my questionable list of reads with way too many vampires, werewolves and other strange mythical creatures. But seriously y’all… the Trylle series by Amanda Hocking is such a delectable set of reads. Goodreads says… Switched When Wendy Everly was six years old,… Read More
The second of my Spring Break reads was Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn (author of Gone Girl). It was really good in a really bad way. I kind of didn’t like reading it, but then I also couldn’t put it down. Have you ever read a book that crazy? Goodreads says… WICKED above her hipbone,… Read More
I did a beaucoup of reading during our Spring Break week!!! I call myself a binge reader because I will go two or three months without picking up a book and then I will knock out five of them in a week. My very favorite from the week was The Secret Keeper by Kate Morton. … Read More
I finished up The Fault In Our Stars by John Green last month on my little girls getaway. Being the story of kids battling cancer, it put me really far outside of my comfort zone. But I loved it. Green tells a beautiful story of cancer, loss and death in a way that made me… Read More