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I haven't read a book that made me mad in a really long time. I'm glad that this book was the break from that. When I get mad at a book that's really good, it's because of how it all played out and what the outcome of everyone's actions led to. It's been a really…
The American Dream. Many people talk about it, but no one really knows what it means. Some people work their entire lives to try and achieve it and some people succeed. Sadly, sometimes it takes death to figure out that not only you achieved the American Dream, but excelled beyond it. Here's more about the…
Continue reading ➞ The House of Broken Angels by Luis Alberto Urrea
When I first started reading this book, I honestly thought this was going to be one of those super YA stories about a young woman who is on the brink of growing up and falls in love. Yes, it is all those things, but there is so much more to this than just vapid annoyance.…
Continue reading ➞ Love and Other Carnivorous Plants by Florence Gonsalves
"Good Lord, why have you never taken me to that place before?" Alexa asked him. "I've never had pancakes that good." I don't know about you, but I'm a huge fan of reading and eating. Whether it's a small snack or a full on meal, I can always be found with a book in hand…
Continue reading ➞ Reading & Eating: The Wedding Date and Blueberry Pancakes
“A novelist is a person who lives in other people's skins.” - E. L. Doctorow I didn't know much about Forough Farrokhzad. I've actually never heard the name before, but when I received this book from Netgalley, I was interested in reading the life of a poet and how that life can be fictionalized to…
My friend, Michaela, at The Ardent Biblio recently talked about reading War and Peace for the first time. If you aren't aware, War and Peace is considered one of the best books of all time written by the most prolific writers, Leo Tolstoy. However, it was originally written in Russian, is over 1400 pages long, and it takes place during…
Continue reading ➞ Why I Sometimes See the Movie Before I Read the Book
And the first month of the year is done and February is just along the way. I loved reading this month. Although I did have to catch up on a ton of books, I feel like I've accomplished a lot. I was able to read all the ARCs I received from NetGalley to put me…
