June Book Wrap-Up
Remember my May wrap-up when I was upset about reading only 5 books? Oh, the good old days... Then came June, when I read even less, sorta, though please see the end note for reading not counted here. Also, I spent 11 days in France so that accounts for a lot of my...
May Book Wrap-Up
Not my best reading month in terms of quality OR quantity. Here we go: The Fortune Hunter - Daisy Goodwin - 3* - (May 11): Interesting depictions of society and lifestyle during the late 1800s weren't enough to overcome unlikeable characters in this historical...
The Age of Adaline – Novelization please?
"Before I Sleep" "The Haunting of Hill House" "Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil" "A Long Way Down" "The Westing Game" Just a few titles I would add to a list of books poorly translated into films. Every reader has a similar list. But recently, I started a new...
Online Course Review – How to Write a Great Novel
Most of the Groupons that come through my inbox are for food I don't need to eat or for services I didn't know I needed. So I was surprised when I saw a novel writing class offered (at a hefty 94% discount, no less!) and decided for the price, I'd give it a shot. The...
April Book Wrap-Up
What an up and down month of books! I'm going to jump straight in: Landline - Rainbow Rowell - 3.75* - (Apr. 2): I may have deducted a quarter-star for naming a character "Georgie McCool." This novel follows Georgie over the course of approximately a week leading up...
Four Tips for Writing Book Reviews
Everyone who reviews books does so differently, but these are the things I find helpful when I'm reading reviews to decide whether or not I want to pick up a book. I also try to include a lot of the information below in my reviews on Goodreads or the rare review I...