The Glass Castle Book Review
After sitting collecting dust on my book shelf for several months, I finally got around to reading The Glass Castle by Jeanette Walls. I could hardly put it down it was so good. The Glass Castle is a memoir about Jeanette Walls’ childhood. She opens the book with a stunner, recalling the time she caught [...]
Book Review: Fifty Shades of Grey
Sexy, entertaining, guilty pleasure are all words that come to mind when trying to describe Fifty Shades of Grey by E.L. James. I heard about the series from a co-worker who described the trilogy as written porn. I’m not really into cheesy love novels, so I originally dismissed the idea of reading it until I [...]
Book Review: The Hunger Games Trilogy
I heard great things about Suzanne Collins’ The Hunger Games and I had noticed all three of the books on the best sellers list for a while, so I asked for the trilogy this past Christmas from my parents. When I finally got them, I flew through them because they are addicting and pull you into [...]
Book Review: A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius
Three weeks ago I attended my first meeting in a new book club. I nixed the Chick Lit group I joined because it was…well, too trivial. In place, I joined another group I found on Meetup, Book and Girlfriends (yeah, I don’t know why every book club I join has a stupid name, but whatever). [...]
Book Review: Love in the Time of Cholera
Here is the short and sweet of Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez. Is Love in the Time of Cholera one of my new favorite novels? No. Is it good though? Yes, and if you’re looking for a book about love and romance but not for a cheap romance novel, this [...]
Book Review: Full Dark, No Stars by Stephen King
I have watched plenty of movies adapted from Stephen King novels –The Mist, The Shinning, Carrie, Pet Cemetery, The Green Mile, and Misery to name a few –but I had never actually read any of his stories up until now. I recently finished King’s 2010 short story collection, Full Dark, No Stars, a compilation of [...]
The Pleasures & Sorrows of Work and Brave New World
I recently read The Pleasures & Sorrows of Work by Alain de Botton for International Arts Movement Readers Guild followed by rereading Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World (which I decided to reread after finishing Amusing Ourselves to Death). Coincidentally, both books serve as an interesting parallel to my current thoughts about life and work. Also, [...]
Book Review: Shantaram
After three months and 933 pages later, I finally finished Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts. The book was recommended to me by a friend, and although it took me longer than normal to finish, it was definitely a good read. The book draws the reader in instantly by stating, “And the choice you make, between [...]
Freedom and The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen
After reading Jonathan Franzen’s bestseller, Freedom (2010), I didn’t know what to say about it. Sometimes when you enjoy something so much and have so many thoughts, it’s hard to get any thoughts out. I originally bought a copy of Freedom because it was doing well on the New York Times Best Seller List and on display at every [...]
Book Review: Shop Class as Soulcraft
I recently finished the book Shop Class as Soulcraft by Matthew Crawford. I’ll be honest and admit that I originally didn’t expect to enjoy this book, mostly because I’m not really a “let’s get our hands dirty” kind of girl–I can hardly cook, I do laundry about once a month (and average about at least [...]
