Books
Where She Went: BlogHer Book Club
It’s time for another BlogHer Book Club book! This time, it’s Gayle Forman’s Where She Went, the sequel to her very popular If I Stay. A couple of weeks ago, I spent the weekend sick on the couch, and read both books back to back, so I’m having a really hard time thinking of them [...]
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Lost and Found: BlogHer Book Club
The latest BlogHer Book club selection is Geneen Roth’s Lost and Found. My edition of the book has the subtitle One Woman’s Story of Losing Her Money and Finding Her Life. “Lost Her Money” is right – Roth and her husband were heavily invested with Bernie Madoff, and lost their life savings in his Ponzi scheme. [...]
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The Fault in Our Stars: BlogHer Book Club
I’d heard a lot about this book (The Fault in Our Stars by John Green) before I read it – mostly raves. Actually, nothing but raves. And I couldn’t agree more. This is an amazing book, describing the relationship of two young characters. What makes this so unique is the characters suffer from (or are [...]
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Diary of a Mad Fat Girl – BlogHer Book Club
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. I love my Kindle. I love the e-ink, I love the portability, I love having a dozen books in one place without having to carry a 20-pound book bag. I also love that I’ve been able to read some really great self-published books that I might [...]
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The Rules of Inheritance – BlogHer Book Club
Oh, wow, this book. I love memoirs, because they give me peeks into real lives that are so incredibly different from my own. Claire Bidwell Smith’s memoir The Rules of Inheritance was absolutely, 100% the total opposite of my experience, and it was heartbreakingly captivating. Smith’s memoir is a collection of essays describing her life as she [...]
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The Weird Sisters: BlogHer Book Club
I absolutely loved the latest BlogHer Book Club offering, The Weird Sisters by Eleanor Brown. Granted, I love Shakespeare, so this was really a no-brainer. The book follows the story of three sisters, the daughters of a Shakespeare-obsessed college professor who seems to only communicate through the Bard’s quotes. The sisters all return home to [...]
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Books I Read: 2011
I read 44 books in 2011 – not bad! Rather than keep track on my site, I’ve decided to track my reading in my long-neglected Goodreads account. If you’re a member of Goodreads, here is a link to my profile, where you can see the books and how I rated them. If you’re not a member [...]
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BlogHer Book Club: The Lake of Dreams
This month’s BlogHer Book Club installment is The Lake of Dreams by Kim Edwards. I really wanted to like this book, you guys. I really did. But it just didn’t capture me. I’m not sure what it was but I just couldn’t get into this book. It might have been the blatant symbolism. The protagonist, [...]
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Books I’ve Read: 2011
The blogger with a pile of books, January 2010 I’ve always been a fairly consistent reader. But this year, thanks to my Kindle and the BlogHer Book Club, I’ve read more than I have in a long time. I went back and figured out exactly what books I’ve read this year, and created a separate [...]
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