Ishmael Beah was about 12 years old when Sierra Leone’s civil war found him. He and his brother were visiting friends in a neighboring town and got cut off from their family. Their world descends into chaos and they are left trying to survive on their own. Oh my gosh. This was just heartbreaking. I […]
It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? is hosted by Sheila at Book Journey. Posted: Review: The House at the End of Hope Street by Menna von Praag Review: This is How You Lose Her by Junot Díaz Read: A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier by Ishmael Beah Summer Rental by Mary Kay […]
Yunior has cheated one too many times. The smartass Dominican narrator of The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao is just not in a good place. In a series of short stories set around different events in his life, he reflects on how he has arrived at this point. This is so hard for me […]
Alba Ashby is mortified. On the cusp of a brilliant career as a historian, she’s lost everything, including her hope. Then she finds herself at the house at the end of Hope Street. Peggy, the eccentric caretaker of the home, invites Alba in and starts to regale her with stories of the house’s more famous […]
It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? is hosted by Sheila at Book Journey. Posted: From Notting Hill With Love…Actually by Ali McNamara: Review Oral History by Lee Smith: Review I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith: Review Read: Oral History by Lee Smith This Is How You Lose Her by Junot Díaz Bliss by Kathryn […]
Cassandra Mortmain lives in a castle. Don’t let that fool you–the castle is crumbling around her family’s ears. Her father had the (mis)fortune to publish an incredible book early in his career and he hasn’t been able to write another word since. In other words, the family is practically destitute. But then the owner of […]
The Cantrell family has lived in Hoot Owl Holler in the mountains of Virginia for as long as anyone can remember. They love hard, play hard, and suffer deeply. There doesn’t seem to be any in-between for them. Oral History follows…let’s call it three…generations of Cantrells, starting with handsome Almarine and his run-in with a […]
Scarlett O’Brien dreams that her life will one day become just like a romantic comedy. Her friends and family worry about her because she seems to be dissatisfied with the life she has because of her obsession with the movies. She’s engaged to be married in a couple of months but she just doesn’t seem […]
It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? is hosted by Sheila at Book Journey. In the past couple of weeks, I’ve Posted: Review: The Host by Stephenie Meyer Review: The Orchid Affair by Lauren Willig Readers’ Workouts: The Color Run Edition Read: The House at the End of Hope Street by Menna van Praag The Host […]
In a future that strongly resembles Invasion of the Body Snatchers, humans are an endangered species. A militantly peaceful race of extraterrestrials known as “souls” has decided that the passionately violent humans don’t deserve to live on the Earth. So they have calmly taken over the vast majority of human bodies. Sometime after the aliens […]
Laura Grey is tired of her life as a governess, so she joins forces with The Pink Carnation. After the requisite training, she is sent to work as a governess for Andre Jaouen, a high-ranking official in the French Ministry of Police. She’s also tasked with finding out any information that might be of use […]