"My name is Weylen Grey, and I'm near-sighted, allergic to ragweed, and my feet are flat. I can't cast spells, I don't grant wishes, and I'm not sure if I can turn a frog into a prince, but I have no intention of finding out. Some people like to think I can affect the weather, but I'd still recommend a a good, old-fashioned umbrella for keeping the rain off. It's also been said that I can talk to ...
Fiction
Throwback Thursday: Every Exquisite Thing by Matthew Quick
Throwback Thursday is a weekly meme hosted by Renee at It’s Book Talk. Throwback Thursday is an awesome opportunity to share old favorites as well as older books in our TBR. I love this idea as I’m often distracted by all of the shiny, new books I see every day and don’t make it back to the ones that have been sitting on my shelves. My pick of the the week is: Every Exquisite Thing by Matthew ...
Review: The Wife Between Us by Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen
As my Aunt Betty would have said, "HOLY MARY, MOTHER O' GOD!" Just when I thought I understood what was going on, along came Part 2 and I'm begging for confirmation that my head is spinning in the right direction. The Wife Between Us was exactly what I needed to get me out of my two-book DNF reading slump. It started out a bit slowly which concerned me for the first few chapters but I now ...
Review: The Heart’s Invisible Furies by John Boyne
I knew I had to read The Heart's Invisible Furies when I saw it on so many "Best of 2017" lists. The endorsement of several of my favorite bloggers who often have tastes similar to my was enough to convince me to insert this 582 page book smack into the middle of my already jam-packed reading schedule. A few of those include Renee at It's Book Talk, Sarah at Sarah's Book Shelves, and Susie at ...
First Chapter/First Paragraph: The Naturalist by Andrew Mayne
First Chapter First Paragraph Tuesday Intros is a weekly meme hosted by Diane at Bibliophile By the Sea. Each week, participants share a paragraph (or two) from a book they are currently reading or are planning to read soon. Today I'm going to share the first couple of chapters of The Naturalist by Andrew Mayne. I'll be starting this one soon and I'm really looking forward to it! Chapter ...
Blog Tour: Girl Unknown
Welcome to my stop on the blog tour for Girl Unknown! This book is unique in many ways. The first is that Karen Perry is actually a pen name for two writers collaborating on this book. This is the first book, to the best of my knowledge, that I've read penned by two authors and it definitely worked here. Most of the book is told in the alternating first person points of view of Caroline and ...
Throwback Thursday: It Ends with Us by Colleen Hoover
Throwback Thursday is a weekly meme hosted by Renee at It’s Book Talk. Throwback Thursday is an awesome opportunity to share old favorites as well as older books in our TBR. I love this idea as I’m often distracted by all of the shiny, new books I see every day and don’t make it back to the ones that have been sitting on my shelves. My pick of the the week is: It Ends with Us by Colleen ...
Throwback Thursday: Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn
Throwback Thursday is a weekly meme hosted by Renee at It’s Book Talk. Throwback Thursday is an awesome opportunity to share old favorites as well as older books in our TBR. I love this idea as I'm often distracted by all of the shiny, new books I see every day and don't make it back to the ones that have been sitting on my shelves. My pick of the the week is: Sharp Objects by Gillian ...
First Chapter/First Paragraph: In Every Moment We Are Still Alive
First Chapter First Paragraph Tuesday Intros is a weekly meme hosted by Diane at Bibliophile By the Sea. Each week, participants share a paragraph (or two) from a book they are currently reading or are planning to read soon. Today I'm going to share excerpt of the first paragraph of In Every Moment We Are Still Alive by Tom Malmquist. This first paragraph is about two pages long so I'm going to ...
Review: Grist Mill Road by Christopher J. Yates
If you're a friend or follower on Goodreads, you may have seen my status update at page 108: "The jury is still out on this one. I'm not a fan of omitting quotation marks and it's moving a little slowly." And this one at page 163: "Okay, now I'm hooked." A brief status update at the end of the book would have looked something like this: "Huh? What the heck?" And that pretty much sums ...
