unqualified opinions from a person with no literary background
I had been avoiding reading this book for a very long time. Every single time I read the description I wanted to read it less. The blurb on Amazon describes it as "a brilliant take on ex-husbands and second wives, mothers and daughters, schoolyard scandal, and the little lies that can turn lethal." That literally makes... Continue Reading →
I adore Neil Gaiman. I hadn't read any of his books until early last year, and still haven't read many of them, but every one I have read has been everything I'd hoped it would be. I won't go into a lot of detail about the plot of this one. Some of the reviews I... Continue Reading →
A Man Called Ove is about a curmudgeon of an old man who hates everyone and everything that does not act or work the way he wants them to. He sees the world in black and white, right and wrong, useful or useless. He spends his days running through routines that have been set for years and... Continue Reading →
Those who pass up this book because it looks like it was written for fourteen-year-olds are really missing out. I first heard about Eleanor and Park from my mother, who told me I absolutely had to read it. My mom typically reads books about women struggling to survive in East Asia or queens getting their heads cut... Continue Reading →
Prior to reading "City of Thieves" by David Benioff, I knew pretty much nothing about Russia. Now I know that it sounds terrible. During World War II, at least. Lev is a very self-conscious Jewish teenager living in Leningrad during World War II, trying his hardest to stay alive. When he gets arrested for looting the body... Continue Reading →
We are simply going to ignore the fact that I haven't posted a review since February. If you haven't read "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood, stop everything you're doing and go read it. I'm serious. I love this book. This is my second time reading the dystopian novel, and it was just as good... Continue Reading →
The Road by Cormac McCarthy has some seriously mixed reviews on Goodreads. This surprises me, considering it's won several awards and was made into a movie in 2009. You're probably like, "why are you reviewing a book that was published 10 years ago? Who even cares?" Whatever, dude. I've never read it, it always pops up... Continue Reading →
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