Book 2: Never Let Me Go – Kazuo Ishiguro
This is one of the most hauntingly beautiful novels I have read. I had some inclinations of how beautiful it was from reading the synopsis and reading Robert's review and author post over at 101...
View ArticleBook 37: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks – Rebecca Skloot
I need to stop saying I don’t like nonfiction and start saying I enjoy immersive nonfiction. It seems the majority of nonfiction works that I do like are those that delve deeper into societal issues...
View ArticleBook 39: The Man Who Knew Too Much – David Leavitt
Overall this book was ‘meh’. I couldn’t get into it and it wasn’t what I thought it would be. With the title and the blurb I assumed the book was about Alan Turing and his life and not the history …...
View ArticleBook 18: The Madman’s Daughter (The Madman’s Daughter #1)- Megan Shepherd
A friend from UNC (Go Heels! – it’s a gut reaction ), Hi Lizzie!, recommended The Madman’s Daughter as the author is a family friend (or something along those lines) and I’m glad she recommended it!...
View ArticleCulture Corner – July 2013
I knew I did a lot of ‘cultural’ things prior to starting this monthly blog post series, but I didn’t realize quite how many I did on a regular basis. As I sat down to write this post I realized …...
View ArticleBook 3: The Man Who Loved Pride & Prejudice (Woods Hole Quartet #1) – Abigail...
I love it when a book doesn’t try to be something that it’s not and this is a perfect example of that. Although, this was a retelling of Pride and Prejudice there was no struggle to make sure that...
View ArticleBook 4: The Power of Habit – Charles Duhigg
Charles Duhigg refers to this work as “a framework for understanding how habits work and a guide to experimenting with how they might change” (loc. 4405) and, not surprising, that’s exactly what it is....
View ArticleBook 31: An Unquiet Mind – Kay Redfield Jamison
After hours and hours of discussions about a personal relationship with someone who experiences bipolar disorder/manic depression and recommending I read this book on multiple occasions, my therapist...
View ArticleBook 34: Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos #1) – Dan Simmons
If there is a novel that could make someone fall in love with and/ or enjoy Science Fiction, this is the novel. My friend Alex gave Hyperion and The Fall of Hyperion, along with a couple of other...
View ArticleBook 35: The Fall of Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos #2) – Dan Simmons
What a follow-up! After reading Hyperion, the first in the Hyperion Cantos, I immediately moved into the second! So glad Alex gave us both of them or I wouldn’t have known what to do, or I would’ve...
View ArticleBook 37: Endymion (Hyperion Cantos #3) – Dan Simmons
If I’m completely honest, I expected this book to fail miserably. After the feeling of utter astonishment at the brilliance of the first two novels in the Hyperion Cantos, how could the follow-up...
View ArticleBook 38: The Rise of Endymion (Hyperion Cantos #4) – Dan Simmons
I’m exhausted. This series has spanned 2.200+ pages and more than 10 centuries! It covers lifetimes of characters, many lived over and over and a few lived once throughout the entire story! (20 years...
View ArticleBook 327: The Host – Stephenie Meyer
I figured I would check this out after making my way through the Twilight Saga to see if Meyer’s writing was any better when she wasn’t dealing with a manic-depressive teenager girl, oh wait she’s...
View ArticleBook 335: A Cold Legacy (The Madman’s Daughter #3) – Megan Shepherd
I’m still torn on this novel. It’s been almost a week since I finished it. The response was delayed due to not knowing how to respond to the novel, but also my having to fly down to NC for family...
View ArticleBook 360: Frankenstein – Mary Shelley
As with 99% of the Classics I’ve read, I’m wondering what took me so long to read this one! Not only is it under 200 pages, but it’s quick and fascinating read. Add in that Shelley was only 19 when she...
View ArticleBook 368: Anthem – Ayn Rand
Going into Ayn Rand’s Anthem I had very little “real” knowledge of her, her writing or her politics. Everything I know about her is word-of-mouth and I’m sure exaggeration. I have no plans to change...
View ArticleAn Evening with Rebecca Skloot
So this sounds a lot fancier than it was. I’d love to say I sat down one-on-one and picked her brain about what is arguably one of the mos successful book responses I’ve ever written for this blog. And...
View ArticleBook 387: The Heart Goes Last – Margaret Atwood
I didn’t quite get this one read before it’s release, but considering how busy I’ve been, having it read and posted within a week of its release, September 29, is pretty impressive! Any time there is a...
View ArticleBook 391: Dr. Mütter’s Marvels – Cristin O’Keefe Aptowicz
I’m a little torn on this book. At the same time that it reminded me of some fascinating books I’ve read over the past few years (Geraldine Brook’s March and William MacAskill’s Doing Good Better) I...
View ArticleBook 399: People of the Book – Geraldine Brooks
I’m finally starting to make a “dent” in my to-be-read shelves! YAY! On the downside, due to work events and the seasonal time change affecting me more than usual this book took two weeks to read,...
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