Category Archives: Fiction

Talking as Fast as I Can: From Gilmore Girls to Gilmore Girls and Everything in Between by Lauren Graham
avatar

Talking as Fast as I can: From Gilmore Girls to Gilmore Girls and Everything in Between is a light, somewhat inconsequential celebrity memoir that I nevertheless relished because I adore its author, Lauren Graham. As Gilmore Girls is one of … Continue reading

Posted in Challenges, Chick-Lit, Contemporary, Nonfiction | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

The Deal of a Lifetime by Fredrik Backman
avatar

Let me first say I ADORE everything I’ve read by Fredrick Backman. Everything. Even the ones like Britt-Marie Was Here which wasn’t my favorite of his, didn’t make me ugly-cry like A Man Called Ove or And Every Morning The Way … Continue reading

Posted in Challenges, Christian/Inspirational, Christian/Inspirational, Contemporary, Fantasy, Fiction, I Want My Money Back!, Pictures | Tagged , , , , , | 2 Comments

The Clothes Make the Girl (Look Fat?) by Brittany Gibbons
avatar

The Clothes Make the Girl (Look Fat?) is the standalone follow-up to Brittany Gibbons’ Fat Girl Walking that I read a few years ago. My review? This is more of the same Brittany from her social media presences and the … Continue reading

Posted in Chick-Lit, Contemporary, Pretty Covers | Tagged , , , , | 1 Comment

A Thousand Miles from Nowhere by John Gregory Brown
avatar

A Thousand Miles from Nowhere features a former teacher fleeing the destruction of Hurricane Katrina who ends up at a roadside motel in a fictional town in Virginia. While there, we learn that Henry Garrett is fleeing not only the hurricane, … Continue reading

Posted in book club reads, Challenges, Contemporary, Fiction | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds
avatar

I loved, loved, LOVED this book. Told in a series of sparse but beautiful narrative poems that depict one short elevator ride, Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds is a YA standout. This little book is reminiscent of the troubling … Continue reading

Posted in Challenges, Contemporary, poetry, Young Adult | Tagged , , , | 2 Comments

The Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick
avatar

Set in a revisionist post-WWII alternate reality where Japan and Germany actually won the war, I expected this novel to be fantastic. I knew that this story had been recently picked up as a series by Amazon, and the premise … Continue reading

Posted in Challenges, Fiction, Historical Fiction, Uncategorized | Tagged , , | 2 Comments

Midnight Crossroad by Charlaine Harris
avatar

Well, this was GOING to be a Two Dorks, One Book feature post, but SOMEONE didn’t read it. So it’s just me. Reviewing alone again. Like a solitary, non bookdorky, book blogger. Because where are you, Kelley, and what are … Continue reading

Posted in book club reads, Contemporary, Fiction, Mystery, Paranormal | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

Wreckage by Emily Bleeker
avatar

This reads a little like Lost mixed with Castaway mixed with Days of our Lives. Lillian and her mother-in-law, Margaret, win an all-expenses-paid vacation to Fiji courtesy of a yogurt brand. While on the promotional trip, the two women, the pilot, a flight … Continue reading

Posted in Challenges, Contemporary, Fiction | Tagged , | Leave a comment

The Mermaid’s Sister by Carrie Anne Noble
avatar

I read this for my challenge book with non-human characters. This is the story of babies left with a childless old healer woman on a mountaintop. The woman’s name is Verity, and as one might expect, she can tell no lies. One … Continue reading

Posted in Challenges, Children's, Fairy Tales, Fantasy, Fiction, Mythology, NaNoWriMo, Paranormal, Young Adult | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

Doctor Who: The King’s Dragon by Una McCormack
avatar

I read this as my “based on a TV show” book for the challenge. I’d read several other Doctor Who novelizations and they’ve been pretty good. This one doesn’t disappoint if you accept it for what it is: a light … Continue reading

Posted in Challenges, Fantasy, Fiction, Paranormal | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment