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Category Archives: Challenges
Talking as Fast as I Can: From Gilmore Girls to Gilmore Girls and Everything in Between by Lauren Graham
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 celebrity tell all, Gilmore Girls, Lauren Graham, memoir, nonfiction
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The Deal of a Lifetime by Fredrik Backman
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
A Thousand Miles from Nowhere by John Gregory Brown
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 book club, challenges, local author, Southern literature
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Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds
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 magical realism, narrative poetry, poetry, YA
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The Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick
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 historical fiction, man in the high castle, revisionist tales
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Childhood’s End by Arthur C. Clarke
Childhood’s End was sent my way by my college-aged son to whom it was recommended by a friend who read it for a poli-sci class. We both struggled a bit to get into it, but he ended up loving it. Me, not … Continue reading
Posted in Challenges, Creepy/Weird, Sci-Fi
Tagged challenges, creepy/weird, Sci-Fi, ugly covers
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Back again!
After a LONG hiatus…I’m back to blogging. Hopefully, kelleybean is too (insert not-so-subtle hint here). For my first post in several years, and given that the very last post entered on the site was about this very same thing in … Continue reading
Michelle FINISHES the 2015 Popsugar Reading Challenge (UPDATE)
Since I was off to a roaring start on my reading goals for 2015, (three and a half days in, three and a half books read) I added this Popsugar Reading Challenge to help me branch out some. If I … Continue reading
Posted in Challenges
Tagged challenge, Goodreads, Popsugar, reading challenge, reading goals
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Wreckage by Emily Bleeker
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
Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson
Brown Girl Dreaming has been winning all sorts of awards (Newbery and National Book Award). It depicts a young black family’s moves from Ohio to South Carolina to New York City amid segregation and racial violence. Woodson also tells the story of … Continue reading
Posted in Challenges, poetry
Tagged Brown Girl Dreaming, challenges, Jacqueline Woodson, poetry
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