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Category Archives: Contemporary
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
The Clothes Make the Girl (Look Fat?) by Brittany Gibbons
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
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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Midnight Crossroad by Charlaine Harris
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 Charlaine Harris, Midnight Crossroad, Midnight Texas, paranormal, series
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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
Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn
Oh, I liked this one so much better than Dark Places!!! I hate when I have to do a bad review 😉 A not-super-good reporter at a fourth-rate paper in Chicago is sent back to her tiny hometown to … Continue reading
Posted in Challenges, Contemporary, Fiction, Mystery
Tagged challenges, Gillian Flynn, Gone Girl, Sharp Objects
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We Were Liars by E. Lockhart
Well, this is not what I was expecting. It was a whole bunch of Martha’s Vineyard “I’m fancy” with more than a little bit of King Lear who-is-the-favorite-daughter and the Kennedys all-American family thrown in. So Cadence Sinclair Eastman is 15 and and … Continue reading
Posted in Challenges, Contemporary, Fiction, Young Adult
Tagged challenges, E. Lockhart, We Were Liars, young adult
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The Truth About Alice by Jennifer Mathieu
This is a fairly typical YA book about rumors and reputations and bullies. It’s got quite a few slut-shaming incidents and scenes depicting how boys get away with sleeping around but girls never can. It’s not groundbreaking or anything, but it was … Continue reading
Posted in Challenges, Contemporary, Fiction, Young Adult
Tagged high school, Jennifer Mathieu, The Truth About Alice, YA
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