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Category Archives: Contemporary
Well, I did it to myself AGAIN, but…
Well, I did it to myself again, but…it’s that time of year when I allow my students to choose from a list of novels to read. This year, I was dumb and let them choose from TEN selections. This was … Continue reading
Recent DNFs
First off, let me just say that it is still rare that I put a book down unfinished. I’ve tried over the last year or so to walk away from books that are just not good, so that I can … Continue reading
Posted in book club reads, Contemporary, Fantasy, Fiction, Film Based on Books, I Want My Money Back!, Random Rants
Tagged DNF
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Centuries of June by Keith Donohue
WEIRD. Centuries of June is just plain weird, but compellingly so. At times, it is laugh-out-loud funny and at others, it is simply surreal and hallucinatory. And I loved it. The novel begins with our narrator landing on his … Continue reading
Posted in Contemporary, Creepy/Weird, Excuse me, Fantasy, Fiction
Tagged Centuries of June, Keith Donohue, magical realism
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Ancestor by Scott Sigler
I read Ancestor simultaneously with my husband, a definite non-reader. I bought him the paperback for his birthday and I also had a copy on my Kindle because we both LOVED Sigler’s last books Infected and Contagious. (What can I … Continue reading
Posted in Contemporary, Creepy/Weird, Fiction
Tagged Ancestor, Scott Sigler, thriller
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Crap I Read Lately…and I DO mean crap.
I’ve been slacking on my posts SOOO much, and I guess it’s time to rectify that. Sort of. I normally post a review after every book I read…however, as I am now more than just a handful behind, I’m taking … Continue reading
Posted in book club reads, Classics, Contemporary, Dystopian, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels, Paranormal, Young Adult
Tagged book club, classics, contemporary, dystopian, graphic novel, Pride and Prejudice, rereads, YA
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Zoo by James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge
This is my first audiobook (well, apart from those terribly boring, cassette-tape ones of the Bourne something-or-other my Granny gave me when I was a teenager). I borrowed it from the library before I realized that I couldn’t download this … Continue reading
When She Woke by Hillary Jordan
So this was a great futuristic retelling of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter. While I’m gonna have to say that was one of my least favorite reads in college, mostly because I’m not a fan of Hawthorne’s writing style, I … Continue reading
Flat-Out Love – Jessica Park
This one passed the sample chapter test! That’s a new thing I’m trying out so I don’t end up reading such crap. I’ve had a lot of strike-outs lately. Anyway, after the sample chapter I was forced to buy the … Continue reading
Posted in Contemporary, Fiction, Young Adult
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Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer
I actually read about a third of this, stopped to finish some schoolwork, and then went back to it and was confused. I started over, and then things that hadn’t made sense suddenly did and it turns out I REALLY liked … Continue reading
Sisterhood Everlasting, by Ann Brashares
Sisterhood Everlasting Ann Brashares Released: 2011 My Opinion: Meh. Goodreads From #1 New York Times bestselling author Ann Brashares comes the welcome return of the characters whose friendship became a touchstone for a generation. Now Tibby, Lena, Carmen, and Bridget … Continue reading
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Tagged ann brashares, contemporary, sisterhood of thre traveling pants, YA, young adult
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