It’s hard to write reviews for books that may contains major spoilers. Especially if the book you’re writing about is A Song of Ice and Fire: A Clash of Kings. So, instead of talking about the plot, I’m going to talk about the series as a whole, and who my favorite characters are and why.
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Dedicated: A Rhythm of Love Novel
Porter and Graves are two guys trying to make their way in the indie music industry. Les Graves is the bad boy, a run-around, the sexy lyricist, and secretly head-over-heels for his band mate Evan Porter. Evan’s still coming to terms with his feelings for Les. The two have been a dynamic duo, working theirContinue reading “Dedicated: A Rhythm of Love Novel”
Scardust
Raleigh made a promise to his brother, one that he intends to keep. He also desperately wants to join the group headed to Mars. But when a stranger falls from the sky, landing in the dirt in Texas, Raleigh feels himself being pulled in all directions. Can he still fall in love, or will heContinue reading “Scardust”
The Short Bus: A Journey Beyond Normal
In 2003, Jonathan Mooney, a dyslexic young man, set out on a journey in a short bus for several months. From a very young age, Jon was told that he would be unable to make anything of himself. But, he beat the odds, graduating from Brown University with a degree in English literature, and wroteContinue reading “The Short Bus: A Journey Beyond Normal”
The Orphan Master’s Son
Pak Jun Do is an orphan. Living in North Korea, he grows up among other wayward children, dictating where they will work, when they will eat, and so on. His father, the orphan master, keeps him and the other kids alive for as long as he can during the famine in the 90s. As anContinue reading “The Orphan Master’s Son”
Call Me by Your Name
First love. First awakening. First everything. When Elio, a young man living in Italy, meets the new arrival to his parent’s home, who open their house to help “young academics revise a manuscript before publication” (p. 4) he hates him. He finds this 24-year-old brash, and standoffish with use of the word, Later! Elio cannotContinue reading “Call Me by Your Name”
A Song of Ice and Fire: A Game of Thrones
George R.R. Martin’s epic fantasy novels begin in this amazing book. For anyone who has watched the show, I highly recommend reading the books. They are truly engrossing, fascinating in what they are accomplishing, and chock full of characters that I love from each house. (There are also characters that I hate with a burningContinue reading “A Song of Ice and Fire: A Game of Thrones”
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
J.R.R. Tolkien’s classic fantasy novel comes to life within the pages of the trilogy’s first installment. I couldn’t help but think of the film as I read, becoming more engrossed as the novel progressed. The narrator for these novels has a beautiful, rich singing voice, one that is necessary when reading Tolkien. Filled with poemsContinue reading “The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring”
Orange is the New Black: My Year in a Women’s Prison
Orange is the New Black is much more interesting as a TV show. The real memoir, written by one Piper Kerman–Piper Chapman in the show–has one of the most privileged, boring experiences in prison.
A Little Life
I’m re-reading A Little Life, because I love the characters, and Oliver Wyman brings their voices to life. Rereading A Little Life isn’t as difficult for me as it was the first time. The first time, I was too close to the characters and their plight–especially Jude–and couldn’t take a step back and enjoy the story.Continue reading “A Little Life”
Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness
I had been in the hospital for eighteen days, and not only wasn’t I any closer to a cure, I wasn’t but my condition seemed to be heading steadily downhill. p. 121, Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness by Susannah Cahalan Susannah Cahalan’s memoir is electrifying. Written with the help of medical journals, theContinue reading “Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness”
Woke Up Lonely
A cult leader. His ex-wife, and his nine-year-old daughter sit atop a radio tower, 210 feet in the air. They are having a last picnic. In fact, you’re watching the three of them on your TV screen.
Sharp Objects
Going home shouldn’t feel nerve-wracking. Gillian Flynn’s psychological thriller Sharp Objects focuses on one woman’s innermost demons as she investigates the murders of two preteen girls in her small hometown. It’s in Windgap, she must confront her mother, her father, and her half-sister she hardly knows. As the clock ticks, as the evidence slowly un-spoolsContinue reading “Sharp Objects”
The Book of Strange New Things
What if you were hand-picked for a mission of a lifetime, but your spouse couldn’t go with you? You’d be working among real aliens–beings from a far-distant planet named Oasis. Would you be able to stay in contact with your significant other you ask? Why yes, of course! You passed the tests with flying colors,Continue reading “The Book of Strange New Things”
The Bookshelf Project
July 2018 the year I started The Bookshelf Project 133 books read so far! 200+ number of books on my shelves & Kindle my backstory Hello there! Welcome to a project I’ve been working towards my entire life: reading everything on my bookshelves. I say this in a one-sentence-breath because it’s true, and it’s actuallyContinue reading “The Bookshelf Project”
