September was an eclectic bunch of books… nonfiction, magic, chic lit, around the world and a classic. I tend to read what sounds interesting at the time and it makes me “feel” something. If I don’t like it, I don’t finish it, oftentimes barely make it past the first chapter. This is probably why most…
Tag: nonfiction
July 2016 Book Reviews
I travelled to Poland at the end of July to attend World Youth Day (WYD) with Pope Francis and 2M of my closest friends. It was my first WYD since 2008 and Pope Benedict. I was excited for this trip not only because it was my first experience with Pope Francis but also because it…
February 2016
I often feel at a loss when I finish a great book. In some cases I want more books like the one I just finished, other times I want to talk to everyone about it and then other times I want to to dig deeper into the subject. This month I had all of these…
2015 Books of the Year!
Top 5 Beach Reads Cocktail Series by Alice Clayton Dream Makers Series by Vivan Arend Not Quite Series by Catherine Bybee Shopping for a Billionaire by Julia Kent Divorced, Desperate and Delicious by Christie Craig Top 5 Fiction The Martian by Andy Weir The Bourbon King by J.R. Ward The Memory Painter by Gwendolyn Womack Tell the…
November 2015 Book Reviews
I am one of those people that can sit in a busy crowded room (or public transportation) and get so completely absorbed in the book that the rest of the world disappears. I love when I get so into the book that my heart starts beating really fast and I feel like I can’t breathe…
June 2015 Book Reviews
Its summer time which means Beach Reads! It is only July and it has been hard trying to save these books for vacations…I still have Santa Barbara and Aruba coming up! Thank God some of my favorite authors are releasing books this month! Many of the books below were free from either Nook or Kindle….
February 2015 Book Reviews
Part of the reason I started writing this blog was to share what I have read with someone…anyone… Before the Peace Corps I would read and talk books with my best friends Tim and Tiara. Tim and I worked together and during lunch we would walk and talk about the book we were reading. Tiara…
January 2015 Book Reviews
This is probably the hardest blog I have ever written. My mom died a couple of weeks ago which is a huge part as to why this blog is so late and why I didn’t read as much as I would have liked. She died way too young and I will miss her terribly but…
Nov 2014 Book Reviews
Kind of a slow reading month for me. I blame it on a couple of things including traveling a lot but I think the main cause is that I now need reading glasses 😦 I read on my commute to work and I was getting a headache everyday that didn’t seem to go away. After…
August 2014 Book Reviews
After visiting the Mob museum last month in Vegas I got super interested in books about the mob – even one of the “beach” reads was mob related. Most of them were really long though so I didn’t read as many books as I thought I would…AND… I was more social than normal during…
June 2014 Book Reviews
I don’t know where this picture came from originally but four different people sent it to me on Facebook. For those of you who don’t recognize the beat, it’s Baby Got Back by Sir Mix-A-Lot era 1992. The original talks about women with big butts so both the original and this version apply to me….
May 2014 Book Reviews
I officially hit the 1000 book mark on Goodreads this month! I know I have read more but being official means a lot. Besides where was Goodreads 30 years ago when I started reading. I am sure there are many books that I can’t even remember I have read. I know there is one series…
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