Just finished reading "The Silent Wife" by A.S.A. Harrison. Actually, I read it in one day. It's been compared to "Gone Girl" but I don't think that's very accurate. The story is written in a similar style (he said / she said) but that's really about it. The main female character, Jodi, is wound up tighter than a top and it's only a matter of time before she loses it on her cheating husband.
I read "The Fault in Our Stars" a couple of weeks ago and really, really did not enjoy this book. Maybe I'm just too old?? I had downloaded it on my Nook and was halfway through it when KJ texted me and asked me to buy her a copy (she has a Kindle so we can't really share books). Anyway, for her to ask me to buy a book is a big deal so when I was visiting T I picked up a copy of the book in one of the airport bookstores. This YA novel is being made into a movie staring Shailene Woodley of "Divergent" fame. She's about to become the new "It" girl in Hollywood. Move over Jennifer Lawrence. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2582846/?ref_=nv_sr_1
I've added a couple of new books to my Nook Wish list:
"Bread and Butter" by Michelle Widgen (see NY Times review here: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/09/books/review/bread-and-butter-by-michelle-wildgen.html?_r=0)
"The Museum of Extraordinary Things" by Alice Hoffman http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/02/books/review/alice-hoffmans-museum-of-extraordinary-things.html
Always on the lookout for a great book! Please share your finds!
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Monday, March 24, 2014
Tuesday, February 11, 2014
The Invention of Wings
I recently finished reading Sue Monk Kidd's "Invention of Wings" and I have to say, I was so underwhelmed. "The Secret Life of Bees" is one of my Top 10 favorite books and I really enjoyed "The Mermaid Chair" so I was pretty excited when her latest book came out. Historical fiction is my favorite genre but this book just left me with an overwhelming feeling of disappointment. Kidd's characters are usually so deep and intricate but this was not the case with this book and I felt absolutely no empathy towards any of them.
I just started reading "The Fault in our Stars" and did not realize it was kind of YA (young adult). It's been on a lot of "must read" lists this year and I know the movie is to be released soon. I'm only twenty or thirty pages in so we'll see how this one pans out.
I just started reading "The Fault in our Stars" and did not realize it was kind of YA (young adult). It's been on a lot of "must read" lists this year and I know the movie is to be released soon. I'm only twenty or thirty pages in so we'll see how this one pans out.
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