The Feminine Mystique – book review
“…women who ‘adjust’ as housewives, who grow up wanting to be ‘just a housewife,’ are in as much danger as the millions who walked to their own death in the […]
Tag Archives: 50 books
Beautiful Ruins – book review
Beautiful Ruins by Jess Walter My rating: 4 of 5 stars I wasn’t familiar with Jess Walter but the recommendation from NY Times bestseller list enticed me but it was […]
1Q84 – book review
1Q84 by Haruki Murakami My rating: 3 of 5 stars This was my first Murakami novel and geesh was I tired of listening to this blabberdy blabbing when I was […]
Doktor Proktors Prompepulver – book review
Doktor Proktors prompepulver by Jo Nesbø My rating: 3 of 5 stars I have been a little down since I wasn’t going to make my goal of 50 books this […]
Wild – book review
Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail by Cheryl Strayed My rating: 1 of 5 stars Cheryl Strayed spontaneously decides to hike the Pacific Coast Trail alone […]
The House of Silk – book review
The House of Silk: A Sherlock Holmes Novel by Anthony Horowitz My rating: 4 of 5 stars Sherlock Holmes has always been my favorite detective. I first read The Hound […]
Book hangover
I have been in heady book hangover since I finished How to be a Woman by Caitlin Moran. I didn’t want to start another book until I stopped […]
How to be a Woman – book review
How To Be A Woman by Caitlin Moran My rating: 4 of 5 stars After reading this book, I can proudly say that I am a Strident Feminist. […]
All mixed up
The problem with reading a lot before you write is that things get jumbled up. I recently finished Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn and the narration style of that story […]
The Paris Wife – book review
“Ernest once told me that the word paradise was a Persian word that meant walled garden. I knew then that he understood how necessary the promises we made to each […]
The Imperfectionists – book review
“literally: This word should be deleted. All too often, actions described as “literally” did not happen at all. As in, “He literally jumped out of his skin.” No, he did […]
Tinkers – book review
“Your cold mornings are filled with the heartache about the fact that although we are not at ease in this world, it is all we have, that it is ours […]
