Educated: a Memoir by Tara Westover Memoir 334 pages Published 2018 I blurbed this on my Friday 56, but I actually read it a couple weeks ago. I had to take enough time to distance myself from the text before I could formulate my reaction into words. More than once, I had to set this … Continue reading
So it’s Sunday evening, and I’m sitting here looking at No Is Not Enough and Bob Woodward’s Fear and One Person, No Vote, and Swastika Night – and reading Catwoman: Soulstealer and Rain: A Natural and Cultural History and Many Love instead. Sometimes it’s about self-care and taking a break. My review of Educated is … Continue reading
And I still don’t know what I’m doing with this space. Saturday was long and humid working at the Maryland Renaissance Festival, and I am absolutely pooped. I know about the SCOTUS vote, but right now (Saturday night, as I’m writing this), I do not have the spoons to even start to address it. There … Continue reading
A Whole New World by Liz Braswell (#1 in the Twisted Tales series) Fairy-Tale Retellings 376 pages Published 2015 I’ve been wanting to read the Twisted Tales series for quite some time, and finally requested the first book. To be honest, I’m not thrilled. Aladdin was never my favorite Disney movie, though, so it might … Continue reading
The Friday 56 is hosted by Freda’s Voice. The rules are simple – turn to page 56 in your current read (or 56% in your e-reader) and post a few non-spoilery sentences. Today’s quote is from Educated, by Tara Westover, a book that is hitting me quite hard. She’s digging through her dad’s junkyard, trying … Continue reading
How to Find Love in a Bookshop by Veronica Henry Contemporary Fiction 340 pages Published 2016 From the title, you’d think this is a love story – and it kind of is – but not a traditional one. We don’t have a center couple with side characters, and the plot doesn’t revolve around their misunderstandings. … Continue reading
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