High expectation but a slight let down….. *** As far as self-help books go, this one is better than most, less than some. The author, Nicholas Blewett, admits up front that he is not an expert in anything other … Continue reading →</a
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Rating:4/5 Snotgirl is the story of a popular blogger and her life behind the scenes. Her emotions play out all over the place, and she is so self-conscious that she is constantly obsessing over where she stands in relation to other people. She wants to be the coolest, prettiest, most lovable, and most popular girl
Read More from: https://showthisbooksomelovewordpresscom.wordpress.com/2019/03/10/snotgirl-bryan-lee-omalley/A Prayer for Owen Meany ~ John Irving
I’m really not sure if I can finish this book. Much of the writing is very homogenous, all the sentences are the same lengthy verbose creatures that carry on and on. The story feels like I am slowly dragging my feet through a bog, and there is some humor within, but very little, and I
Read More from: https://showthisbooksomelovewordpresscom.wordpress.com/2019/03/12/a-prayer-for-owen-meany-john-irving/Scott Pilgrim Vol 2 ~ Bryan Lee O’Malley
Rating: 5/5 The second installment in the Scott Pilgrim series really picked up the pace! With lots of fight scenes and internal drama amongst the group of friends, this book was quick moving. In fact, some of the graphics happened so fast I had to slow down in order to catch what was happening. I
Read More from: https://showthisbooksomelovewordpresscom.wordpress.com/2019/03/17/scott-pilgrim-vol-2-bryan-lee-omalley/The Universal Laws of Marco ~ Carmen Rodriguez
Rating:5/5 The Universal Laws of Marco struck me as yet another coming of age story about some High Schoolers, and I wasn’t sure I was in the mood for it. However, not too far into the book, my opinion began to shift. Rodrigues gives us a dual perspective, but not from different characters, but rather
Read More from: https://showthisbooksomelovewordpresscom.wordpress.com/2019/03/19/the-universal-laws-of-marco-carmen-rodriguez/The Bride Test ~ Helen Hoang
Rating:3/5 This romance novel was funny and delightful, but not without a few annoying plot elements. Khai’s mother traveled back to Ho Chi Minh City not with the sole purpose of travelling back to her homeland, but also to find Khai a bride. He struggled with relating to women, and is not sure how to
Read More from: https://showthisbooksomelovewordpresscom.wordpress.com/2019/05/07/the-bride-test-helen-hoang/The 57 Bus ~ Dashka Slater
Rating: 5/5 Trigger warning for violence towards LGBT kids. This non-fiction story about two teens in Oakland, CA is absolutely heartbreaking and so necessary. This tells the story of Sasha, a transgender teen and senior in High School, middle class and white, who loves wearing skirts. And it also tells the story of Richard, a
Read More from: https://showthisbooksomelovewordpresscom.wordpress.com/2019/05/10/the-57-bus-dashka-slater/The Great Believers ~ Rebecca Makkai
Rating: 3/5 I didn’t love this book as much as I thought I would. After reading A Little Life, I was looking for another book that would leave me in similar emotional turmoil, and while this was the book that was recommended as a similar read to A Little Life, it did not fulfill my
Read More from: https://showthisbooksomelovewordpresscom.wordpress.com/2019/05/14/the-great-believers-rebecca-makkai/The Stand (Un-Cut Edition) ~ Stephen King
Rating: 1/5 Don’t waste your time! I started this book nearly two years ago and made it over 500 pages before realizing it would not get any better. Stephen King is quite pompous in the introduction in which he attempts to validate publishing an uncut version of this book which is nearly 400 pages longer
Read More from: https://showthisbooksomelovewordpresscom.wordpress.com/2019/05/17/the-stand-un-cut-edition-stephen-king/Bridge of Clay ~ Markus Zusak
Rating: 4/5 Bridge of Clay is Markus Zusak’s, author of The Book Thief, most recent novel. Marketed as a young adult novel, this story is a very smart look at five brothers, their mother and father, and a few of their close friends and neighbors. Bridge of Clay reveals its story through bits and pieces
Read More from: https://showthisbooksomelovewordpresscom.wordpress.com/2019/05/21/bridge-of-clay-markus-zusak/The Hazel Wood ~ Melissa Albert
Rating: 3/5 I was not thrilled by this book as I expected to be. In fact, I found the first half of the book downright boring. The second half had a bit more action and more of the fairytale elements I was looking for. Alice was pretty whiny throughout the whole story, and kind of
Read More from: https://showthisbooksomelovewordpresscom.wordpress.com/2019/05/24/the-hazel-wood-melissa-albert/Review: Not Broken: The Happily Ever After by Meka James
Calida also known as Ginger and Lee through out this book; has began her healing process after being in an abusive relationship with her late husband Seth. To help her through this is time she has Malcolm, her long time friend and brother of her best friend Macy. Malcolm has been watching from sidelines as
Read More from: http://romancenovelsincolor.com/2019/03/review-not-broken-the-happily-ever-after-by-meka-james/Review: Tempted by the Badge (To Serve and Seduce Book 2) by Deborah Fletcher Mello
What do you do when someone is trying to destroy your life? You fight back. That’s what Joanna Barnes has to do in order to figure out who is trying to ruin her. Enter Mingus Black, of the Chicago Blacks, the family full of law enforcement officials. Mingus is doing a favor for his brother
Read More from: http://romancenovelsincolor.com/2019/03/review-tempted-by-the-badge-to-serve-and-seduce-book-2-by-deborah-fletcher-mello/Review: The Many Adventures of Peter and Fi
I recently got an audio version of Kelvyn Fernandes’ book The Many Adventures of Peter and Fi. It was the perfect adventure for my recent road trip—something that the characters themselves also seemed to find themselves on, of a sort. Fernandes’ does a good job of crafting an original feeling fantasy world, but also keeping
Read More from: https://authorchristopherdschmitz.wordpress.com/2019/03/05/review-the-many-adventures-of-peter-and-fi/Review: Turn Coat (Dresden Files)
Finally, I got around to reading some Jim Butcher. I’m glad I did. Turn Coat was my introduction to Harry Dresden. People have been recommending it to me for a while now since I also write some paranormal fiction and one of my series has a detective (though I modeled him more after Constantine as
Read More from: https://authorchristopherdschmitz.wordpress.com/2019/03/19/review-turn-coat-dresden-files/Review: Always Gray in WInter
As a SF/F author I go to lots of comicbook conventions with my books and meet new an interesting folks. I also blog and keep in touch with my readers and I am always somewhat fascinated with the furry community (and being from the Midwest, I’ve never seen a higher per capita number of furries
Read More from: https://authorchristopherdschmitz.wordpress.com/2019/04/16/review-always-gray-in-winter/Monday Mini-Reviews: Choices Edition
So I haven’t been reading much at all lately. I have had the attention span and the focus of a fly – so very little. But, something that has been working well for me is playing through visual novels on my phone. They’re just long enough for me to play a chapter or two and…
Read More from: http://candidceillie.com/monday-mini-reviews-choice-of-games-edition/Review: Graham’s Delicacies by Em Ali
Six people and three love stories all in one bakery. This follow up to Soft on Soft is a perfectly delicious short story collection that ties up nicely. I even made an aesthetic for the first short story in it! I received an eARC of Graham’s Delicacies from the author in exchange for an honest…
Read More from: http://candidceillie.com/review-grahams-delicacies-by-em-ali/Review: Small Town Hearts by Lillie Vale
Rule #1 – Never fall for a summer boy. Fresh out of high school, Babe Vogel should be thrilled to have the whole summer at her fingertips. She loves living in her lighthouse home in the sleepy Maine beach town of Oar’s Rest and being a barista at the Busy Bean, but she’s totally freaking…
Read More from: http://candidceillie.com/review-small-town-hearts-by-lillie-vale/Monday Mini Reviews: 4/15
It’s been a while since I did any of these, but this post has been sitting in my drafts for more than a month, so it’s About Time, don’t you think? The Dead – Cal Matthews I picked this up on Kindle Unlimited and thoroughly enjoyed it. It’s got zombies, vampires, inexplicable magic and an…
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