Review The Heart and Other Monsters- Rose Andersen

December 2, 2020.Reading time 4 minutes.

A riveting, deeply personal exploration of the opioid crisis-an empathic memoir infused with hints of true crime. In November 2013, Rose Andersen’s younger sister Sarah died of an overdose in the bathroom of her boyfriend’s home in a small town with one of the highest rates of opioid use in the state. Like too many […]

It’s Monday, What Are You Reading? 11/9/20

November 9, 2020.Reading time 6 minutes.

Happy Monday! I hope everyone is doing well and staying safe. This week I’m going to read a book that I won in a giveaway, a book that has been part of my collection for awhile, and a book that the publisher sent to me on Netgalley. What are you reading? The Heart and Other […]

It’s Monday, What Are You Reading? 6/22/20

June 22, 2020.Reading time 5 minutes.

Happy Monday! I hope everyone is doing good and reading a lot of awesome books. This week I’m going to read a book for an anti-racist book club that I’d help start, a book that I’ve just received in the mail, and an ebook that I’ve received from Book Expo Online. What are you reading […]

It’s Monday, What Are You Reading? 2/10/20

February 10, 2020.Reading time 7 minutes.

This week I’m going to read two books that I picked up at ALA Midwinter and two books that I recently purchased from Barnes and Noble. What are you reading this week? We Unleash the Merciless Storm- Tehlor Kay Mejia In this nail-biting sequel to Tehlor Kay Mejia’s critically acclaimed fantasy novel We Set […]

It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? 7/15/19

July 15, 2019.Reading time 4 minutes.

This week I’m going to read two books that I’ve had in my collection for years and one that I was approved for on Netgalley. What are you reading this week? Enchant- Micalea Smeltzer Mara Pryce never imagined that her life was anything but normal and then a strange gray-eyed young man appears at her […]

It’s Monday, What Are You Reading? 7/1/19

July 1, 2019.Reading time 8 minutes.

This week I’m going to read two books that my friends picked me up at BEA, one book a publisher sent me, and a book my co-blogger picked me up at ALA. What are you reading this week? Full Throttle- Joe Hill In this masterful collection of short fiction, Joe Hill dissects timeless human struggles […]

Shockaholic- Carrie Fisher

December 16, 2016.Reading time 2 minutes.

What you’ll have of me after I journey to the great Death Star in the sky is an extremely accomplished daughter, a few books, and a picture of a stern-looking girl wearing some kind of metal bikini lounging on a giant drooling squid, behind a newscaster informing you of the passing of Princess Leia after […]