Down the Rabbit Hole

December 3, 2019January 5, 2020

Book Club December: Little Bee by Chris Cleave

Title: Little Bee Author: Chris Cleave Publisher: Simon & Schuster Page Count: 275 Publication Date: 2010 Category/Genre: Fiction, Cultural, Africa, Historical Fiction Good Reads Rating: ★★★★☆ (3.71) From the author of the international bestseller Incendiary comes a haunting novel about the tenuous friendship that blooms between two disparate strangers—one an illegal Nigerian refugee, the other a recent … Continue reading Book Club December: Little Bee by Chris Cleave

November 5, 2019January 18, 2020

October Reading Challenge: The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt

For the 2019 Reading Challenge — a book I picked up a few years ago and also met the requirements of being a Pulitzer Prize-winning book of fiction. It was a hefty book of nearly 800 pages (771 to be exact) but with such lovely prose, intriguing characters and enough plot turns to keep me anxious … Continue reading October Reading Challenge: The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt

November 3, 2019December 5, 2019

Book Club November: Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut

Title: Breakfast of Champions Author: Kurt Vonnegut Publisher: Dell Publishing Page Count: 303 Publication Date: 1999 Category/Genre: Fiction, Classics, Science Fiction, Humor, Literature Good Reads Rating: ★★★★☆ (4.07) In Breakfast of Champions, one of Kurt Vonnegut’s most beloved characters, the aging writer Kilgore Trout, finds to his horror that a Midwest car dealer is taking his fiction as truth. What follows … Continue reading Book Club November: Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut

October 28, 2019October 28, 2019

Book clubs; A priceless membership

I sat there crossed-legged, hands folded neatly in my lap. My upper body was leaning forward slightly as if being pulled by some magnetic force. My breathing…..was I even breathing? I must have been. I couldn’t take the anticipation. What was going to happen? Could that tiny caterpillar really eat all of that food and … Continue reading Book clubs; A priceless membership

October 13, 2019October 13, 2019

Book Review: Flights by Olga Tokarczuk

Title: Flights Author: Olga Tokarczuk Publisher: Riverhead Books Page Count: 403 Publication Date: 2018 Category/Genre: Fiction, Short Stories, European Literature, Cultural, Travel, Contemporary, Essays Good Reads Rating: ★★★★☆ (3.81) My Rating: ★★★★☆(4) From the incomparably original Polish writer Olga Tokarczuk, Flights interweaves reflections on travel with an in-depth exploration of the human body, broaching life, death, motion, and migration. Chopin’s heart is … Continue reading Book Review: Flights by Olga Tokarczuk

October 7, 2019January 18, 2020

September Reading Challenge: Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman

For the 2019 Reading Challenge, I was prompted to choose a book to listen to. Not being one that typically listens to audiobooks I found this, well… quite a reading challenge. First I had to FIND an app or platform and then choose a book. After a bit of research, I ended up with a … Continue reading September Reading Challenge: Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman

October 3, 2019November 5, 2019

October BookClub: Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen

Author: Sara Gruen Publisher: Algonquin Books Page Count: 335 Publication Date: 2007 Category/Genre: Fiction, Historical Fiction, Romance Good Reads Rating: ★★★★☆ (4.08) An atmospheric, gritty, and compelling novel of star-crossed lovers, set in the circus world circa 1932, by the bestselling author of Riding Lessons. When Jacob Jankowski, recently orphaned and suddenly adrift, jumps onto a passing train, he … Continue reading October BookClub: Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen