Almost everyone is obsessed with leaving a mark upon the world. Bequeathing a legacy. Outlasting death. We all want to be remembered. -The Fault in Our Stars by John Green, Chapter 25 There’s a reason that The Fault in Our Stars has skyrocketed to the top of best seller charts. This young-adult fiction is a gripping,…
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Book Review: The Rosie Project
I have to admit to writing my reviews a little bit out of order. I read The Rosie Project way back in September, right after reading Love Anthony. The reason why this fact is important is because I have been gobsmacked all year over the continuity between each new book I pick up. (Also, to…
Book Review: Me Before You
I have found it: A book that is in contention for being one of my favourite books read in 2013. It will undeniably be in my Top 3, up there beside The Light Between Oceans and The Husband’s Secret (review to come in the coming months). It was a book that I could not put…
Book Review: The Silent Wife
“A few short months are all it will take to make a killer out of her.” (Chapter 1) I picked up The Silent Wife by A.S.A. Harrison because it was suggested that I would like this book if I liked Gone Girl. A few paragraphs into the first chapter was all I needed to realize that…
Book Review: Love Anthony
We all dream of having the perfectly normal family, don’t we? Kids who are healthy. A marriage that succeeds. A house, financial security, and friends whom we can fall back on. It is the dream. An attainable dream, we hope. Or, perhaps not. In Lisa Genova’s novel, Love Anthony, the narrators Beth and Olivia both watch as…
Book Review: The Comfort of Lies
This book is my nightmare. I remember back when I was engaged to Dan, waking up in a cold sweat and calling him to make sure that he still loved me and he would never leave me or cheat on me. In my dreams I would catch him canoodling with another woman or admitting to…
Book Review: Let’s Pretend This Never Happened
I very rarely read non-fiction unless I am sitting in front of a computer screen reading news articles or favorite blogs. I can enjoy a good non-fiction read, and will once in a while turn to a book of essays for a change of pace., but I am, at my core, a fiction-lover. So, despite…
Book Review: The Light Between Oceans
(Warning: This blog post and the book it mentions discusses themes around miscarriage and loss of children. It could be a trigger to some.) Sometimes, I think readers are like drug addicts. We learn to read, fall in love with a book, and spend the rest of our reading lives searching for another perfect book…
Book Review: The Secret Keeper
I love Kate Morton. I can’t claim to have read all of her books but I couldn’t get enough of The Forgotten Garden when I read it in 2011. Morton’s stories have depth and width and you just sink into the literary world alongside the characters. When the opportunity came to read Kate Morton’s newest book,…
#MomsReading – The Third Book
Hi! Is this the first you’re hearing about the MomsReading book club? If so, check out this page to get caught up! I just popped over to my Goodreads profile to see that I am on track with my reading challenge for this year (which actually means I am falling behind because I was ahead…
MomsReading Housekeeping
It has been a little over a week since I shared with you my vision of #MomsReading, an online community of readers determined to take back those all-too-busy moments and use them to read. Your response to this group has been absolutely astounding. I am so glad that this idea is something that you have…
