Title: The Magnolia Palace
Author: Fiona Davis
Genre: Historical Fiction, Mystery
Format: Hard Cover
Pages: 337
Rating:
My Thoughts I was hooked on THE MAGNOLIA PALACE from the get-go. I adored it from start to finish. When I’d put the book down, I’d keep thinking about it and I’d want to pick it right back up again. I couldn’t wait to find out what happened next. I really loved the dual timeline. […]
Title: How To
Author: Randall Munroe
Genre: Humor, Non-Fiction
Format: Hard Cover
Pages: 320
Rating:
My Thoughts Corey turned me onto the xkcd webcomic about a decade ago. I’m not the most religious follower, but I do like his humor. I was really excited to read HOW TO and I wasn’t disappointed. I loved it! I loved all the crazy things Munroe thought of doing using absurd, over-the-top scientific methods. […]
Title: Anxious People
Author: Fredrik Backman
Genre: Literary Fiction
Format: Kindle
Pages: 341
Rating:
My Thoughts I’m so glad I decided to read ANXIOUS PEOPLE because I absolutely adored this book. I was giggling from the outset and I was hooked from the get-go. I loved how it was written, that we got the story in parts. I wanted to keep reading so I could figure out how everything […]
Title: Keep Moving
Author: Maggie Smith
Genre: Memoir, Non-Fiction
Format: Hard Cover
Pages: 215
Rating:
My Thoughts KEEP MOVING was really quick read because it’s mostly pages of affirmations. I liked a lot of the affirmations, but my favorite parts of the book were the parts where Smith went into more detail, where she talked about her losses from losing her grandmother, two miscarriages, and divorce. Those were the times […]
Title: They Called Us Enemy
Author: George Takei
Genre: Memoir, Non-Fiction
Format: Kindle
Pages: 212
Rating:
My Thoughts I’ve only ever read one other book about the Japanese Internment Camps during World War II. I don’t remember what it was called but I know it was fiction. I was in middle school when I read it and it was how my teacher taught our class about this part of U.S. history. […]