Book Review: Today Will Be Different
12.4.2016
Off the Powell's New + Recommended shelf, I picked up Today Will Be Different by Maria Semple. And unfortunately, it won't be finding it's way to my 'New + Recommended' list any time soon. The book follows Eleanor through a particularly whirl-wind day, from her son Timby feigning illness to her husband …
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Book Review: It Ends With Us
12.3.2016
It Ends With Us is a harrowing story of love and abuse, and how abusive relationships aren't usually as black-and-white as we like to think. 'It Ends With Us' follows Lily Bloom as she opens her own flower shop and falls in love with a surgeon, Ryle Kincaid. With a …
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Book Lovers: A Gifting Guide
11.4.2016
I know, I know. It's too early. But...is it? I feel like I go through this every year: it's always too early to start thinking about the holidays until December 20th, and then I'm scrambling to find or make good gifts for my family and friends. I don't know …
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Book Review: I'm Thinking of Ending Things
11.1.2016
I'm Thinking of Ending Things is a debut novel by Iain Reid, and was a surprising delight to read. Like most books I checked it out only knowing that Powell's had it on their 'New + Recommended' list, and was pleased when I found myself in the middle of a psychological …
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Book Review: The Girls
10.20.2016
Ahh, the much anticipated, celebrity-book-listed, book of the Fall season, The Girls by Emma Cline. I was very intrigued by this book since it had been hyped so much, and after reading it am somewhat mystified by the noise around it. Don't get me wrong, this isn't a bad book …
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Book Review: The Art of Racing in the Rain
10.16.2016
While doing chores and running errands this weekend, I had a chance to read The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein. As a dog owner and lover I was simultaneously excited and wary of another book about a dog where the dog inevitably the dog dies at …
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10.7.2016
Hello fellow humans! Fall is here, in case you hadn't noticed yet, and with rainy Sundays and long bus rides to school ahead it's time to pick up some easy reads. Make some tea, cozy up, and crack a book! Here's what I've been reading and loving:
