Category Archives: Books

book 37 – f**k it Do What You Love A confession: I am a few blog posts behind. A recovery plan: I am going to sit here, give myself a timeline of 30 mins per entry, and just get them … Continue reading →

book 36 – looking for alaska Looking for Alaska is a different kind of coming of age book, about teenagers away at boarding school who deal with the usual (rules, authority, grades, pushing boundaries) and the less usual (loss, grief, … Continue reading →

book 35 – Lamb Christopher Moore is actually the first repeat author of my year-long book-a-week challenge, which is unexpected because several of the books I have read were the first of trilogies that I ultimately plan on finishing. It … Continue reading →

book 34 – The Seveneves At about 900 pages, The Seveneves is the longest book that I have undertaken to read during this year-long reading challenge. I admit that I have attempted to increase my odds of success by specifically … Continue reading →

Book 33 – Ready Player One Fun! So much fun! A wealthy, virtual reality video game inventor leaves his entire, mind-bogglingly large fortune to whomever is first to solve a 3-stage puzzle that he embeds in said video game. Years … Continue reading →

book 32 – They Left Us Everything This started out as a promising book. It is Plum Johnson’s memoir about clearing out her family home and possessions after the death of her parents. I thought that her parents would be … Continue reading →

book 31 – A Captain’s Duty A Captain’s Duty was a difficult book to read. On the surface, it’s Richard Phillips’ story of the Somali pirate capture of the merchant ship Maersk Alabama – the first time an American ship … Continue reading →

book 30 – Death Finds a Way Death Finds a Way is the debut novel by genealogist/writer Lorine McGinnis Schulze. The story follows genealogist and accidental detective Janie Riley as she travels to Salt Lake City to research her family … Continue reading →

Book 29 – Generation Loss I can’t begin to describe how much I enjoyed this book! It’s an unconventional mystery novel that tells the story of Cassandra Neary, a gritty, middle-aged, single woman who is decidedly unapologetic about her addiction … Continue reading →

Book 28 – Sharp Objects Sharp Objects is the debut book by the author of the better-known book, Gone Girl. I actually liked this book much better than Gone Girl, possibly because I hated the ending of Gone Girl so … Continue reading →