Book Review: 2nd Chance
James Patterson you are THE MAN!! It never fails, no matter what I read by this guy it keeps getting BETTER AND BETTER!! WOOOHOOO GIMME MORE!! (okay…I’m calm now) 2nd Chance is (obviously) the second book in the Women’s Murder Club series, featuring Homicide Detective Lindsay Boxer and her friends, reporter Cindy Thomas, medical examiner [...]
Book Review: 3 NBs of Julian Drew
I finished this book today called “3 NBs of Julian Drew” by James M. Deem. Wow! I can best describe how it affected me in two words: BLOWN AWAY. Julian is a 17 year old teenager who has to deal with a lot. His family moves around a lot. He has a stepmother and three [...]
A Touch of Sookie
I never, in a million years, ever would have thought I would be reading books about VAMPIRES, WEREWOLVES and the like. Not counting Harry Potter, this kind of paranormal fiction just isn’t my cup of tea. So imagine my surprise when I picked up “A Touch of Dead” by Charlaine Harris and ACTUALLY LIKED IT. [...]
Smokin’ Seventeen – Not So Hot
Janet Evanovich is one of my absolute all time favorite authors. I stumbled on to her stuff purely by accident. I was complaining to a friend of mine one day, who happened to own a used bookstore. I was going on and on about how I had nothing good to read, yadda yadda yadda. He [...]
Funniest Book Ever
The last time I was at a used shop I picked up this book by this guy I never heard of called Ned Vizzini. The book was “Teen Angst? Naaah…”. Just the title is enough to make you laugh. But, honestly, I thought it might be a self help book!!! Turned out to be one [...]
Lord of the Flies: A Review
Okay…hands up: how many of you read Lord of the Flies in high school? Okay, cool. Now how many of you have read or re-read Lord of the Flies as an ADULT? Right. That’s what I thought. Lord of the Flies was written in 1954 and, surprisingly, took well into the 60s before it became [...]
Jaycee Dugard: My New Hero
Imagine you’re 11 years old and are on your way to the bus stop to grab the school bus for school. You are running a little late and are hurrying to make it on time. You are a bit of a daydreamer and aren’t really aware of your surroundings. Next thing you know a strange [...]
Four Days I’ll Never Get Back
Does anyone here remember Ben Stein? No? Maybe this will ring a bell: No? You never watched this show? Do you recognize Jimmy Kimmel at least? He has nothing to do with this. I just thought I’d ask. Well, if you don’t recognize Ben Stein from that clip then how about THIS: I knew that [...]
Superman: In Real Life and On Screen
Christopher Reeve will always be remembered for three things: as Superman/Clark Kent in the Richard Donner movie franchise of the 1970s and 80s; for his horrific horse riding accident that nearly cost him his life and left him a vent dependent quadriplegic; and for his tireless efforts at bringing awareness to the need for more [...]
