I don’t normally read reviews until after I’ve finished the book, especially if I’m planning to review it myself. This way I’m not influenced by what other people have to say. With Room, though, I made the mistake of hitting the Internet at the end of the work day (probably a Friday), and foolishly found... Continue Reading →
The Glass Castle, by Jeannette Walls
This book was hugely popular when it first came out in 2005 and continues to be seven years later. I’d put off reading it until now and am left wondering why. Walls’ life was a veritable train wreck – the kind of thing you just can’t turn your eyes away from. I spent a lot... Continue Reading →
Stitches by David Small
Highly recommended! If you haven’t read a graphic novel before, make this your first! This memoir is AMAZING. It is so powerful – so heart-wrenching – so disturbing – and so true. Hopefully none of us endured a childhood as devastating as David Small, but he has managed to make his experiences painfully relatable. I... Continue Reading →
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