'Still Alice,' by Lisa Genova. Terrifying. Purely terrifying. Alice Howland, a world renowned professor of psychology and linguistics at Harvard, is diagnosed with Early Onset Alzheimer’s at age 50 after beginning to forget words, places, and people. This is a horrific journey to follow, as you are but a helpless observer. A shocking read that kept ( Read more... )

"the godmother" by Carrie Adams. Just an okay read for me about a group of fairly crappy friends who drink way too much. Tessa King has 7 best friends, 4 godchildren, but no white picket fence and fairytale romance of her own. Took me awhile to read since I was just reading like 20 pages before bed each night; I was content with the ending though ( Read more... )

"My Lobotomy" by Howard Dully. An amazing memoir about a boy who was lobotomized when we was just 12 years old. When he turned 54 he started looking for answers as to why this happened to him. His step-mother arranged it, his father was talked into it, and the doctor performed it for $200 in just 10 minutes. Reading this was almost like reading 'A ( Read more... )

'The Wednesday Letters' by Jason F. Wright. I am so in love, L-O-V-E, with this book which I read all this afternoon ( Read more... )

'In The Woods' by Tana French. So, I haven't really been reading much these last few weeks, with working on stuff for jobs and sketching girl's present, I've only been reading for 15-20 minutes before bed, taking me what feels like a very long time to get through this book. After milking it for so long, I'm extremely frustrated with the ending. The ( Read more... )

Sorry I'm writing so many short book reviews these days, between job hunting and chores, I'm stuck home alone all day devouring books. If your in favor of a book filter, let me know and I can move 'em out of general view ( Read more... )

'Island of Lost Girls,' by Jennifer McMahon. A woman witnesses a child abducted from a gas station and sits immobilized as a figure in a white bunny suit snatches the girl from her car and drives off. The scene dredges up another disappearance in her life that had taken place thirteen years earlier. The two stories parallel and seem to converge as ( Read more... )

'Gathering Blue,' by Lois Lowry I found out was actually the pre-cursor to 'Messenger' so I read them out of order and kinda knew everything that was going to happen. Oops. Another story about a village wrapped in mystery where a great emphasis is placed on ceremony and earning one's name and title. I really like the way these books tie in to each ( Read more... )

'Messenger' by Lois Lowry. I wanted to read this and the next book I'm about to read by this author because I was a big fan of 'The Giver.' She has used a very similar writing style and in her stories, nothing is ever what it seems. Messenger is about a young boy named Matty who suffered a difficult childhood and found his way to a village where he ( Read more... )

I just finished reading 'Winkie,' by Clifford Chase. The book wasn't what I was expecting, but was enjoyable nonetheless. In it, a stuffed bear named Winkie is brought to life, though he doesn't know how or why. Through the events that follow, he is brought to trial on 9,678 charges, stemming from teaching evolution, to terrorism, to sodomy. The ( Read more... )