364 books overall; 188 books read in the last year; 16 books read in the last month. That's an average of 0 books each month.
My last book to review for the Christmas season is The Handmaid and the Carpenter by Elizabeth Berg. If you are looking for a lighthearted story about the courtship and love of Mary and Joseph than this is the book for you.
From the publisher:
We see Mary - young, strong, and inquisitive - as she first [...]
I had really, really high expectations for Holidays on Ice by David Sedaris. I knew it was either a love or hate it type book, but people were leaning more towards the LOVE it scale. Plus, I’ve never read anything by Sedaris and he’s been on my radar for awhile because people can’t stop raving [...]
When I realized that Frank Mcourt had published a Christmas story for children, Angela and the Baby Jesus, I snatched it right up. But can Frank McCourt, Pulitzer prize winning author of Angela’s Ashes, ‘Tis, and Teacher Man successfully write for children? The answer is simply - yes. And if you’re prone to tears you [...]
When I picked up the The Romantics by Galt Niederhoffer, I really thought that thecover was ripped and taped back together. I had to look at really close to make sure that it wasn’t. It even has a texture change where the tape is and you can see all of these little hairs and [...]
My in real life neighborhood book club read The Lucky One by Nicholas Sparks for November. I have to be completely honest because I wasn’t super excited about reading it. I didn’t think there would be enough to talk about for a discussion and there really wasn’t. At one point we just sat and stared [...]
