Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher

Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher is a story of what’s and why’s.  Why me?  And what could I have done differently?
Clay comes home from school one day to find a package on his porch.  Yay for packages!  How exciting.  It doesn’t say who it’s from, so he excitedly rips into it.  Inside are thirteen [...]

Surviving Ben’s Suicide, A Woman’s Journey of Self-Discovery by C. Comfort Shields

After the suicide of her college boyfriend, C. Comfort Shields tried to find a book to help her with her grief.  She had been able to find books to help her get through her friends accidental death three years earlier.  But in the case of losing a partner to suicide she could find nothing.  She [...]

How Come Good Literature Has to be Ruined by Bad Sex?

I’ve been putting off writing a review of Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen. I read it a few months ago (before I even had a blog) and didn’t think I would write about it. Didn’t want to write about it. But I’ve changed my mind. So, here goes, this [...]