Alice: I miss myself -Julianne Moore, as Dr. Alice Howard in the film Still Alice Honestly speaking, I never heard of this book until I watched the movie, Still Alice, directed by Wash Westmoreland and Richard Glatzer. Soon after, I purchased a paperback copy of the book online and read it, and that is when …
How have I lived 40 years without the company of the marvelous Bill Bryson? And HOW did I not recognize his amazing talent in the first few pages of Neither Here Nor There: Travels In Europe? Seriously, when I started the book (he begins his adventure in Norway, or Finland or somewhere), I wasn’t that …
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The only reason I chose to read this book was because I loved the movie and I wanted to see more indepth of Forrest’s life in the book and all I can say is by far this is one of my most favorite books I have ever read. I like this book very much because …
Hallucinatory, Inspirational, Revealing Satire of Modern American Society “There is nothing a blue collar nobody in Oregon with a public school education can imagine that a million-billion people haven’t already done…” Initially published in a short-story compilation entitled, “Pursuit of Happiness” in 1995, self-proclaimed blue collar nobody, Chuck Palahniuk, expanded the 7-page story entitled “Fight …
As it turned out, this is Christopher Moore’s debut novel, setting the stage for his other novels. It’s a magnificent novel, by turns hilarious, terrifying, heartwarming, and outrageous. Like his The Stupidest Angel Version 2.0, I had real trouble putting it down to eat, sleep, and get on with things. It’s very clear from this …
Let It Be Me by Becky Wade Rating: 5 out of 5 starsStory Notes Becky Wade returns us to the lives of the Miracle Five and the delightful town of Misty River to tell the story of Dr Sebastian Grant and his journey to love. When I read the little teaser intro to Sebastian’s story …
Chasing Shadows was an excellently crafted, well-researched novel. As I read, I was continually in awe of how much research must have gone into this book. This WWII novel gives you a broad look at what life was like in the Netherlands starting right before the Nazi invasion, during the occupation, and finally it’s liberation. …
This book title caught my eye (How fun! I thought), and dragged me happily into the world of Christopher Moore. I will never be the same again. Carl Hiaasen is quoted on the book jacket: ‘Christopher Moore is a very sick man, in the very best sense of the word.’ Yeah, what he said. I …
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Remember Me? is chick lit at its best. Lexi Smart is suffering from a disastrous night. Why? (1) Her father just died. (2) She has no Christmas bonus (lacking just a few days of employment). (3) Loser Dave stood her up. Could the night get any more worse? Well apparently, it could. Lexi couldn’t get …