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The whole time I was reading Lauren Myracle’s Shine, I kept thinking this could be the next IMPORTANT book. Important in exposing an ugly underbelly in the same way To Kill A Mockingbird was important in exposing racism. In the small mountain town of Black Creek, North Carolina, local youth Patrick Truman has been the victim […]

Jennifer Weiner’s Fly Away Home is my selection for the September Chick Lit Plus Reading Challenge. I listened to, rather than read, this book.  Fly Away Home tells the story of Sylvie Woodruff and her daughters, Diana and Lizzie. Married for more than thirty years, Sylvie learns that her husband, Senator Richard Woodruff has had […]

Years ago, when I first read The Perks of Being a Wallflower, I remember not liking it very much.  But when I heard about it being made into a film, I got interested in it again, and decided to make it this year’s selection for Banned Books Week. I finished it just a while ago, […]

Sarah Matthews has what some people- maybe most- consider to be the perfect life. She’s married to a wonderful guy, is mom to two adorable kids, and runs a business part time with her sister-in-law. From the outside everything looks perfect. Everything should BE perfect. So why is Sarah having recurring nightmares? An opportunity from […]

I’ve been finished with Jon Krakauer’s Where Men Win Glory for over a week now. But this is one of those books that stirs up emotions, ones like anger and frustration, and it took me some time to figure out what exactly I want to say. Jon Krakauer has covered in other books a fundamentalist […]