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Don’t let the title fool you. Special Topics in Calamity Physics isn’t a science book. Marisha Pessl’s debut novel, published in 2007, is clever and quirky and I couldn’t stop turning the pages. Blue Van Meer’s life has been anything but ordinary. Traveling the country with her professor father as he moves from one guest […]

Talli Roland’s Chick Lit novel explores the question of how much our outlook can influence our life. Emma Beckett enjoys her precise, safe life and likes her fiance and the predictable life they are planning. She’s grounded firmly in reality and thinks that being too optimistic only leads to heartache and chaos. When she loses […]

Broken Pieces made my 2012 favorites list for non-fiction reads.  Rachel is on tour for the book, anad I decided to repost my review as a part of the tour. Generally knows for her humor, snark, and love of Nutella, Rachel may find new fans here with her raw and honest collection of essays about emotional […]

I confess, it was the trailer for the film that got me interested in The Silver Linings Playbook. I like Jennifer Lawrence and I think Bradley Cooper is very good looking, and they’re in a movie together? Let’s check this out. But after doing a bit of research, I discovered that like many Oscar nominated […]

I received a copy of Grace Grows from the publisher in exchange for an honest review. For questions about my review policy, click here Shelle Sumners’ debut novel, Grace Grows is all about what happens when we’ve planned and life gets in the way. Grace Barnum’s life is plodding along. If not exactly happy, she’s […]