The Martian by Andrew Weir
The Martian by Andrew Weir Since having a kid, I usually can get in a solid 3 minutes of reading at bedtime before I pass in a puddle of...
If I Stay by Gayle Forman
If I Stay by Gayle Forman Because I like to pretend I'm one of those people that totally doesn't watch tv (when in reality, I watch...
The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt After many false starts, I finally was able to make it more than 20 pages through this book. My love of art...
The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman
Everyone loves a good fairy tale, but authors tend to only share fairy tales with the very young. Adults are, not unsurprisingly,...
Swamplandia! by Karen Russell
Swamplandia! by Karen Russell Karen Russell is able to ride the line between realism and magical realism that puts you in a headspace...
The Silent Boy by Lois Lowry
The Silent Boy by Lois Lowry There is something so intriguing and hopeful in how Lois Lowry writes children as intelligent, sentient...
A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan
I feel all guilty, allowing myself to read what is my personal reading junk food... literary fiction. But eh, you have to allow yourself...
California by Edan Lepucki
I originally picked this up because Stephen Colbert told me to. I'm simple and I always do what the people in the television tell me to....
Wonderstruck by Brian Selznick
A friend recently gifted me the book that made her youngest child excited to read... Wonderstruck by Brian Selznick. First of all, let's...
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
As I mentioned in a previous post, I had fallen in love with Neil Gaiman's children books after a friend so thoughtfully sent me a copy...
