Review: Year of Yes

Yes! Sharing another review while the book is still relevant and on everyone’s minds!  Today I’m reviewing Shonda Rhimes’ Year of Yes: How to Dance It Out, Stand In the Sun and Be Your Own Person. With three hit shows on television and three children at home, the uber-talented Shonda Rhimes had lots of good … More Review: Year of Yes

Review: Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

Let’s keep it light today, shall we? J.K. Rowling’s Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them is today’s read, and it’s been on my list for a while.  If you haven’t read it already, Goodreads explains: A copy of Fantastic Beasts & Where to Find Them resides in almost every wizarding household in the country. … More Review: Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

Review: Dead Wake

Today’s read is from one of my favorite nonfiction writers; it’s Erik Larson’s Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania. While the description on Goodreads is long, I think it captures the book well: On May 1, 1915, with WWI entering its tenth month, a luxury ocean liner as richly appointed as an English … More Review: Dead Wake

Review: The Giver

A perennial favorite, Lois Lowry’s The Giver probably needs no introduction, but nonetheless: This haunting story centers on Jonas, who lives in a seemingly ideal, if colorless, world of conformity and contentment. Not until he’s given his life assignment as the Receiver of Memory does he begin to understand the dark, complex secrets behind his … More Review: The Giver