I saw this movie a few years ago but it didn't really leave too much of an impression on me, besides being set in Chicago.  The book form, of course, is completely different, set in England, and with a much sorrier bloke than John Cusack as the main character.  I will admit that John Cusack is the perfect person for the movie, and I will further ( Read more... )

Now this book I know for sure I got from the book recommendation section of Entertainment Weekly and it read exactly how I thought it would.  It's a summer, beachy read, but I just got it a week or so ago, and that's what happens when you get books from the library.  Summer reads become fall reads.

Because of the summer-y feel of this book I felt ( Read more... )

This book was supposed to be done and read by last month's potluck but unfortunately due to other procrastinating (what else?) I didn't get into it until about a week after we had all met.  I devoured this book in a way that would have made my 4th grade self proud, and I read it in almost one night, while I was babysitting my ten year old twin ( Read more... )

Guys, I'm terrible.  I've been sitting on this review for about two weeks (Plus a review on a book I read in... July? August?)  Honestly I have no excuse, I feel like I should be super excited to finally crack into the 40 category, but I'm mostly just burned out.  Burned out to the max, as in, "How the eff am I ever going to finish 14 more books in ( Read more... )

I crushed this book into oblivion over one weekend (yay babysitting).  It helped that the story was engrossingly sad.  Yep, you guessed it, this is another book club book.  What is the deal with these sad book club books? Is our job not sad enough? Are we not constantly confronted by the serious need our city faces and how we are only one of many ( Read more... )

"Author of The Time Traveler's Wife" proclaims the cover of this book, proudly.  I have to say that almost made me put it down.  But it was free, it was coming from my friend Nancy's apartment (her roommate was doing a book dump) and the cover was shiny.  Anyone who knows my feline proclivities would know that last one was really the kicker.  And ( Read more... )

A third book club book for your and my reviewing pleasure :) Disclaimer: I did not read this book before I went to book club because when I went to check it out of the library, I couldn't find it and couldn't be bothered to ask after it.  I went to book club  anyway for the conversation and because I love my boss and it's creepy, I know, but she's ( Read more... )

I put this book on hold at the library eons ago.  I don't know what exactly drew me to it, but my first guess would be Paris, of course, and then Ernest Hemingway, and then who knows what else but I quickly discovered as I was reading this book that hey, Ernest Hemingway was kind of a jerk... surprise surprise.

This book is fiction, but the ( Read more... )

After the last book I read by Rob Sheffield turned me into a mushy, blubbery mess, I was anxious to read another one of his books that would hopefully be more of a pick me up before you go-go.  Talking to Girls About Duran Duran was just the brain fluff I needed.  It goes through the 1980s, a song for each year, and chronicles what the author was ( Read more... )

**Alert**
This book was the winner of the Pulitzer Prize.  It says so on the cover.  I will not tell you whether or not that heightened or lowered my expectations of the contents. I will, however, tell you that I don't believe I've ever read a Pulitzer Prize winning book, so this one felt special to me, and I was glad that I read it. (Okay, a quick ( Read more... )