Five Star review, originally posted here on January 13, 2015. WOW. I mean… WOW. The story of the Johnstown Flood is, without exaggeration, one of the most interesting stories I have ever heard. I visited Johnstown and the original dam site last summer, and when I asked the park rangers in the museum which book … More Goodreads Review: The Johnstown Flood by David McCullough
Four Star review, originally posted here on January 20, 2015. ***SPOILER ALERT!!!*** Not too much to say here- this book’s pretty straightforward. Walls’ parents were completely nuts, which means they made for some really fascinating characters. They were also completely horrible parents who deserve to be locked up for child abuse (amongst other things), which … More Goodreads Review: The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
Two Star review, originally posted here on February 1, 2015. ***SPOILER ALERT!!!*** Holy Jeebus this book was terrible. The main thing it had going for it was that I wanted so much to be done with it so that I could move on to my next book, that I managed to plow through it pretty … More Goodreads Review: Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
Ooh! Here’s a treat! Here’s the only One Star review I’ve ever written (at least thus far- knock on wood), originally posted here on February 15, 2015). This book is absolute gibberish. I admit, I am definitely not the target audience, though once upon a time I theoretically could have been. Back in the day … More Goodreads Review: Confessions of a Military Wife by Mollie Gross
Four Star review, originally posted here on March 14, 2015. Yes, I am over a decade late to the party, but I finally got around to reading (the first) Harry Potter. I liked it. I know that as a kid I would have loved it. Rowling does a wonderful job introducing us and young Harry … More Goodreads Review: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rowling
Three Star review, originally posted here on April 7, 2015. I am glad that I read this book, even though I had never heard of Greg Mortenson before. It was still an important and interesting topic, and I was overall really blown away by how jacked up the entire situation is. It served as a … More Goodreads Review: Three Cups of Deceit: How Greg Mortenson, Humanitarian Hero, Lost His Way by Jon Krakauer
Four Star review, originally posted here on April 16, 2015. I liked this book overall, and definitely learned a lot. I recommend this wholeheartedly for everyone and their mother. I personally would have liked more info about aftermath and reconstruction, but I guess that’s such a big topic that really you’d need a whole 2nd … More Goodreads Review: The Fall of the House of Dixie: The Civil War and the Social Revolution That Transformed the South by Bruce Levine
Three Star Review, originally posted here on April 30, 2015. Yeah, I’m not really sure how to review this one. i thought I would love this book because I consider myself a Vonnegut fan, and I generally find it interesting to hear what our heroes are like just on their own. But, within the first … More Goodreads Review: Palm Sunday by Kurt Vonnegut
Five Star review, originally posted here on May 11, 2015. YES. This book, sadly, needed to happen. For many of us, there is absolutely nothing new or surprising in this book. Nothing. It is 100% on the nose regarding everything that I and too many people already know about the prevalence of sexual assault, the misguided attitudes … More Goodreads Review: Missoula: Rape and the Justice System in a College Town by Jon Krakauer
Three Star review, originally posted here on May 26, 2015. I think the very best thing I can say about this book is that it forced me to challenge myself, which I guess is somewhat rare when you get to self-select what you read. I saw this listed during a Kindle sale, it looked significantly … More Goodreads Review: When Hell Was in Session by Jeremiah A. Denton
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