Category: Non-Fiction
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Mini Book Review: IN CONCLUSION, DON’T WORRY ABOUT IT by Lauren Graham
Thank you so much Random House for providing my free copy – all opinions are my own. Book Description: In this expansion of the 2017 commencement speech she gave at her hometown Langley High, Lauren Graham, the beloved star of Gilmore Girls and Parenthood, reflects on growing up, pursuing your dreams, and living in the here and now. âWhatever…
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Review: END OF THE ROPE by Jan Redford
Thank you so much Counterpoint Press for providing my free copy – all opinions are my own. Book Description:Â As a teenager, in a fit of rage toward her father, Jan pits herself against a steep rock face near their cottage. At the top, fired up by the victory, she sets her sights on the…
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Blog Tour & Review: AMSTERDAM EXPOSED by David Wienir
Book Description: Amsterdam Exposed tells the true one-of-a-kind story of an innocent exchange student who moves to Amsterdam hoping to write a book about the red light district and everything that follows. Itâs an American abroad story, and also a love story; itâs an uplifting tragedy, full of humor from beginning to end; itâs an…
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Review: BLACK SWANS by Eve Babitz
Thank you so much to Counterpoint Press for providing my free copy – all opinions are my own. Book Blurb: A new reissue of Babitzâs collection of nine stories that look back on the 1980s and early 1990sâdecades of dreams, drink, and glimpses of a changing world. Black Swans further celebrates the phenomenon of Eve Babitz, cementing…
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Book Mail: THE LIBRARY: A CATALOGUE OF WONDERS by Stuart Kells
This book is packed full of fascinating information about the history of libraries all over the world! Thank you so much to Counterpoint Press for sending this free copy! SYNOPSIS: “If you think you know what a library is, this marvellously idiosyncratic book will make you think again.” âThe Sydney Morning Herald Libraries are much…
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Book Mail: THE PLANT MESSIAH by Carlos Magdalena
This looks like a book for any nature nerd! Plus it has a super neat cover and pretty color photographs! It’s always fun to learn about our beautiful planet and more importantly, how to preserve it. Thank you so much Doubleday Books for sending me this lovely free copy! SYNOPSIS: Carlos Magdalena is not your…
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Blog Tour Review: IN PLAIN SIGHT by Kathryn Casey
Thank you so much to William Morrow for providing my free copy – all opinions are my own. “Eric didn’t talk to me about running for office. I didn’t think it was a good idea. It worried me because Eric doesn’t play well with others, unless the others do what he wants” –Kim Williams Book…
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Review: HEART BERRIES by Terese Marie Mailhot
Book Description:Â Heart Berries is a powerful, poetic memoir of a woman’s coming of age on the Seabird Island Indian Reservation in the Pacific Northwest. Having survived a profoundly dysfunctional upbringing only to find herself hospitalized and facing a dual diagnosis of post traumatic stress disorder and bipolar II disorder; Terese Marie Mailhot is given…
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Book Mail: SISTER OF DARKNESS by R. H. Stavis
Thank you so much to Wunderkind PR, Dey Street Books for this free copy! This sounds incredibly interesting and I cannot wait to read it! SYNOPSIS:Â The worldâs only non-denominational exorcist tells her astonishing true story: a riveting chronicle of wrestling entities from infected souls, showing how pain and trauma opens us to attachment from…
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Review: PAPERBACKS FROM HELL by Grady Hendrix
PAPERBACKS FROM HELL: THE TWISTED HISTORY OF 70’s AND 80’s HORROR FICTION by Grady Hendrix is SO AWESOME!! Thank you Quirk Books for sending me a free copy – all opinions are my own. My favorite era of horror is the 1970âs and 1980âs. My mom and older sister often read the books featured here…