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I've been reading so much lately without posting almost any book critiques over the past year and a half. Here's a list of books that are on the very tippy top of my reading list this fall. Hopefully I get around to actually posting something about these in a relatively soon time frame.
I was utterly surprised at how much I enjoyed this book. I wasn’t sure what to expect, but Julie Kibler captured my interest and respect with her cutting and insightful novel.
Worth A Read Yes Length 142 Quick Review The Nutcracker of Nuremberg is not the ballet you’re probably familiar with, but it is just as entrancing. Alexandre Dumas wrote The Nutcracker of Nuremberg; well, he retold it. E.T.A. Hoffman wrote the original Nutcracker, which is very dark and not necessarily the story you… Continue reading The Nutcracker of Nuremberg by Alexandre Dumas
There's dogs, love, personal injury, English countryside, mystery, hunky men with accents, and Christmas, what else do you need in a satisfying Christmas tale, or should I say tail? The bit with the white van is everything my nightmares are made of. I’m not kidding. It’s my greatest fear as a dog mom. There could literally be nothing worse in my life.
Happy Wednesday! Beau did such a good job posing for Blog + Dog day! She loves that I work from home because she gets cuddles 24/7. I'm living the dream as a stay-at-home dog mom!
Pat Barker retells the Iliad in The Silence of the Girls from a new and forgotten point of view: the women. Briseis was queen of a city before it fell making her a slave to Achilles. An entertaining story. Barker misses the mark for victims and survivors of abuse.