If you are anything like me, you have joked at least once that you are going to call in dead because you just don’t want to go. Work, a party, anything. Sometimes you just don’t want to go. And when you are kinda dark in your humor, calling in dead seems a legit reason. ...
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BOOK REVIEW: This Tender Land by William Kent Krueger
I came across this book thanks to the Book Girls Guide. I wasn’t sure about it. I mean, it sounded interesting, but being more literary, I have a history of feeling bogged down in those genres. I checked out some reviews from friends who I respect their opinions and I ran it through Storygraph’s ...
BOOK REVIEW: It Starts with Us by Colleen Hoover
I listened to this book because I’m a sucker for a series. But not gonna like I am still struggling how something Ends with Us to follow up with it Starting with Us. Seems backward, but I was in like Flynn, so there’s that. Ryle and Lily have ended, sorta, I mean, there’s the ...
BOOK REVIEW: All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
This book was a The Book Girls' Guide In Case You Missed It (ICYMI) Reading Challenge: 2026 Edition for February. You read that right, February. The hoops I jumped through to get this book in my hands (or ears, actually) is a story of itself. I wasn't going to tell it, but since I can't seem to ...
BOOK REVIEW: Inside the O’Briens by Lisa Genova
I have no idea where to start talking about this book. There's so much happening and it literally goes so far beyond Huntington's Disease. It's about a family and life and something that just pops into their lap unexpectedly. A lot of things that pop into their lap unexpectedly, some big and some ...