Three Cups of Tea – Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin

I read this upon the suggestion of my friend Michelle. I had it on my list for awhile, but her glowing review sent me straight to the library.
Wow.
This was a book that I just couldn’t put down. It was seemingly written more by Relin than by Mortenson, and I had my nitpicks, but the overall [...]

Fiction Trend Theory: Never Forget

I have this theory, and I will use this blog to very scientifically test it out. I feel that, across genres, almost every fiction book I have read that is written and set in a world post 2001, 9/11 is mentioned. It doesn’t seem to matter if the character was affected, or if the story [...]

Matzo Ball Heiress – Laurie Gwen Shapiro

This has everything a girl could want. I have this embarrassing habit of not necessarily loving chick-lit for the romance, but for the somewhat one-dimensional and over the top characters. This book had all that PLUS Yiddish. It’s a goofy throwaway book, but it combined Yiddish, Jewish love triangles and the inner workings of a [...]