In 2018 my reading focused largely on memoirs by women. In 2019 I will likely continue that trend, but am also going to finally try to dig in to some of the books on my shelves about writing.
Read in 2018
I didn't really like this book. In fact, I considered abandoning it. I thought some of the last 20% but even then I don't feel like I got a very good idea of how having this near-death experience changed the author's life or what it all ...
I don't really care if Dan Brown is the best author. He definitely uses significantly more words than he needs to get where he's going, but he writes good stories and they're thought compelling. I enjoyed this story a lot.
Read. This. Book. Try to understand what it is like for someone else. Powerful words from a powerful woman.
I figured out the ending, but it was entertaining enough though. A good summer park/beach read.
A beautiful book about motherhood, womanhood, self, relationships, and gender. This was one of those amazing cases of checking something out because it happened to be available, and then loving it.
This is one of the bravest, most heartbreaking books I have ever encountered. It is fascinating and wrenching from start to finish. Sue Klebold went through the worst a mother can, and somehow not only kept going but has managed to use h...
I liked this book, and a lot of parts of it were really interesting and insightful. I did have a little trouble with it because it wasn't very cohesive. I felt like the narrative jumped very suddenly from one thing to another, and at tim...
Cover to cover in one day means compelling. I finished this book with an ache in my heart and tears welling in my eyes.
This book had been on my to-read list since it came out, and I was feeling a little bit salty about Amy Schumer after her newest movie release. But, I had a road trip and needed something to listen to and it was miraculously available, s...
This is an incredible example of how the human spirit can survive through unimaginable things. Maude Julien lived through a childhood most of us can't even imagine, and yet she found hope and beauty in small things - the animals she befr...
