Update on reading

Hey everyone! Just wanted to give a quick update. I am currently exploring the eastern coast of Wisconsin for vacation. I am still reading, but wow does time go fast when you just want it to stop. This place is beautiful! I am in Sturgeon Bay now and as I write this am looking out … Continue reading Update on reading →

Tired of being Confuzled

Please be aware that the following update contains spoilers to the book. Since July 22nd, 2021, I have been working on House of Leaves and let me be the first to tell you, it has not been easy. If you want to join me in reading this story, you can find it on Amazon as … Continue reading Tired of being Confuzled →

House of Shaking Update

Hey everyone! So I am still reading House of Leaves and am currently on Chapter 7. My brain hurts! But, thankfully, in a good way. Things didn't really start getting interesting until the third or so chapter, but now there seems to be an elegance of supernatural and insanity being intertwined. This book is supposedly … Continue reading House of Shaking Update →

Next Book on Journey

Hey everyone, I have gotten back into my slump of not reading. I've tried to read three books with the same general idea of Radium Girls, but can't seem to get into them. One was too textbook in story and the other involved too much fiction. Because of this, I am going to shake things … Continue reading Next Book on Journey →

True Story, Lost Futures

Radium Girls by Kate Moore: A Book Review Genre: Historical Narrative Moore gives the horrifying true story of the women sentenced to die by their employer. Taking place during the whole timeline of events, the story is quite fast paced and details not only the women themselves, but their families as well. Moore even goes … Continue reading True Story, Lost Futures →

The Hard Part of Journeys

Hoffman's The World as We Knew it and the difficulties of frustrating style. This week I tried to read Alice Hoffman's The World as We Knew It and could not finish. I did end up to Chapter Five or so, but decided to put the book down and pick one up that I was more … Continue reading The Hard Part of Journeys →

The Power of Legends

The Shadows by Alex North: A Book Review Genre: Suspense Looking over my list of want-to-read books, I was drawn to Alex North for too reasons. One: the titles were vague enough to be interesting. Two: the cover art looked cool. (Whoever said not to judge a book by a cover, never visited the library … Continue reading The Power of Legends →

I interrupt this regular broadcasting to….

Hey guys, I was hoping you would be willing to help me out. For my capstone, I am working on building my local library's YA Programming. Unfortunately, (fortunately?) I am not a teenager, so I created a survey to see what teenagers are interested in and what they would think would be fun to do. … Continue reading I interrupt this regular broadcasting to…. →

Waiting on the Sequel

Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo: A Book Review Genre: Fantasy I did not really know what to expect form Bardugo going into this story; I knew that she had multiple books published, and that she was being called one of the best authors of current years, but I didn’t know what to expect at all. … Continue reading Waiting on the Sequel →

Beginnings and Endings

What to Say Next by Julie Buxbaum: A Book Review Genre: Young Adult Buxbaum’s What to Say Next is a breath of fresh air. Within the brutal honesty and realistic characters, there is a brillent story of the experience of grief and the journey through it. I highly enjoyed this novel. With different beginnings and … Continue reading Beginnings and Endings →