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Monthly Archives: April 2014

Life In Motion: An Unlikely Ballerina

Just grabbed Life in Motion: An Unlikely Ballerina off the endcap at the local library with no expectations.  I have been wading through a very poorly written account of a Western Muslim doctor’s stint in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.  Just feel like getting out of my life.  What a welcome surprise this was.  Misty […]

Pretty In Ink

I know where the citizens of Breckenridge get their books.  From the grocery store.  So what did I expect from Pretty in Ink, the last of 7 books  I read while family was skiing for spring break?  This is what I deserve for being too chicken to ski.  Women’s magazine drama told from various characters […]

Let It Snow

Let It Snow: Three Holiday Romances is a collection of three intertwined holiday romance stories for teens.  Ben is really into John Green right now and I had my month with him last year. He wrote The Fault In Our Stars which is everywhere right now and rightly so.  I think I would have liked […]

Sisterland

Curtis Sittenfeld rocked my world with An American Wife.  That was a treat to read.  I didn’t like Prep nearly as much and Sisterland: A Novel falls into this category too.  It’s handily written with lots of details and intimacies that make it an enjoyable read.  But I found myself not caring about the characters as […]

Longbourn

Longbourn by Jo Baker.  WOW!!!!!!  Best book I read of the 7 over spring break.  There are lots of books that are “spin offs” or “variations on” Pride and Prejudice and I’ve encountered lots of doubters who are ready to dismiss this book as just another in a line of fan fics that only the […]

Stargirl

Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli.  Stargirl is a self-named true individual that arrives in the narrators quiet life and turns a high school upside down. I guess she represents true independent spirit or something.  I didn’t love. I can see why Spinelli is a popular write and perhaps much so with teachers. The themes are good […]