Smart People Don't Diet is a common-sense, long-term approach to weight loss. It's probably a refresher course to the health class you took in high school. Since it's been a while since I was in high school, it was kind of nice to get some reminders of the best way to stay healthy. The first part ... Read More »
Book Review: The Julian Chapter by R.J. Palacio
While Wonder never came across as preachy, I felt like The Julian Chapter did. It talks about Julian's motives for bullying August which was fear. I could understand fear of seeing something unexpected and even unpleasant to look at. That kind of fear goes away with time, though, as you get used to it. So maybe ... Read More »
Book Review: Illusionarium by Heather Dixon
I felt disconnected from Illusionarium the whole time I was reading it because the action starts so quickly that I didn't have a chance to get to know the characters and care about them. The story starts right off with a deadly disease. It actually didn't add that much conflict because I hardly knew the characters so ... Read More »
Book Review: Magonia by Maria Dahvana Headley
Short and Sweet Version I loved the sarcastic writing. The author experiments with formatting words on the page which I thought was cool. The world was fascinating and felt new, but the plot slowed down in the middle because the world building kind of took over at that point. It has a lovely ending and wonderful characters. This ... Read More »
Book Review: In the Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel Philbrick
In the Heart of the Sea is an addicting read mostly because I was horrified and had to know what happened next. This story honestly sounds made up but it is not. As nail biting as the story itself was, it was written like a historical textbook. I know this story happened a long time ago, ... Read More »
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