I'm so glad I read A Thousand Splendid Suns. It made me care so much for the Afghanistan people and their history. I learned about so many things I wasn't aware of before like the destruction of the Buddhas of Bamiyan. I really connected with the women of this country and I empathized with them as ... Read More »
Book Review: Transparent by Natalie Whipple
The first thing I noticed about Transparent was that it had a nice voice to it. I loved the main character Fiona's honesty and dry humor about how she was born. Fiona had me smiling a lot with the things she said like when she said she read her math book because she was "that ... Read More »
Book Review: The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate
The One and Only Ivan was just the bittersweet book I needed when I was dealing with a stressful week. I read it in about one day because I could not put it down. The whole story felt like a work of art about a gorilla who makes art. The voice was such a cute, ... Read More »
Book Review: Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
The thing that really got me to read Atlas Shrugged was a) I thought Rory Gilmore read it (she actually read The Fountainhead though) and b) the back of the book says "This is the story of a man who said that he would stop the motor of the world—and did." How cool does ... Read More »
Book Review: Elizabeth Street by Laurie Fabiano
Elizabeth Street was one of those books where I had to know what happened. I was reading while I was making dinner, and eating dinner, and when I should have been sleeping. I couldn't put it down until I knew what happened. I mean, I knew what happened at the end because it's told in non-chronological ... Read More »
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