June TBR and Posting Plans I’m so excited for my June TBR! I take part in 2 fun readathons over the summer – Book Trek and Summer Book Bingo. Book Trek is a Star Trek-themed readathon started by Revenant Reads on YouTube, which you can learn all about by following this link to his recent…
The Story of ABBA: Melancholy Undercover by Jan Gradvall: REVIEW Synopsis Music critic Jan Gradvall dives deep into music history, Swedish politics and culture, and the band members’ backstories to explain the enduring appeal of this Swedish pop band and to tell The Story of ABBA. My Review I grew up on the music of…
The Paris Express by Emma Donoghue: REVIEW Synopsis On October 22, 1895, a train burst through the wall of the Montparnasse terminus in Paris and landed nose-down on the street. A very famous photo was taken in the aftermath. The Paris Express is a mostly-fictionalized account of the train ride leading up to this incident. My…
Goodreads’ “From 1925 to 2024: 100 Years of Popular Books” I thought I might do something fun today and take a look at Goodreads’ new list of the most popular book of each year between 1925 and 2024. It’ll be interesting to see how many I’ve read and how many I intend to read.…
Our Last Wild Days by Anna Bailey: REVIEW Synopsis In Our Last Wild Days, journalist Loyal May isn’t exactly thrilled to move back to her hometown of Jacknife, Louisiana, or to work for its small local paper, but her mother is in the early stages of dementia and needs family close by. Loyal had left…
Is a River Alive? by Robert Macfarlane – REVIEW Synopsis Nature writer Robert Macfarlane travels to some of the world’s most polluted and/or threatened rivers to explore the crucial question, “Is a river alive?” My Review Is a river alive? Spoiler alert: The answer is YES, and humans should stop arrogantly trying to control or…
Review: My Next Breath by Jeremy Renner Synopsis On January 1, 2023, actor Jeremy Renner was run over by his snowcat, a truck-sized vehicle designed to plow deep snow. Miraculously, he survived. In this memoir, he tells the harrowing story of the accident and his long road to recovery. My Review Full disclosure: I’m a…