Sharp Objects: Novel Vs. Series (Note there are spoilers) Gillian Flynn’s Sharp Objects focuses on Camille, a once young beauty still in recovery from her past. She fled her small-town life for the big city until a little girl of her hometown on Wind Gap is found dead. As a journalist, her editor sends her … Continue reading BOOK CHALLENGE 11 OF 24: Sharp Objects
I began reading this book thinking it was going to be just like Kristin Hannah’s The Nightingale. I was very surprised when I was not on the edge of my seat, eager to turn the page to see what would happen next. That said, when I turned the final page of The Great Alone and … Continue reading BOOK CHALLENGE 10 OF 24: The Great Alone
George Leonard’s the Mastery, gives an answer to the question of, “How do I master my craft?” Although this might seem like a complex question, Leonard provides a relatively simple answer. The key to mastering anything is to practice for the sake of practice. When one focuses too closely on the end goal, one may … Continue reading Book Challenge 9 of 24: Mastery
Predictable. I feel like I don’t have to write a post about this because predictable just about sums it up. That said, I will regardless. Liv Constantine’s The Last Mrs. Parrish is a story of a young, 20 something trying who recently moved to Connecticut in hopes to score a rich husband. She has a … Continue reading Book Challenge 8 of 24: The Last Mrs. Parrish
Novel vs. Movie vs. Prequel I had very high hopes for Practical Magic. Too high, in fact. As a lover of the fantasy world of magic, the film, Sandra Bullock, Nicole Kidman, and more recently The Rules of Magic I figured the book Practical Magic would be just as lovely. Unfortunately, in my opinion, it … Continue reading Book Challenge 7 of 24: Practical Magic
At the age of 17, like the characters within this book I also dated someone outside my race. That said, at the time it wasn’t really “dating”. I didn’t call him “boyfriend” and he didn’t call me “girlfriend”, but we definitely had something. What that was, I am not too sure. Although the neighborhood I … Continue reading Book 3 of 24: The Sun is Also a Star
