The Secret Garden
By: Frances Hodgson Burnett
I always thought this book was a portal world fantasy. Girl finds secret door goes through into magic other-world garden with fairies.
Boy was I wrong about that!
Tag: audio books
Talking to Strangers
Talking to Strangers
By: Malcolm Gladwell
Might as well start off nonfiction November with the one I read in October. I’m fascinated (and often confused) by communication period. But especially on social media and how that changes our ability to communicate with each other.
Talking to Strangers deals on a person to person basis not social media but I think it all really wraps in together.
Discworld Does Hollywood
Moving Pictures
Discworld #10
The geniuses of Discworld are getting into Hollywood- or because this is Discword Holy Wood. And perhaps due to the subject matter for me it was one of the more fun and relatable Discworld novels.
Sisters, Holidays & Baby-Sitters: Upcoming Entertainment
Well if one thing is already true about the Little Women trailer it made me finally buy the book!
Things I’ll Never Say: Book Edition
Today’s Top 10 Tuesday is a Freebie so I put together a list of all the book related things I have never said or on the off chance I have I’ve said it to people who darned well knew I didn’t mean it!
The Execution Kills the Emotion
Milkman
By: Anna Burns
Grade: C
Milkman is the second of the Man Booker Long-Listed Books that I picked up and much like Sabrina I just don’t think this one was for me. Although on this one I have to say based on execution that may be true for a lot of people.
Contemplating Changing Opinions & Blogging Life
So at the end of September I will have had this blog for 4 years. I was looking back over old posts to see if my opinions had changed about anything. I reread a couple of books I’ve loved in the past. I rewatched a bunch of movies. Probably the big one this year I’ve tried the whole audio book thing again.
My Year Trying Audio Books
So this year for the first time I decided to give audio books a whirl. Generally speaking watching Booktubers and such that’s how a lot of people seem to get so much reading done and they tend to rave about the ease of audio books.
Not the case for me. I tried several this year and while I wound up liking the books (usually) I think audio books were a big fat fail for me.
First Ever Audio Book: Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland Author: Lewis Carroll Performed by: Scarlett Johansson Grade: A- So despite how much I read I have never tried an audio book before for a lot of different reasons but mainly: […]
Book Beach Bunny 