Review: Sharp Objects By: Gillian Flynn

Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Journalist Camille Preaker was looking for big break, the story that would define her career - she just wasn't looking forward to returning to her hometown to get it. Wind Gap, Missouri - too small so everyone knows everyone's secrets, but large enough to hide a killer of children. A killer it seems that killed last year, now this year and has a distinct way of pulling the victim's teeth out.
Coming home to the town, to the home, to the memories that made Camille run far away to Chicago and not look back, to the reasons that she began carving into her body leaving only a circle on her back she could not reach - well, this all adds up to bad to worse.
The creepy and addictive style that Ms. Flynn sucks the reader into, the madness and almost macabre characters and town that make you finish the book in one sitting. The book is unsettling, but isn't that what writers are for, sometimes to put a mirror up to society and require them to look. I think I was spoiled with her other novels, although this is a very good one, I would want to introduce a new reader to her work to one of the others first.

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Review: We Are All Differently The Same By: Darren Hobden

We Are All Differently the Same: The Teachings & Insights from a Memory of Prior Life by Darren Hobden
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

An honest account, the author takes us into his memory of The Room, the lessons gathered, his life, and the message to share.
The Room, a "missing link" between lives, or heaven - a definitive vivid memory since childhood. We are are linked, we are all spiritually connected, the messages along with Mr. Hobden's life story connects the reader.
This is a must read, this is a book that will find you and as you read the reasons will be known. Fans of Dyer, Hicks, Weiss, Myss will want to read this.

***** This is a First Reads, Thank You Goodreads *****

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Review: Better Off Friends By: Elizabeth Eulberg

Better Off Friends by Elizabeth Eulberg
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

A cute tale of male/female friendship told from two different standpoints.
Macallan has experienced so much loss at an early age, it changed her. Having her father and her "special" uncle only goes so far, her friends and their families changed a bit once her mother died, so did she. That is until one day a new kid came into school and they began to talk. A friendship developed and over the years nothing and no one could stand the test of their devotion to each other - except each other.
Levi, the new kid. Found a connection with a girl and might have gotten razzed for it even though he got some male friends, no one could come close to being his best friend like Macallan. Once he confessed something deeper and she ran to her mother's family for the summer, but now he knows better.
I really enjoyed this story. With great snippets between chapters of the characters speaking to each other - a wonderful memory of When Harry Met Sally. I can say, been there.. had many male friends and loved the intensity the author brought forth about the stages that take shape. This is the book you will enjoy and feel great about letting your tween/teen daughter read.

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Review: The Joy of Hate By: Greg Gutfeld

The Joy of Hate: How to Triumph over Whiners in the Age of Phony Outrage by Greg Gutfeld
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

If you don't know Greg Gutfeld, if you do and like him, or if you hate him - well, here is a book for you. I guess it covers all the bases. Written in the way that he speaks, filled with the sarcasm, wit, and bite that only Gutfeld can deliver.
What is it that makes you angry? Truly angry? Is it that idea of anger, the need to be angry that is driving society - choosing what and who to be angry with, who to tolerate (now, that is strange, who to tolerate, by mere definition goes against itself)...
You will devour this book, laugh with it, ponder it, and most likely have to hide it when having to have people come over, but why not have a guilty pleasure - Greg is mine.

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Review: M By: Tim Simpson

M: Book 1 by Tim James Simpson
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Be careful what you wish for. Lady Bathory longed for immortality and enlisted men from all walks of life to find what was only whispered about so that she would be able to attain it. With villains and heroes from The Mummy and Headless Horseman to Sherlock Holmes to Zorro, it all comes down to good versus evil. Dracula has risen and time is running out.
I would have given more stars, for this is such an original story, wonderfully told - but needed a lot of proofreading and editing and for the heavy price of it I would have not expected the mistakes I found or the fact the it was part one and only 200 large print pages. It is a great adventure and I admittedly want more, I recommend borrowing this book though.

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Review: About A Boy By: Nick Hornby

About a Boy by Nick Hornby
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

This is the book that shows the brilliance of Nick Hornby. The humor, the rawness, the characters, the freshness.
The story told between a single selfish male in his thirties that has no direction in his life and a young boy who has played the adult in his single mother's raising and a bit of an outcast. When these two lives collide an amazing story comes forth. This is about growth, a little of redemption, about people and how we learn from others on the strangest places. Will and Marcus are somewhat the same coin just opposite sides. Be prepared to laugh, to cry, to be outraged, and to find that certain touch that only Mr. Hornby can give the reader.

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Review: one page love story By: Rich Walls

One Page Love Story: A Year In Love by Rich Walls
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Fresh and wonderful. Short, sometimes a few sentences, sometimes a page and half - these are love stories. The good, bad, the raw, the fun, corny. Broken into seasons yet following only the whims of the author, these love stories find their way into the reader.
Perfect for the reader who is on the go, the one who keeps a book in the car, in the purse, in the desk, the one that looks for a "fix" multiple times a day and can find it in this book.

***** This is First Reads, Thank You Goodreads ******

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