What's YOUR Origin Story?
O Canada: Lullabies for Little Criminals by Heather O’Neill
Baby is 12 and lives with her father, Jules, in Montreal. Jules and her mother had her when they were 15. In a lot of ways, they have grown up together. But Jules has a heroin problem and terrible lungs, so Baby is in and out of foster care with his hospital trips. As Baby grows up a little too fast,
It’s Tuesday, but it feels like a Monday because we had that awesome 3 day weekend.
I want more weekends/weeks like that, I think.
Anyway, it’s time to talk about what I am reading on this glorious day… Here’s a sample of what I’m reading.
The Love of the Last Tycoon is an authorized text of part of the short story I read a log time ago–it started as a serial and F Scott Fitzgerald passed away before he could finish it.
Back to the 80s: A Review of Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
I love the 80s. I grew up during them, and so they have a special place in my heart. And, when I can read something that holds the same reverence to my beloved decade, I am super excited. That’s why I was so into this book, because it takes readers Back to the 80s: A Review of Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
Having read his Armada,
GothamGal is a devoted comic fan. Reading comics from an early age (TinTin, Archie, Katie Keene and much more), she has recently revisited her old interest and is branching out into the streets of unread comics and graphic novels! While she favors DC Comics, Marvel is slowly winning her over—but Vertigo, Image and IDW have so many new things to offer, she might just say she’s a comic fan—with no labels.
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I got this in 2015 as part of the Kindle Owner’s Lending Library and promptly forgot to read it. However, there was a book I was hoping to read and I noticed that I had Party Girl still borrowed. That propelled me to start it, and once I started it, I really enjoyed it!
Landon Brinkley wants to plan weddings. Since she saw the Jennifer Lopez movie of the same name,
I have only read one of the Lizzy and Diesel novels, but I have been a fan of Janet Evanovich since her first Stephanie Plum book. And, when a character named Diesel showed up in Stephanie’s world and then moved to a series of his own, I thought it was important to follow him. Random House Publishing Group offered an e-galley version of the book in exchange for my honest comments.
Lizzy Tucker,
