Kindle Love
I Love My Kindle I recently acquired an Amazon Kindle and I love it! It’s funny, but not that long ago I swore that I would never have an e-reader. I love print books — the feel of them and turning the pages and everything about them. But I live in a very small apartment and was starting to feel the need to simplify my life. My apartment looks like a branch of the local library. I also am being offered many books for review for this blog. I was getting even more books to fill up my crowded space. I finally started to realize that I really needed a…
Retail Hell: How I Sold My Soul to the Store – Confessions of a Tortured Sales Associate by Freeman Hall (2009) | Book Review
Retail Hell: How I Sold My Soul to the Store-Confessions of a Tortured Sales Associate by Freeman Hall by Freeman Hall Genres: Memoir, Non-Fiction Original Publication Date: 2009 Source: I purchased this book Goodreads Find the Author: Blog, Goodreads, Amazon This is a place Freeman Hall, a twenty-year veteran “on the floor,” knows well. While delivering side-splitting stories alongside brutally cynical commentary, Freeman recounts his most shocking experiences in Retail Hell. From the time he was attacked by a customer’s four-year-old, who grabbed onto his leg like a poodle and wouldn’t let go, to the day he found the fitting room walls covered in s**t, Freeman has seen and heard…
Wow! Glowing Bride in 30 Days by Laura Pepper | Book Review
Wow! Glowing Bride in 30 Days: Wedding Beauty, Health & Staying Stress Free by Laura Pepper Genres: Non-Fiction Original Publication Date: 2011 Source: I received this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review. Goodreads Find the Author: Website, Blog, Goodreads, Amazon This book was written for you, the busy woman who wants to look and feel her best on her wedding day, (but has a real life – and a busy one at that – too!) This is a no-nonsense, easy-to-follow collection of advice for those who want to look and feel fantastic for the wedding, but not let it take over their life because, well, life…
Drowned Sorrow by Vanessa Morgan | Book Review
Drowned Sorrow by Vanessa Morgan Genres: Fiction, Horror Original Publication Date: 2008 Source: I received this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review. Goodreads Find the Author: Blog, Facebook, Goodreads, Amazon, Pinterest In Drowned Sorrow, Megan Blackwood has just lost her son in an accident. Now she has come to Moonlight Creek with her teenage daughter, Jenna, hoping that a change of scenery might help to put their lives back together. But something odd is happening in Moonlight Creek. When rain falls over the village, its inhabitants commit grisly murders, leaving the village deserted again with the first rays of sunshine. Beneath the lake’s surface, something watches……
Do Tampons Take Your Virginity? (2010) by Marie Simas | Book Review
Do Tampons Take Your Virginity?: A Catholic Girl's Memoir by Marie Simas Genres: Memoir, Non-Fiction Original Publication Date: 2010 Source: I received this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review. Goodreads Find the Author: Goodreads, Amazon What happens when you grow up in an insane Catholic family? Surprisingly funny, Do Tampons Take Your Virginity shows readers the endurance it takes to survive in a stifling, abusive childhood. It’s an emotional roller coaster from start to finish, fiercely honest and sincere. From the very beginning, the author grapples with hilarious, uncomfortable situations, punctuated by episodes of childhood brutality. These stories will make you laugh out loud, and some…
