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…
Expiation by Greg Messel (2010) | Book Review
Expiation by Greg Messel Genres: American Literature, Fiction Original Publication Date: 2010 Source: I received this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review. Goodreads Find the Author: Website, Twitter, Facebook, Amazon Expiation is a story of first love. In 1968, Dan and Katie are one of the hottest couples at Ballard High School in Seattle. These high school sweethearts believe theirs is a love that will never die. But after high school, Dan and Katie go their separate ways. Thirty years later, Dan is back in his hometown of Seattle attending his mother’s funeral. The two former high school sweethearts reconnect in a most unexpected way .…
No Greater Sacrifice by John C. Stipa (2009) | Book Review
No Greater Sacrifice by John C. Stipa Genres: American Literature, Fiction Original Publication Date: 2009 Source: I received this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review. Goodreads Find the Author: Facebook, Goodreads, Amazon No Greater Sacrifice. When archaeologist Renée d’Arcadia is summoned to France for the reading of a will, she is plunged into a maelstrom of deceit and destruction. Her challenge: solve a 100-year-old mystery originating from a sinister church where nothing is as it seems. Renée joins forces with David Arturo, an ex-helicopter pilot with a troubled past, to interpret clues cleverly hidden in tombstones and classic works of literature to find artifacts scattered across Europe.…
Perfection: A Memoir of Betrayal and Renewal by Julie Metz (2009) | Book Review
Perfection: A Memoir of Betrayal and Renewal by Julie Metz Genres: Memoir, Non-Fiction Original Publication Date: 2009 Source: I purchased this book Goodreads Find the Author: Website, Blog, Twitter, Goodreads, Amazon, Instagram Perfection? Julie Metz’s life changes forever on one ordinary January afternoon when her husband, Henry, collapses on the kitchen floor and dies in her arms. Suddenly, this mother of a six-year-old is a young widow in a bucolic small town. And this is only the beginning. Seven months after Henry’s death, just when Julie thinks she is emerging from the worst of it, comes the rest of it: She discovers that what had appeared to be the reality…
Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World by Vicki Myron and Bret Witter (2008) | Book Review
Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World by Vicki Myron, Bret Witter Genres: Animals, Non-Fiction Original Publication Date: 2008 Source: I purchased this book Goodreads Dewey’s story starts in the worst possible way. On the coldest night of the year in Spencer, Iowa, at only a few weeks old–a critical age for kittens–he was stuffed into the return book slot of the Spencer Public Library. He was found the next morning by library director Vicki Myron. The kitten won her heart, and the hearts of the staff, by pulling himself up and hobbling on frostbitten feet to nudge each of them in a gesture of thanks and love.…
