This book has a beautiful cover. I’m a sucker for a beautiful anything, but especially a well-designed book jacket. So after reading the description for this one — and then seeing the cover — I was ready to dive in. …
Aubrey
Aubrey
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Book Review: A Gentleman in Moscow
by Aubreyby AubreyI’m having a serious like-dislike relationship with Amor Towles’s A Gentleman in Moscow. While I really loved parts of it, there were parts I really disliked too. A Gentleman in Moscow begins in post-WWI Russia. It opens in a courtroom, …
I admit, I was a reluctant listener when it came to audiobooks. A friend first recommended Audible (Amazon’s audiobook website) to me in 2011, but I didn’t listen to my first book until early in 2015. I was doing a …
Where to begin?! I absolutely adored this book. It’s full of interesting women, clever observations, and examines important issues regarding women in the 1950s. I had never heard of it before, and read it completely on a whim when it …
Steve Martin is one of my all-time favorite comedians and actors. As a 90s kid, I grew up watching Father of the Bride (Parts I and II), Bowfinger, and more. I love Martin as bumbling detective Clouseau in The Pink …
I’ve always loved history and historical fiction, which is what I mostly read. I tend to gravitate toward WWI and WWII novels, so this book was right up my alley. However, I was not prepared for how much I’d like …
Jonathan Safran Foer is perhaps best known for writing Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close. I haven’t yet read it, but I have several friends who loved it and Foer came highly recommended. A friend suggested his new novel, Here I …