Sample Saturday is when I wade through the eleventy billion samples I have downloaded on my Kindle. I’m slowly chipping away and deciding whether it’s buy or bye. Continue reading
Tag Archives: Monica Heisey
Six Degrees of Separation – from After Story to Blue Sisters
It’s time for #6degrees. Start at the same place as other wonderful readers, add six books, and see where you end up. Continue reading
Six Degrees of Separation – from Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow to The Empathy Exams
It’s time for #6degrees. Start at the same place as other wonderful readers, add six books, and see where you end up. Continue reading
My Best Books for 2023
I did away with ‘top tens’ a few years ago, and instead I finish the reading year with a recap of the books that are still speaking to me (less about four and five-star ratings, more about what has stuck). Continue reading
Two books that made me laugh
Very rarely do I read books that actually make me laugh-out-loud. Yes, there’s plenty of smiles, but audible laughs, not so often. Happily, I have enjoyed a few laugh-out-loud books this year (notably here and here), and recently I read two in a row – joy! The first was Really Good, Actually by Monica Heisey, and the second, Standard Deviation by Katherine Heiny. Continue reading