animal lover, gardener, knitter, and gourmet cook
 

revival

This book was Stephen King’s take on the classic Frankenstein story. It was much more original than Dean Koontz’s take. At any rate, I really, really enjoyed the first part of the book (the part where the main character is growing up–no one does that like Stephen King), but after …

the ocean at the end of the lane

Despite clocking in at 181 pages, this book took me weeks to read. Not because it wasn’t good — it was quite good — but because it coincided with me installing Scrabble on my phone. I. Cannot. Stop. Playing. Witches…childhood…memories…I’m struggling to explain the plot, so just read it. My …

gone girl

I heard that this was supposed to be a good book and it was! I also heard they were making a movie out of it (and was pleasantly surprised to hear that David Fincher was directing it), so I added it to my “must read” list for 2014. I love …

child of god

Another great read from Cormac McCarthy. I think he just ended up on my favorite authors list. I read that they made a movie from this book (I saw the trailer–it was excellent!), so I had to read it before the movie came out. It was really more of a …