animal lover, gardener, knitter, and gourmet cook
 

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 …

the stonemason

Another great one from Cormac McCarthy. Apparently, this guy only writes great stuff. This particular book happened to be a screenplay. I could totally picture it being done as a play, but I guess that’s the idea. My rating: 4/5

mr. mercedes

This is the latest book from Stephen King. It was about a home-grown terrorist who got away with one crime and the attempt to stop him before the next. There was nothing supernatural going on here–the book was straight-up crime fiction (a genre Mr. King has visited before). It was …

all fall down

Sometimes, I have unfortunate timing when it comes to choosing a book. In this instance, I started this book just before my family birthday party in May. Of course, I ended up getting a bunch of interesting books that day that I’ve been itching to read ever since. And, to …