Author Archives: Ginger

Read: February 2012 Rating: Thumbs Down Review: Just a poorly written book. The worst kind of crap: foreshadowing things that never happen, scrambling at the end to create some kind of point to the whole mess, and no redeeming behavior … Continue reading →

Read: January 2012 Rating: Thumbs Up Review: This is chick lit, just FYI. Although I wasn’t satisfied with the ending to this book, I loved how it pulled me right in and was one of the quickest reads I’ve ever … Continue reading →

Read: January 2012 Rating: Thumbs Up Review: Ah, nonfiction. I’m not generally a fan because of one reason and one reason only: it’s always WAY too long. I would say about 90% of the nonfiction books I’ve read would have … Continue reading →

Read: January 2012 Rating: Thumbs Down Review: This book follows the love life of a girl from her early teens to her early thirties, through a series of sequential vignettes. At first I couldn’t tell they were all about the … Continue reading →

Read: January 2012 Rating: Thumbs Up Review: While Ann Patchett is not my favorite person (based on what I know about her), this book is amazing. I read it originally when it first came out in 2002 and remembered loving … Continue reading →

Read: January 2012 Rating: Thumbs Up Review: A sort of meandering, pointless book (I’ve only read two by Tyler, but that seems to be her M.O.) that follows the life of a man after the death of his son. It … Continue reading →