The Emperor of Ocean Park

I thought I would try a book that was outside my typical genre and point of view. The Emperor of Ocean Park is about familial intrigue, questioning the character of a parent where the relationship was already imperfect, and all the while trying to hold your own personal life together. I don’t normally read political, […]

Nick

I wanted to read something shorter and hop off the series train, so I read Nick. Nick is a prelude to The Great Gatsby, exploring the time Nick Carraway spent toward the end of his tour in France during WWI to when he went to New Orleans to escape the monotony of home, leading up […]

Children of God go Bowling

I was sifting through my bookcases and wanted to read something different that I had been throwing on the back burner for awhile, which is basically most of my books, which then makes it sound like the books I own have grown dull to me. I mean, maybe. Children of God go Bowling sounded like […]

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

My husband and I continue on our “read a book together” quest and have Harry Potter to share with you. In The Chamber of Secrets, Harry goes into his second year at Hogwarts in a flying car with Ron Weasley. Then students with muggle parentage start getting attacked, and the blame begins to fall on […]