What's Going On Here?

There are SO MANY wonderful book review blogs out there and I can't compete with them, that is for sure. So this is not a book review blog. This is just a way for me to organize what I have read so that I can be better at matching the right book to the right person. The blog title comes from the brilliant mind of the most talented woman who ever lived, Ms. Judy Garland. The full quote is, "Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of someone else." That is what I hope to do here and in ever aspect of my life.
Showing posts with label Fan Fiction. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Fan Fiction. Show all posts

Sunday, September 17, 2017

Yeah...

Eliza and Her Monsters....this was really, really good.  It had to be, I mean, it isn't out on audio and yet I had an easy time of reading it.  Which is so rare to me.  Fandoms are something of which I have little personal experience, but I know about, and shipping and things like that, but I think that it was all well explained, but for the teen audience, I am sure they all know what those things are, it's just oldsters like me who might not!  I didn't know that there were so many fandoms!  There is a Golden Girls one!  There is even fan fiction written about Judy!
There are many things I loved about this book.  The parents and their humanness and the reality of Eliza's feelings about what she might want to do at the turn in the road and the humanness of Wallace, even though he did make me mad.
Navigating the world of online and "face to face" is hard at any age, and I would think especially for teens.  I thought this was just very real.  I also loved Eliza's brothers.  Again, very real.
It is on my top three, along with The Hate U Give and Bang.

Tuesday, July 25, 2017

Okay so

Geekerella is NOT my typical book.  It is a romance and a silly love story, but it is very sweet and very funny and the whole paralleling Cinderella really works and both love stories that happen are so cute and funny and yeah, it is just really different and a good, fun read!

Thursday, March 23, 2017

REALLY, really good SPOILERS!

Stranger than Fanfiction was SO good!  So good!  There is swearing, so if that bothers you then just be aware, but this was just so good.  Dealt with faith in such a good way, too.  I loved the conversation that the one young man imagines God having about homosexuality.  This is just awesome!  I had no idea that the book would end the way it did.  I am even fearful of putting up the subject tags because it totally gives away the shock-ending!  But man, what a great book.


Friday, October 4, 2013

Another wow....

Not too long ago I finished listening to Eleanor and Park and I've recently finished Rainbow Rowell's latest book, Fangirl.  Man.  Wow.  Yes.  Amazing.  Just super, super, super.  My friend Kelly said it best, "Rowell writes flawed but incredibly decent people."  Incredible characters here.  Original story about twin girls who head off to college.  Just so so so so so good.