Always be a first rate version of yourself...: Gothic

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.

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Monday, August 13, 2018

My First Ron Rash Novel

was Above the Waterfall and I am VERY disappointed. NOT disappointed in the book! It was excellent! But disappointed that this was not a series! The main character, the town sheriff named Les would be an excellent main character for a series. Rash is such a great writer though, I bet he would get bored. But man, this was really good.

Can You Take a Look at This Rash?

Something Rich and Strange: Selected Stories is written by my latest read by the incredible Ron Rash. Some of the stories were in Nothing Gold Can Stay. and I did love all of those. And these stories that I had not heard before were equally as excellent. On to Above the Waterfall!

Friday, August 10, 2018

Stay Gold, Ponyboy

is a quote from one of my most favorite books, ever! And because of reading that book so many times and seeing the movie, I learned the poem, to which it refers. And because I loved The Outsiders and learned the quote Nothing Gold Can Stay caught my eye. So I have to thank S.E. Hinton for turning me on to Nothing Gold Can Stay by Robert Frost which then made me notice this amazing collection of short stories by Ron Rash. This was an incredible collection of stories.

Tuesday, September 12, 2017

New Series from a Favorite!

I loved Madeline Roux's Asylum series so I was really excited to see House of Furies available as an audiobook and even more excited when I went to log it on goodreads and saw that it is first in a series! I didn't give it a 5 star, but it would be a 4.5. The only thing I didn't LOVE about it was that it isn't set in the US and I have a hard time with accents while listening to books and again, that is on me. But this is a very interesting premise and one that seems really unique to me. I am really interested to see where this goes.