Review of “The Rural Diaries” by Hilarie Burton Morgan

I am rating this book a 5 star review. I loved this book a lot. I have a little “Mischief Farm” of my own. I learned a lot and laughed at shared experiences on my farm as well. This is a memoir of the actress Hilarie Burton Morgan (One Tree Hill, Grey’s Anatomy, White Collar, Read more

Review of “Sitting Pretty: The View From My Ordinary Resilient Disabled Body” by Rebekah Raussig

This book is a 5 star read for me. I learned so much! This book is for all ages to read and is very informative. She is a teacher, and it shows throughout this book. Rebekah Taussig, Ph.D. authored a well written memoir, but it is so much more. She discusses her childhood, career, love Read more

Review of “Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis by J.D. Vance

I am giving this novel a 3 star review. The writing was great but nothing really gripping. This is a memoir about a guy who lived in a white working class family who was raised in Ohio. His family moved from Kentucky to Ohio for work. J.D. finds a way to escape the little town Read more

Review of “Diana: Her True Story- In Her Own Words” by Andrew Morton

As many people are watching “The Crown” on Netflix, a lot of people are scrambling to read books about the royals. I am not exception. I just wanted so much more information about her life. I am giving this book a 4 star review. It was in her own words but through an interview with Read more

Review of “Greenlights” by Matthew McConaughey

WOW! I really enjoyed reading this novel. Yes, I read it and did not listen to it. It was great! I enjoyed looking at his pictures and his stories! I have always loved Matthew from the time that my sister and I watched “Dazed and Confused” then seen him on the TV Show “Unsolved Mysteries,” Read more

Review of “Fall and Rise: The Story of 9/11” by Mitchell Zuckoff

This novel was hands down one of the most terrifying and hardest books that I have ever read in my life. I am giving this book a 5 star review. I will NEVER forget this book. I had nightmares, shed tears, shocked, horrified, and learned a lot. I will never forget some of the stories. Read more

Review of “Channel Kindness” by Born This Way Foundation Reporters with Lady Gaga

I am giving this book a 4.5 star review. I just loved it! This book is exactly what I needed. My motto has always been “Be Kind.” To read such inspirational stories really lifted me out of the COVID-19 and political mayhem that we are currently in with 2020. This book has 51+ stories about Read more

Review of “Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America’s Shining Women” by Kate Moore

I am giving this book a 3.5 to 4 star review. This book was very interesting. I rarely pick up a non-fiction book. But I really enjoyed this one. Not for the writing, but more for the knowledge about what happened to these women. It is about the heartbreaking story of the dial painting “girls.” Read more

Review on “Our Planet” by Alastair Fothergill, Keith Scholey, Fred Pearce, and David Attenborough

I am giving this book a 4.5 star review. It was full of interesting facts and pictures about our planet. If you watched the Netflix documentary, then this follows with that. But you do not have to have watched it to read and enjoy the novel. This is a non-fiction book that discusses nature and Read more

Review of “Parkland” by Dave Cullen

I am rating this novel a 3.5 star review. This non-fiction novel centers around the survivors of the Parkland shooting and the founders of the March for Our Lives movement. The story examines the student led protests that followed the shooting against gun violence. After reading Dave Cullen’s other novel called “Columbine,” I was expecting Read more

Review of “The Book of Gutsy Women: Favorite Stories of Courage and Resilience” by Hillary and Chelsea Clinton

I am giving this book a 3.5 star review for the novel “The Book of Gutsy Women: Favorite Stories of Courage and Resilience” by Hillary Clinton and Chelsea Clinton. I loved the biographies of all the “Gutsy” women in this book. The history was fascinating. I even found myself reading some of them over again. Read more