There are SO many books about the Notorious RBG to read. Here are the more popular ones. One is a picture book to share with your little ones! I feel honored to have lived in the same time as RBG. We owe her a lot! “My Own Words” by Ruth Bader Ginsburg “Notorious RBG: The Read more
In sad news: The author of “Forrest Gump” passed away. Winston Groom was 77 years old. Chris Pine and Thandie Newton will be adapting Olen Steinhauer’s “All the Old Knives.” It is a spy novel. It will be by Amazon Studios! “Fair Warning” by Michael Connelly will be adapted to film! “Dopesick” will be adapted Read more
Here is a complete list of Andrew Luck’s Book Club selections. He picks two books a month: Veteran and Rookie. Veteran selections are for Adults and Rookie Selections are for children and YA. I will try to keep this list up to date every month along with all the other celebrity book clubs! He has Read more
WOW! I had NO clue the book “Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret” is 50 years old! As a huge thanks to Judy Blume for all her novels, here is a list of all her books that I compiled! Read or buy them for your kids! Fudge Books: Tales of Fourth Grade Nothing Superfudge Read more
Below is an updated list of not only her YA Book Club but her Adult Book Club too. If you would like me to do a separate one for YA, please leave a comment on this post! I am not sure if it is as popular, so I have been adding it to the existing Read more
The Zora Canon is a list of 100 of the greatest books by African-American Women! I have read some of these books, and they are GREAT! Below is a PDF of the complete list that you can check off as you read! Happy reading, Book Nerds!
A Netflix adaption of “No One Gets Out Alive” by Adam Nevill is almost ready to stream! The Kane Chronicles by Rick Riordan (fantasy adventure novels with Egyptian Mythology) is being adapted in a film for Netflix! His other books will be a series on Hulu. So get ready to read or re-read all his Read more
I am rating this book between a 4-4.5 star review. This book is also called “Wild.” Magic Hour or Wild is a beautiful story. Fans of Hannah will know how intriguing and magical her novels are. Hannah is quite the storyteller. And this book does not disappoint. The story is about a child that comes Read more
I will be busy reading a lot of these ARCs the next several weeks! Happy reading, Book Nerds.
Oprah’s Book Club has a podcast now. A new episode releases twice a week on Tuesdays and Thursdays to discuss her current book selection. It is an eight-episode series that will discuss themes in “Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents,” by Isabel Wilkerson. It is an Apple podcast. Below is the link to the podcast. Read more
This book was okay. I read it in one sitting. This novel reminded me of the scene in the TV show “Freaks and Geeks.” Anyways, the plot is simple enough. It is a traditional diary form (1st person). The narrator is a girl who starts in a nice family and starts using drugs. She runs Read more
This book is about twins who leave home at a young age. The twins take two different paths in life (One decides to pass as a white woman). It is a complicated family drama, a critique on race/racism as well as class in America, sex identity, etc. I enjoyed the 1st part of the Read more
I did not enjoy this book as much as I thought that I would. I am giving this book a 2.5- 3 star review. To sum up this book, the main character discovers a dead body, and she looks like the victim. Could the killer have been after her? The characters were cliché in Read more
Emma Roberts is going to adapt “Tell Me Lies” by Carola Lovering to Hulu! She is going to keep adapting books in the future! An Adaption of Cinxin’s Liu’s “The Three Body Problem” will be worked on soon. Netflix is adapting “Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother’s Will to Survive by Stephanie Land. Read more
Books with an elderly protagonist are typically great! I read a few on the list, and would like to read a few other ones. But here is a list of books with older protagonists and characters. The Switch by by Beth O-Leary A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman News of the World by Paulette Read more
I am giving this novel a 3 star review. This review may contain spoilers: Read at your own risk- This story is set in Philadelphia during the 1918 Spanish Flu. It is about a young German-American girl, Pia. She is living in Philadelphia during the outbreak with her twin brothers and mother (father is at Read more
Jenna Bush-Hager’s selection was announced today! Here is an updated check list of all her book so far. This is a PDF for you to download! Happy reading, Book Nerds!
Here is a complete list of Reese’s book club! It is a PDF! It includes recommendations and her YA Book club as well. Happy reading, Book Nerds!
Below is an updated checklist of all her selections in PDF. Happy reading, Book Nerds!
Attached you will find a checklist that is PDF. This contains every book selection in this book club! I will try to keep this up to date every month! Happy reading, Book Nerds!
First look at Dune movie to be released soon. See below! John Green’s new book is going to be Non-fiction essay collection from his podcast The Anthropocene Era. He is famous for writing the hit books “The Fault of Our Stars,” and Looking for Alaska.” The book will be titled “The Anthropocene Reviewed.” Mackenzi Lee Read more
I am rating this novel a 3 star review. I wanted to read this book after hearing that it will be made into a TV show for Hulu. Basically, the story is about two teenagers with cancer. Zac has leukemia and Mia has Osteosarcoma . Zac is more laid back whereas Mia is an antsy and Read more
I wanted to give this book a 4.5 star rating. But after thinking about what I did not like about it, I could come up with nothing. I am giving it a 5 star review. Trigger warning: This book contains rape and violence. Rachel has a true crime podcast. She has one case that she Read more
Kiera Knightley will be starring in the adaption of “The Essex Serpent.” Al Roker production company is going to adapt Beverly Jenkin’s “Blessings” series into a TV show called “Hopetown.” This is about a wealthy African American woman who buys a childless town with the intention of turning it into a foster-family community. An Adaptation Read more
I am rating this book a 4.5 star rating. This book is just so funny/ sarcastic but also relevant to 2020. After noticing that it will be a CBS series, I had to pick it up. I just loved it! It is a “guide” to assist women with working with men in the workplace. It Read more
I did a post recently about post-apocalyptic books. The link is here! This post will be all about zombies! Yes, you heard that right! I am not a fan of horror novels, but I love zombie fiction! Here are some great novels to pick up! World War of Z by Max Brooks The Zombie Survival Read more
Peacock has given a series adaptation to One of Us Is Lying, based on the YA novel by Karen M. McManus. They ordered eight episodes. Caster by Elsie Chapman is getting an adaption made! It will be a movie and is in production now! Netflix will be adapting into a movie Femi Fadugba’s novel The Upper Read more
Here is her new pick. I have also compiled a complete list with a check off PDF for anyone that wants to read through her selections.
It will be a monthly book subscription for $25. It will have 5 celebrities or “luminaries” who will choose the books. The first round of celebrities are Stephen Curry Malala Yousafzai Susan Orlean Richard Branson Joseph Campbell Foundation Here is a link for more information on the book club. https://www.oprahmag.com/entertainment/a33623165/literati-celebrity-book-clubs/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Today%20in%20Books&utm_content=Final&utm_term=BookRiot_TodayInBooks_DormantSuppress
