2024 Reading Challenge

2024 Reading Challenge
Jill Elizabeth has read 1 book toward her goal of 285 books.
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2023 Reading Challenge

2023 Reading Challenge
Jill Elizabeth has read 5 books toward her goal of 265 books.
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Book Review AND Excerpt: I Made it Out of Clay by Beth Kander

About the Book

In this darkly funny and surprisingly sweet novel, a woman creates a golem in a desperate attempt to pretend her life is a rom-com rather than a disaster.  Continue reading Book Review AND Excerpt: I Made it Out of Clay by Beth Kander

Excerpt: Apartment Women by Gu Byeong-mo

About the Book

From the New York Times Notable author of The Old Woman with the Knife, comes a bracingly original story of family, marriage, the cultural expectations of motherhood, about four women whose lives intersect in dramatic and unexpected ways at a government-run apartment complex outside Seoul Continue reading Excerpt: Apartment Women by Gu Byeong-mo

Excerpt: You Can’t Hurt Me by Emma Cook

About the Book

The Silent Patient meets Rebecca in this twisty debut about the mysterious death of a woman with congenital analgesia, a rare condition where she can’t feel any pain – and an obsessive journalist who will stop at nothing to uncover her most dangerous secrets. Continue reading Excerpt: You Can’t Hurt Me by Emma Cook

Book Review: Story Bug Personalized Children’s Books

If you, like me, have a child/children with names that are not common in the vernacular, or are spelled in a way that is less common, you know the devastation that is a child who can never seem to find “their” name in a book. Ditto if you have a child/children (again, like me) who never seem to quite find themselves in the characters they encounter.  Or if you have a reluctant reader, who can’t seem to find any characters that they can relate to on their own. Personalized story books are a fabulous solution to these challenges, and Story Bug is a fabulous source for that solution!

I was contacted by the company to ask if I ever reviewed personalized books. I reported that I had not but would be happy to, and I was invited to order several books for review. My obligation-free review copies were provided directly by Story Bug.

Continue reading Book Review: Story Bug Personalized Children’s Books

Book Review AND Excerpt: One Big Happy Family by Susan Mallery

About the Book

For fans of Mary Kay Andrews, Jenny Bayliss, and Julie Murphy, #1 New York Times bestselling author Susan Mallery’s witty and heartfelt story of a mother who couldn’t love her kids more but hopes that, just this once, they please don’t come home for Christmas. Continue reading Book Review AND Excerpt: One Big Happy Family by Susan Mallery