MadelineFor me, My Dark Vanessa is to teacher student relations as The Hate U Give and Such A Fun Age was to the Black Lives Matter movement. Neither I understood because I was not a …
Dear Edward: What Happens When A Boy Is The Sole Survivor
It is my favorite time of year. No, not Thanksgiving, not Christmas. It’s the Goodreads best books of 2020 awards. My goal this year was to read as much of the books as I possibly …
The Successful Underdog – Alibaba: The House That Jack Ma Built
I tend to gravitate toward books about Asia, specifically China. I also gravitate toward business books. Alibaba: The House That Jack Ma Built is about both. It was inspirational and it was informative. It gave …
How Much of These Hills Is Gold: Never A Happy Moment
How Much Of These Hills Is Gold starts with the wild west and two young Chinese girls, Lucy and Sam, are found on their own with no parental guidance, and as we find out later, …
The Glass Hotel: A Hotel, A Life Of Luxury, A Scam Exposed, And A Death
It took a few hours of listening to The Glass Hotel before I began to understand how unliniar this book is. It was not until the end that it’s clear how a hotel, a life …
Shanghai Girls: Beautiful Girls From China to Unglamorous Hollywood
I’ve read two books from Lisa See, both have been written about here, The Island of Sea Women and Snowflower and the Secret Fan. But I had not read her most popular book about beautiful …
Such A Fun Age: Relationships and Hidden Biases Exposed
Such a Fun Age is a book full of subtle and hidden biases exposed after a slight but traumatic event. The book opens up with an African American babysitter, Emira, taking the toddler she is …
Majesty: The Second Book In a Series I Hate But Love
I had a hard time with the first book in this series, American Royals. It started as a series I hate but love it took some time, but later love came. Because I learned to …
The 10 Books With The Highest Goodreads Rating
From what from what I have noticed, the highest Goodreads rating does not mean I will like it. I took a look at the list I keep in Goodreads of the books I have read …
Fractured: My New Will Trent Obsession
I have written about Karin Slaughter books before. Her books are crazy thrillers that twist and turn and flip the reader upside down. I accidentally started midway through Karin Slaughter’s Will Trent series. And now …