September 2014 – Lovely Bookshelf

Never Pray Again by Aric Clark, Doug Hagler, and Nick Larson

September 28, 2014

I heard about Never Pray Again from a friend and was completely intrigued. I visited the authors’ website, Two Friars and a Fool, and read, listened,…

A Deadly Wandering by Matt Richtel

September 25, 2014

Most of A Deadly Wandering read like a true crime book, which isn’t a genre I enjoy. I was expecting research-driven narrative non-fiction. There…

A Brief Moment of Weightlessness by Victoria Fish

September 23, 2014

Imagine you’ve just started reading a book by a new-to-you author, and you find you are absolutely captivated, even before you finish the first…

How to Build a Girl by Caitlin Moran

September 17, 2014

After shaming herself on local television, fourteen-year-old Johanna Morrigan decides to reinvent herself. It’s 1990, prime time for sex, drugs, and rock and roll….

The Way Life Should Be by Christina Baker Kline

September 15, 2014

This was my first time reading one of Christina Baker Kline’s novels, though I’ve noticed a lot of positive comments about her books around…

Horrorstör by Grady Hendrix

September 7, 2014

Horrorstör is a haunted house story delivered in an imaginative layout: a retail catalog. Employees at the Orsk furniture superstore in Columbus, Ohio have…