My reading was very up and down this year. Some months, I had several books that were strong, and others, my favorite read of the month, were good, not great. So, that means several of the books on this list were a second or third favorite of a strong month. Which means I haven't gotten... Continue Reading →
My Favorite Read of May 2024
“For the sake of trust building, the third chapter will follow the second. But then we will jump directly to chapter five, do you understand? No chapter four. Why? Because sometimes things don’t go like they should.”― Allie Brosh, Solutions and Other Problems Title: Solutions and Other Problems Author; Allie Brosh Publisher: Gallery Books Publication Date: September... Continue Reading →
My Favorite Read of September 2023
Goodreads Synopsis: A riveting tale of unfathomable success great joy deep pain, and redemption that can come only from above. From a working-class background in North Carolina to a job as a cook and club singer in Nashville to his "overnight success" with his smash 1986 album Storms of Life--which launched the neotraditional movement in country music--Randy's... Continue Reading →
Throw Back Thursday Book Review
Welcome to my weekly post where I look back at some of my four and five star reads before I started Nicole's Nook. Today's book: The Wilder Life: My Adventures in the Lost World of Little House on the Prairie by Wendy McClure Publisher: Riverhead Publication Date: April 14, 2011 Date Read: September 8, 2016... Continue Reading →
Attended Book Launch
I joined Lilac City Rochester Writers in fall of 2020. The first event (over zoom since it was the height of the pandemic) was a critique. One of the pieces we reviewed was a chapter from Rick Ieckel's book about the history of the Rochester airport. Today I got to attend the book launch. It... Continue Reading →
My favorite read for August 2021
My favorite read for August 2021 Book Review My favorite read for August of 2021 is Prairie Fires: The American Dreams of Laura Ingalls Wilder, a biography of the author written by Caroline Fraser in 2018. Since I have read so much about Wilder, I picked this up out of obligatory devotion to my idol,... Continue Reading →