Author Archives: spenellispeaks

Sookie Stackhouse Didn’t Do it for Me!

Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris My rating: 1 of 5 stars 1 in content/writing style2 in engagement1 in creativityTotal is 1.3 or 1 when rounded I listened to this book on audio so perhaps that had something to do with the level of dislike I had for this book. I was so surprised toContinue reading “Sookie Stackhouse Didn’t Do it for Me!”

31 Days of Book Reviews

July is my birthday month! What better way to celebrate than with a full month of book reviews?! Each day in the month of July, I will be and have been posting reviews of books I have recently read on my YouTube channel. Best part, I’ve been including my subscribers in the selection of theContinue reading “31 Days of Book Reviews”

Time to begin… One Hundred Years of Solitude

That’s right. I’m doing it! I am embarking on a journey into one of the most renowned novels in literature. One I know nothing about… Today, I begin Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s One Hundred Years of Solitude. The back cover gives little away yet implies that the reader is in for a treat of the ages.Continue reading “Time to begin… One Hundred Years of Solitude”

New Year… New You?

No big surprise here… 2020 blew. I started this blog in February of 2020 and, shall we say, the rest was history – COVID history. I allowed the global pandemic to ruin my goals of maintaining this very blog. Foolish. When I had the “time” to contribute, I failed. Instead, I allowed my frustration ofContinue reading “New Year… New You?”

Review: The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy

I’ll admit, I saw the movie long before I had any intention of reading the novel. I’m not sure if that was a good or a bad thing. What I can say is… I really liked the movie. So, when I read the novel, every scene funneled through my mind via the memories I hadContinue reading “Review: The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy”

Review: Pages and Co. The Bookwanderers

I chose to include Anna James’s The Bookwanderers in my February TBR (to be read) pile because the story sounded like something I would have wished happened to me, as a child and even now as an adult. I was not disappointed. James’s story was captivating and charming. Though this is a middle grade book,Continue reading “Review: Pages and Co. The Bookwanderers”