megamoodles's reviews
561 reviews

This was a good solid book about a girl coping with the loss of her father and how their love of baseball guided her through some of the toughest time. I thought that the relationship between the father and Molly was very sweet and loving and that having that foundation really helped her cope.

Lots of people have recommended this book to me. Vampires aren't really my thing, but it was an entertaining mystery. A bit too raunchy for me, though.

Very sweet book. Excellent illustrations!

I thought this was a great book. It was predictable, in my mind, but I still enjoyed every moment of it. It was very clever how Stead wove together A Wrinkle in Time and used the $10,000 Pyramid theme throughout. I really enjoy quirky characters, so Miranda was a in character to watch change throughout the book.

I'm a nerd and love reading cookbooks, so I was very excited to read a cookbook that read similar to a memoir. The stories behind the recipes were full of life and entertaining. Food is definitely central to Molly's life and it comes across in her writing and the selection of recipes. I've already made one recipe, but it needed to be tweaked before I even started baking, so beware that could be an issue. Some recipes really aren't recipes in my opinion. For instance, she writes about her parents taking her to Paris when she was ten and how her and her father would go to La Boule Miche to eat pain au chocolat. I was getting all excited because I can't make croissants to save my life. It ends up that the "recipe" to go along with this vignette is simply putting a piece of dark chocolate inside a piece of French bread.....I guess I'll keep searching for my croissant recipe.

I'm not sure what I was expecting, but this read like it was an old man rambling (who was also likely drunk). This took a lot of will power to get through.

I really go back and forth with Krakauer. He writes really well, but always has an agenda. I read the author's note first and his original intention was to "grasp the nature of religious belief." He made it clear that he strayed away from that focus, but his purpose all along was to talk about the Mormon faith. This didn't sit well with me because it's just too narrow of he wants to "grasp...religious belief." It's clear that he's very skeptical about religion (and as usual, includes his commentary on events), so I found it interesting that he chose to research and write about the fundamentalist Mormons. Of course he's going to further believe that "all religious belief is a function of nonrational faith."
Maybe I'm just reading too much into his beliefs about religion and faith.

I love a good lawyer book!

It started with potential, but the writer didn't do a great job with it. The verb tense kept changing and driving me crazy. It's a good plot, but not executed well.