Harry Potter has always been popular. And I was a Potter virgin. Somehow I avoided it all these years. Not because I wasn’t interested but when the first movie came out I was 21 and in college. I hadn’t read the books and during college didn’t have much time to read for fun. I refused…
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Guns N Roses
As a child, I loved Guns N Roses. I remember taking my tiny boombox outside and blasting Welcome to the Jungle. I would listen to the radio station all day until the song came on I loved and I would quickly hit record and get it on my blank tape. It took quite a lot of…
Book Corner: For the Love of Her
I grew up comfortably middle class in the midwest. I don’t try to hide the fact that my parents gave my brother and I a great life and instilled in us the value of working hard and living well. I bring this up because it is in stark contrast to the way Christopher Ty was…
Book Corner: In the Garden of Beasts
I am sure I’ve mentioned it before but I absolutely love to read. My goodreads challenge is to read 46 books, one more than last year. I am currently up to 31 or 67% finished. Goodreads tells me I am 10 books ahead of schedule. I have really tried to give myself time to read…
New Rules of Lifting and Other Random Fitness Thoughts
I am currently reading The New Rules of Lifting for Women: Lift Like a Man, Look Like a Goddess You can purchase the book through my amazon link (I will earn a small commission). I feel I am learning a lot. Or maybe re-learning. I first started weights in high school and have learned a…
J’s Book Corner
I love to read. I read books, magazines, the internet, whatever. I am willing to read a wide variety of books and authors, although I do have my favorite. I am going to try to share my books with you all. There is no framework for this so sometimes it might be a review, a…
Book Corner: Warning – Rant Ahead
I love to read. I love to read all kinds of genres. I typically will read something from one area (say non-fiction) followed by some genre of fiction. Most recently I finished Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, which requires some thinking and for the reader to pay attention. To follow, I wanted an easy, light read….
Book Review: The Hangman’s Daughter and The Dark Monk
I had the opportunity to get two new books on my kindle so of course I took it. Who can turn down new reading material? The books I received were The Hangman’s Daughter and it’s follow-up, The Dark Monk by German author Oliver Potzsch (imagine the o having an umlaut over it). The books are…
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
I went to see this movie Sunday and I am still wondering what I think of it. I wouldn’t say it was a bad movie but my head is still trying to wrap around it. It was definitely a different movie and by different I don’t mean bad. It just isn’t what you expect from…