Book of the Moment (reviewer)

About Me

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I'm not a writer. I didn't write the book I have shown in my photo at the moment. The book shown is the book I am currently reading, and when I'm finished, I will put my review up in my blog, for all of you to read. Not a difficult concept. Stop sending me messages to help you publish your books. I can't. I have ZERO connections okay?
If you got a random friend request from me, its because I came across you in a group here on myspace. A group for either writers, or avid readers. If you don't want to be my friend, don't. I won't lose sleep..I'm an insomniac, so I often peruse late at night..the more people that read my blogs, the more exposure for the books I read. It's pretty simple really. So no, you don't know me. No, we haven't met. No, I can't help you get your book published, and no I didn't write that book.
Who I am isn't important, and neither really, is what I have to say...
But since you're here already..and how you came to be here, I have no idea, but since you did...
I made this site for me mainly, so don't post comments calling me a geek, booknerd or loser. Keep those thoughts to yourself would ya?
Here I will blog about what I'm reading, have just finished reading and so on. Feel free to discuss the books with me. Or to just browse my "book reports" or to just leave, I really don't care.
I'll warn you right now..I read anything and everything..and yes, I'm a woman, so I read "chick books" too. I'm an avid reader and don't really have a preferred genre. I'm also a certified English teacher (though not currently teaching...) so I read some young adult lit on occasion too. Read my blogs if you will, there's a good chance I'll find something that will interest YOU.
if you have written a book you would like more publicity for, and don't mind sending it to me, I'm more than happy to read and review it for you...hey, every little bit helps right? After posting the review in my blog, I will also post it on bn.com and amazon.com for you :) I'm good like that..

My Interests

reading, writing, photography, kayaking, movies, music, animals, nature..

I'd like to meet:

other freaks like me, writers, artists, people who are changing the world..

Books:

Books I would reccomend to anyone who enjoys a good read:
Kindred by Octavia E. Butler
The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
Quitting the Nairobi Trio by Jim Knipfel
She's Come Undone by Wally Lamb
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
On the Road by Jack Kerouac
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Junky by William S. Burroughs
nigger: an autobiography by Dick Gregory
Don't Lets go to the Dogs Tonight by Alexandra Fuller
Life of Pi by Yann Martel
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius by Dave Eggers
Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
The Hungry Ocean by Linda Greenlaw
Watership Down by Richard Adams
The Rum Diary by Hunter S. Thompson
The Clan of the Cavebear by Jean Auel
Tiger in the Shadows by Debbie Wilson
Daughter's Keeper by Ayelet Waldman
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
Ishmael by Daniel Quinn
My Sisters Keeper by Jodi Picoult
Possessing the Secret of Joy by Alice Walker
The Virgin Blue by Tracy Chevalier
Girl With A Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier

Heroes:

Jack Kerouac

Charles Bukowski

Slyvia Plath

Margaret Atwood

My Blog

Tallulah Falls

"Tallulah Falls" is the story of Tallulah Addy and her spur of the moment trip cross country to help her friend Maeve, whom she knows is in terrible trouble. Tallulah first meets Maeve at a mot...
Posted by Book of the Moment (reviewer) on Thu, 28 Dec 2006 05:04:00 PST

Fall on me

"Fall on me" is Rowan Lore's sequel to her novel "Orange." This novel continues with the story of Demen, and her struggle to find a balance in life. A balance that includes a relationship...
Posted by Book of the Moment (reviewer) on Fri, 22 Dec 2006 08:09:00 PST

Orange

The entire time I was reading this book, my boyfriend kept accusing me of reading porn. I guess he formed his judgement based on the cover..so I decided the best part to start this review is to...
Posted by Book of the Moment (reviewer) on Wed, 20 Dec 2006 12:34:00 PST

All this Heavenly Glory

When I first started reading this, I was unsure of what to make of it. The first chapter is an assault of descriptive words that appear to be a personal ad of sorts. The next chapt...
Posted by Book of the Moment (reviewer) on Tue, 19 Dec 2006 01:30:00 PST

The Guilty Ones

This one was WAY outside my area of interest..I know nothing, and frankly, care little about the automotive world. I know it pisses me off when I put my key in the ignition and my car doesn't s...
Posted by Book of the Moment (reviewer) on Tue, 19 Dec 2006 07:00:00 PST

Futureproof

Wow...I don't even know where to start..what a ride this book is..once you start reading you can't put it down. The raw brutality that pours forth from page to page compels you to read on. In m...
Posted by Book of the Moment (reviewer) on Tue, 19 Dec 2006 06:50:00 PST

And to think that he kissed him on lorimer street

This is certainly one of the more entertaining and bizarre collections of short stories that I've encountered. When I first started this myspace site, I freely admitted that I wasn't a h...
Posted by Book of the Moment (reviewer) on Thu, 14 Dec 2006 08:28:00 PST

Dear Arial

This is the second novel of Ashley Blake's that has been sent to me for review, and its definitely fair to say that I am now a forever fan of his work. This was hands down one of the most twist...
Posted by Book of the Moment (reviewer) on Wed, 13 Dec 2006 08:20:00 PST

Dear John

I think I read another Sparks novel not so long ago, and in my blog probably mentioned something to the effect of having read all of his books, although they aren't the type of books I typical...
Posted by Book of the Moment (reviewer) on Mon, 27 Nov 2006 09:39:00 PST

Walking the Trail

In 1838, US soldiers forced thousands of Cherokee Indians to leave their homes in Alabama, Tennessee, Georgia and North Carolina, and walk nine hundred miles, across eight states, to Oklahoma....
Posted by Book of the Moment (reviewer) on Sun, 26 Nov 2006 07:31:00 PST