When I first saw this book on a recommended reading site back in 2017, I added it to my never ending list of books to read. It was published in 2016 so I tho...

I was so excited when this book, The Other Einstein, came out in 2016, but so much was going on in my life from then until 2018. I don't remember reading muc...

Thrive or escape? I escaped and my health, both physical and emotional, drastically improved. "Toxic organizations are rife with conflict, fear, and anger. T...

Some how, some way, that video of the woman wearing the Wookie mask came across my social media account again. I may have laughed harder than most because I ...

The Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard is a post-apocalyptic, Sci-Fi, type of read – but also has a touch of a supernatural element. Thankfully not in the ghost-z...

Local author Chuck Miller has penned a book I was hesitant to read and it's titled Collarworld. "Just beyond the mortal barriers of the Living World is a lan...

February has been an insane month with a lot of personal changes (for the better - and I will dig in soon to fill you in) so I apologize for this list being ...

I read this book ages ago, 2004 to be precise, and I'm about to read it again. I'm making some pretty big personal decisions in the near future and in all ho...

"We believed in the rumor, in the Underground." I'm not quite sure how to write about this novel in order to do it the justice it deserves, which means you s...

Island 731 by Jeremy Robinson, this book opens with a wounded WW2 naval man washed ashore on an island awakened from being eaten by scavengers. A short time...

Are you tired of politics yet? Or perhaps you’re tired of the multitude of social media posts by friends who just learned the word ‘socialist’ and still can’...

I want to tell you about a book series I really enjoyed, set at Harvard University. The book series I’m recommending this week is by authors Lauren Kunze and...

I saved this one for the closest to Halloween, but it was tough. This book is considered one of the best 'scary' novels for 2019, and I tend to agree. I fini...

This is something I murmur to myself often. I must have asked myself this question at least ten times in the last two weeks, and it had nothing to do with re...

From the time I was very young (probably too young) I was reading The Exorcist, anything by Stephen King, and collections of short horror stories that gave m...

Girl Gone Smart would like to welcome Patrick to our blog roll! Patrick is an avid reader, musician, and all round cool dude. He doesn't pay for any of the b...

So, in purposely steering away from my cathartic, oversharing blog posts, I decided to try my hand at a book review. I've been trying to finish an epically ...

I hit a snafu in my reading schedule. I was supposed to review House of Leaves by Mark D. Danielweski this week but I left my Kindle at a friend’s house. Whe...

When I love a book, I can wax lyrical for ages about its ups and downs, but for The Testaments by Margaret Atwood, this is going to be tough

It's not October yet, but for lovers of horror, supernatural, and all things weird, there's no time like the present to start your fall reading. Let me start...