Girl Gone Reading: Picking a bone w/ King on his birthday about Rovers
I understand authors, especially incredibly famous ones like Stephen King, may get a kick back for making book recommendations. Or maybe...
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Heather C Fazio
- Jul 11, 2021
- 2 min
Girl Gone Reading: Survive the Night
I'm stumped. This is my first experience reading a book by author "Riley Sager "and I'm not quite sure what to think. I didn't love...
Heather C Fazio
- Feb 18, 2021
- 2 min
Girl Gone Reading: Black Boy Out of Time - A Memoire
*Language warning As I begin writing this review of Black Boy Out of Time by Hari Ziyad, I simply don't know if I have the words to...
Heather C Fazio
- Feb 17, 2021
- 2 min
Girl Gone Reading: Black Forest - it doesn't have to be October to enjoy horror
As with a lot of books I read lately, I picked this up as my monthly freebie for being an Amazon Prime member. Black Forest by author...
Heather C Fazio
- Jan 27, 2021
- 2 min
Girl Gone Reading: The Other Wife
To title this review anything other than what it is would be giving away some of the unexpected story lines that unfold, albeit a bit...
Heather C Fazio
- Oct 15, 2020
- 2 min
Girl Gone Reading: What would you do if you met an alien?
I'm sorry to say this is going to be one of those reviews where I'm hard pressed to give too much detail, because the devil is in those...
Heather C Fazio
- Aug 30, 2020
- 1 min
Girl Gone Reading: Best book I've read in a LONG time
Alright folks. This is going to be one of those book reviews that isn't really a review of the book because there isn't much I can tell...
Heather C Fazio
- Aug 23, 2020
- 2 min
Girl Gone Reading: I suck at this.
I'm not good at self-promotion at all. I get uncomfortable even telling people about Girl Gone Smart, so instead I talk about the amazing...
Heather C Fazio
- Aug 12, 2020
- 2 min
Girl Gone Reading: Queenie - everything you need right now
I'm a huge fan of NPR and I listen most often while driving from Albany to my hometown; a four hour drive. I was lucky last week when one...
Heather C Fazio
- Jul 14, 2020
- 2 min
Girl Gone Reading: Just listen to the cops already
If I had a dollar for every time I've heard or read this in the last few months, I would be a rich woman. But the first time I read this...
Heather C Fazio
- Jul 8, 2020
- 3 min
Girl Gone Reading: A Couch Named Marilyn
A while ago I put out a notice that I'm interested in hearing from local authors. Allow me to say how impressed I am by the talent we...
Heather C Fazio
- May 1, 2020
- 3 min
Girl Gone Reading: Homegoing, the divergent lives of a Ghanaian woman's decedents
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...
Heather C Fazio
- Apr 20, 2020
- 2 min
Girl Gone Reading: The Other Einstein - another bad ass woman
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...
Heather C Fazio
- Apr 10, 2020
- 2 min
Girl Gone Reading: Rising Above a Toxic Workplace
Thrive or escape? I escaped and my health, both physical and emotional, drastically improved. "Toxic organizations are rife with...
Heather C Fazio
- Mar 4, 2020
- 3 min
Girl Gone Reading: That f**king Wookie mask again... and a love story
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...
Heather C Fazio
- Feb 28, 2020
- 2 min
Girl Gone Reading: Red Queen Series
The Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard is a post-apocalyptic, Sci-Fi, type of read – but also has a touch of a supernatural element....
Heather C Fazio
- Feb 27, 2020
- 2 min
Girl Gone Reading: Collarworld - A story of pets and love and the bond of forever
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...
Heather C Fazio
- Feb 13, 2020
- 2 min
Girl Gone Reading: Must read books by black authors for 2020
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...
Heather C Fazio
- Jan 29, 2020
- 3 min
Girl Gone Reading: Up for a porn star?
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...
Heather C Fazio
- Jan 4, 2020
- 2 min
Girl Gone Reading: The Water Dancer
"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...