Frivolous Views

Category: Reviews

  • REVIEW: “Open Water” by Pol Robinson

    So here we are.  It’s the beginning of July 2012.  In just a few short weeks, the Olympic Games will open in London. I’ve always enjoyed the Olympics.  I remember being madly in love with Mark Spitz when I was just 4 years old.  Don’t judge.  I was four! I remember when Mary Lou Retton…

  • REVIEW: “Rhapsody” by KG MacGregor

    If you’ve followed by blog over the last few months, you may remember a review I did of the movie “One Day” (you can read the whole entry here).  In that review, I compared watching that movie with reading a book by Karin Kallmaker or KG MacGregor: Pick up a book by KK or KGM…

  • REVIEW: “Waiting in the Wings” by Melissa Brayden

    There’s something about me that most people don’t know.  It’s not a deep, dark secret, or anything…but, there’s just something that most people wouldn’t exactly expect from me. I have a theatre background.  Yes, I do.  I even have an MA degree in Theatre.  Acting, directing, lighting design, set design, stagecraft…I’ve done a little bit…

  • REVIEW: “Being Emily” by Rachel Gold

    REVIEW: “Being Emily” by Rachel Gold

    One of the things I really love about attending the GCLS Conference each year is that I get the opportunity to meet new authors and get exposed to new reading opportunities.  This year was no different.  I got to meet Rachel Gold this year in Minneapolis.  Additionally, I was able to attend two sessions that…

  • REVIEW: “96 Hours” by Georgia Beers

    REVIEW: “96 Hours” by Georgia Beers

    “This is our JFK moment, you know?  It’s like how everybody who was around in the ’60s can tell you exactly where they were and what they were doing when they heard that Kennedy was shot.  This is our version of that.” pg. 59 This quote from the award-winning 96 Hours (Bywater Books) by Georgia Beers really,…

  • REVIEW: “Fragmentary Blue” by Erica Abbott

    I had the pleasure of meeting Erica Abbott during the 8th Annual Golden Crown Literary Society Conference in Minneapolis.  She is a delightfully witty woman – a wicked sense of humor.  Oh, yes.  By the end of the conference, I’d not only met a new author, laughed my fool butt off, and generally had a…

  • Review: “Snow White and the Huntsman” – Fairest of them all? Eh!

    So my good friend, Watty, is back in town so that she can attend the GCLS Conference in Minneapolis.  I just picked her up from the airport today.  (And what an experience it was trying to get to the international terminal at O’Hare!)  After we got back to the house and she distributed the goodies…

  • Review: “In Time” is neither “in” nor “timely”…discuss

    I remember being in class during graduate school and discussing the concept of time as currency.  I mean, just look at the language we use.  How often do we say, “Time is money!” or tell about how much time was “spent” on a project?   In my office, I’ll often talk about allocating time like…

  • Review: Karin Kallmaker and KG MacGregor have ruined me. (Or, I feel sullied and unusual)

    I like Anne Hathaway.   I think she’s talented.  She’s very good at romantic films – comedy and drama.  So, when she has a new movie release, I try to see it. Okay, so I wait for the DVD – I can’t afford to actually go to a movie.   The latest release for me…