You can find my review here at my blog. This book is recommended: http://librariansc.blogspot.com/2017/05/review-my-life-life-queen-of-misfits.html

When my book club picked this book, I was torn. I had heard it was good, but did I really want to read a book about Hemingway? I don't like Hemingway. I'm biased against him based on what I have read about him as a person. I once tried to read [b:For Whom the Bell Tolls|46170|For Whom the Bell Tolls|Ernest Hemingway|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1492591524s/46170.jpg|2252079] and couldn't make it past the first chapter. McLain managed to get past all my doubts and make me care about Hadley, Hemingway's first wife. I could see why she fell for him, and why she left. It made me think a lot about that Lost Generation, and why they were boozy, and yet produced such interesting work.

I'm not a good enough reviewer to have the words to exactly describe this, but I liked McLain's style of writing. I could feel Hadley talking to me, and I wanted her to continue. She felt like a friend. I'm looking forward to reading her other books, and looking at NoveList for a readalikes list to try to figure out what exactly it is about this style that I enjoy.

Honestly, I thought this series was a trilogy so I was disappointed to discover this was a "third installment." I guess we have to keep going! Overall, I thought the story was fine.

Honestly, what happened was that I read this review and I was left uncomfortable that all the queer relationships seem to be by the "bad" side. Am I wrong in this? I mean, there does seem to be some ret-conning of one character to make them a little nicer, but I was uncomfortable noticing that. I have not read the novellas/short stories set in between the books, so maybe there is something in there. I will read the fourth installment, but I'm not as excited about the series as I used to be.

I didn't have a chance to read this during MSBA pre-season, so I read it now. It's funny, because I wasn't a huge fan of Anderson's Sidekicked, but I really enjoyed his two more recent stories. This one is about three boys who want to give their teacher her ideal last day, after she leaves school due to cancer treatments. It's funny and sad all at once, and if you are an educator, it reminds you of the impact you can have on student lives. An excellent choice for the list.

Honestly, this book was good, but I'm hoping King has grown since this book was written, because it would be nice to read a book where the female characters aren't only defined by how sexy they are and how they instantly make our protagonist horny. Also there is a weird gun scene with one of the women which I really didn't like.

I love Jason Chin's illustrations and I enjoyed spending a lot of time looking at this one.

A cute story about one of my favorite foods.

Cute story, worked pretty well for storytime.

Really enjoyed this one. Will be looking for more by this author.

I think, based on the cover, I was expecting a scary Batman story. Instead, I got an interesting take on a traumatic experience and the way we get over it. For Dini, he communicated with characters from Batman. Different and cool.