Bookish Brandi.

Brandi works in publishing and lives in NYC. I love reading, writing, innovation, technology, and laughter. Here, I blog about books and writing, with a special spot in my heart for typewriters. .gr_custom_container_1411654219 { /* customize your Goodreads widget container here*/ border: 1px solid gray; border-radius:10px; padding: 10px 5px 10px 5px; background-color: #FFFFFF; color: #000000; width: 300px } .gr_custom_header_1411654219 { /* customize your Goodreads header here*/ border-bottom: 1px solid gray; width: 100%; margin-bottom: 5px; text-align: center; font-size: 120% } .gr_custom_each_container_1411654219 { /* customize each individual book container here */ width: 100%; clear: both; margin-bottom: 10px; overflow: auto; padding-bottom: 4px; border-bottom: 1px solid #aaa; } .gr_custom_book_container_1411654219 { /* customize your book covers here */ overflow: hidden; height: 60px; float: left; margin-right: 4px; width: 39px; } .gr_custom_author_1411654219 { /* customize your author names here */ font-size: 10px; } .gr_custom_tags_1411654219 { /* customize your tags here */ font-size: 10px; color: gray; } .gr_custom_rating_1411654219 { /* customize your rating stars here */ float: right; } Brandi's Most Recent Reads Once I Was Cool: Personal Essays by Megan Stielstra Wow. Just wow. This is a fantastic collection of essays.(Even an essay explaining what an essay is in a funny and readble way.) She gets down and dirty with her thoughts on motherhood, forgiveness, and boundaries. And she does it in a w... tagged: 2014 Festive in Death by J.D. Robb This is one of those titles that caused a reading funk for me. Because I didn't want it to end. I debated with myself: do I go back and re-read from the start of the In Death series? Do I read it a second time? (I wound up re-reading mos... tagged: 2014 Cole's Redemption by J.D. Tyler I loved this book. There's so much to the relationships in this title -- the pack, the father/daughter conflict, the sisterhood between the wives, the men (ooh, the men). I also really liked the way Tyler dealt with joy and agony. Can't ... tagged: 2014 Midnight Rescue by Elle Kennedy I'm late to the party on this series, and I cannot wait to read the rest. Kennedy nails location, terror and suspense, and undercover work. The book starts in a horrible moment and you know immediately that Abby Sinclair is a force. I l... tagged: 2014 Death in Four Courses by Lucy Burdette tagged: 2014 Tower Lord by Anthony Ryan tagged: 2014 Listen to the Squawking Chicken: When Mother Knows Best, What's a Daughter To Do? A Memoir by Elaine Lui tagged: 2014 Wicked Burn by Beth Kery tagged: 2014 Blood Song by Anthony Ryan This book was incredible. It was one of those rare books that I read at a slower pace because I needed to savor it. Anthony Ryan's writing is incredibly tight. I was impressed with the way he layered the best of epic fantasy with complex... tagged: 2014 Midnight Crossroad by Charlaine Harris This book was incredible. I almost missed my train stop because I was so absorbed in the world that Charlaine Harris created. I'm really excited about this series -- the characters all have interesting quirks and are also grounded in the... tagged: 2014 Share book reviews and ratings with Brandi, and even join a book club on Goodreads.