Category: Worth the Read?

  • Worth the Read? — Long Way Down, by Jason Reynolds

    Welcome to “Worth the Read?” where I give you my honest opinion on whether you should spend your precious time reading a super-hyped New York Times Bestseller. Today’s book is: Long Way Down, by Jason Reynolds On New York Times Best Sellers list (Young Adult Hardcover) for 10 weeks The Hype: Long Way Down was…

  • Worth the Read? — Turtles All the Way Down

    Welcome to “Worth the Read?” where I give you my honest opinion on whether you should spend your precious time reading a super-hyped New York Times Bestseller. Today’s book is: Turtles All the Way Down, by John Green On New York Times Best Sellers list (Young Adult Hardcover) for 15 weeks The Hype: Just take…

  • Worth the Read? – One of Us Is Lying

    Welcome to “Worth the Read?” where I give you my honest opinion on whether you should spend your precious time reading a super-hyped New York Times Bestseller. Today’s book is: One of Us Is Lying, by Karen M. McManus On New York Times Best Sellers list (Young Adult Hardcover) for 13 weeks The Hype: Before…

  • Worth the Read?: I Can’t Make This Up – Life Lessons, by Kevin Hart

      Welcome to “Worth the Read?” where I give you my honest opinion on whether you should spend your precious time reading a super-hyped New York Times Bestseller. Today’s book is: I Can’t Make This Up: Life Lessons, by Kevin Hart Funny thing…I took a little too long getting through I Can’t Make This Up….

  • Worth the Read?: Camino Island

    Welcome to “Worth the Read?”, where I give you my honest opinion on whether you should spend your precious time reading a super-hyped New York Times Bestseller. Today’s book is: Camino Island, by John Grisham On bestsellers list for 10 weeks Ranked #2 on Adult Hardback Fiction The Hype: John Grisham. That’s the hype 🙂…

  • Worth the Read? – Theft by Finding: Diaries 1977 – 2002

    Welcome to “Worth the Read?”, where I give you my honest opinion on whether you should spend your precious time reading a super-hyped New York Times Bestseller. Today’s book is: Theft by Finding: Diaries 1977 – 2002, by David Sedaris On bestsellers list for 7 weeks Ranked at #15 on Adult Hardback Non-Fiction The Hype:…

  • Worth the Read?: A Man Called Ove

    Welcome to “Worth the Read?”, where I give you my honest opinion on whether you should spend your precious time reading a super-hyped New York Times Bestseller. Today’s book is: A Man Called Ove, by Fredrik Backman On bestsellers list for 79 weeks Ranked at #8 on Adult Paperback Trade Fiction The Hype: A Man…

  • Worth the Read?: Into the Water

    Welcome to Worth the Read?, where I give you my honest opinion on whether you should spend your precious time reading a super-hyped New York Times Bestseller. Today’s book is: Into the Water, by Paula Hawkins On bestsellers list for 7 weeks Ranked at #4 on Adult Hardback Fiction The Hype: Into the Water flew…

  • New Series: New York Times Bestsellers – Worth the Read?

    Time. There isn’t enough of it, and what precious little we have, we want to use as effectively as possible. For me and many readers I know, this means the books we read need to be worth the hours we spend on them. Lots of folks use the New York Times Bestsellers list as their…