Girl Gone Reading

Island 731 by Jeremy Robinson, this book opens with a wounded WW2 naval man washed ashore on an island awakened from being eaten by...

Are you tired of politics yet? Or perhaps you’re tired of the multitude of social media posts by friends who just learned the word...

I want to tell you about a book series I really enjoyed, set at Harvard University. The book series I’m recommending this week is by...

I saved this one for the closest to Halloween, but it was tough. This book is considered one of the best 'scary' novels for 2019, and I...

This is something I murmur to myself often. I must have asked myself this question at least ten times in the last two weeks, and it had...

From the time I was very young (probably too young) I was reading The Exorcist, anything by Stephen King, and collections of short horror...

Girl Gone Smart would like to welcome Patrick to our blog roll! Patrick is an avid reader, musician, and all round cool dude. He doesn't...

So, in purposely steering away from my cathartic, oversharing blog posts, I decided to try my hand at a book review. I've been trying to...

I hit a snafu in my reading schedule. I was supposed to review House of Leaves by Mark D. Danielweski this week but I left my Kindle at a...

When I love a book, I can wax lyrical for ages about its ups and downs, but for The Testaments by Margaret Atwood, this is going to be tough

It's not October yet, but for lovers of horror, supernatural, and all things weird, there's no time like the present to start your fall...

Originally published in the Albany Times Union, June 2, 2017. Republished with updates for where to purchase. I was in the middle of...

I've always thought I was a good communicator. I have a great command of the English language, I’m intelligent, and I want to make things...

If you're not familiar with the book The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood, then surely you're familiar with the insanely popular show...

This book was a free book of the month choice from Amazon. I have to admit I've been a bit more than fascinated by both fiction and...

Most of you who follow my book reviews are aware of my passion for historical non-fiction. When Carnegie’s Maid was offered up as a free...

I’ve been involved in quite a few lively debates about the minimum wage being raised over six years for fast food workers. One argument...

I have a few folks asking me where my most recent book recommendation is, and the problem is I don’t really have one at this very moment...

A friend recently asked me if I have read The Woman in Cabin 10, and I have. This was originally published in the Times Union on...

My heart was beating out of my chest. I yelled at my husband for interrupting me. I didn’t want to move even to feed my cats. I was on...