The Library of the Uncommons

ctaymor wants to read The Minto Pyramid Principle by Barbara Minto

Recommended by Nat

ctaymor wants to read Several short sentences about writing by Verlyn Klinkenborg

Several short sentences about writing (2012, Alfred A. Knopf)

Most of what you think you know about writing is useless. It's the harmful debris …

Recommended by Nat

ctaymor finished reading The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele Richardson

The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek (AudiobookFormat, 2019, Blackstone Publishing, Blackstone Audio)

No rating

I really enjoyed this. I nearly put it down because of the sexual violence early on (not necessarily badly written, not gratuitous, not explicit, and in general, relevant to the story, but more than I wanted to handle), but I kept on and I’m glad I did.

ctaymor finished reading The Friend Zone by Abby Jimenez

The Friend Zone (Paperback, 2019, Forever)

2nd read through, still enjoyed it a lot. It's intense and there is tragedy though. But also great.

ctaymor rated I Wish You All the Best: 5 stars

I Wish You All the Best (Hardcover, 2019, Push)

I Wish You All the Best by Mason Deaver

When Ben De Backer comes out to their parents as nonbinary, they're thrown out of their house and forced to …

ctaymor reviewed Fifth Avenue Story Society by Rachel Hauck

No cover — Fifth Avenue Story Society (2020, Nelson Incorporated, Thomas)

Review of 'Fifth Avenue Story Society' on 'Goodreads'

1 star

Few things are more annoying in a book than a surprise evangelical motive. It's fine to write a Christian novel, but please label it more obviously as such so I don't waste my time.

The story hums along interestingly, with broken, compelling characters, until one page, suddenly, one character talks about how Jesus saved her. And then, the rest of the book, the narrator continues with an obvious opinion of the "Truth" of Jesus. And of course, everyone ends up happily ever after because of Jesus and going to church. I wouldn't mind so much if it had been obvious from the beginning but don't waste my time. Seriously obnoxious and preachy and evangelical.