Rainy Days With Amanda

Have you ever judged a book by its cover, and then bought it? I have plenty of times! I actually found this book when I was traveling at a local Dollar Tree . Yes, Dollar Tree has books for $1! They actually have a pretty decent selection and I have actually seen the Target sticker on some of the books on the shelf. That is how I found the book I am reviewing currently. When I saw the cover, it looked like something I would read, then I saw the small Penguin Books symbol on the top right and knew it was legit. What also intrigued my interest was the "True story behind the film American Hustle ," wanted to see that  because I wanted to see that movie (which I did), and I have currently been in the whole 70's investigator movies mood. WARNING: Spoiler Alert! A Little Bit of Background First off, this book was authored by a journalist who worked at Newsday , where he headed investigative teams and won the Pulitzer Prize Gold medal twice! Abscam stood for "Arabian ...

I was so excited when I heard that there was a sequel to the book, To Kill a Mockingbird . I was also excited when my fiance surprised me with this book, because I have been wanting to read it for a year now, but finally got some extra time! Here is brief review of Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee . (Warning! You may encounter spoilers!) Brief Background: Go set a Watchman is the sequel to Harper Lee's first novel, To Kill a Mockingbird , which first was published in 1960. Even though this book is the sequel, it was actually written before the first. Publishers rejected "Watchman,"and her editor wanted her to create a younger version of Scout, rather than older. Some have also said that Harper Lee may have not wanted the book to be published, but we can never know for sure. You can read a brief article about it from Today News . This book takes place about 16 years after "Mockingbird" in about the 1950's when the civil rights movement was occurring. ...

I was thinking to myself one day, what do I want to a blog on? It dawned on me that since I read a lot of books throughout the year, why not start a book review type of blog? When I came up with this brilliant idea, I was in the middle of reading Phantom of the Opera, which is one of my favorite love stories of all time! I had never actually read the book, but I have seen the it on Broadway (and will be seeing it again this October! Eeep!) and I own the movie and the soundtrack and have lots of memorabilia! Even though I have been a fan for a long time, I went into Half Price Books one day and found that there was a book! I think I always knew that the story originally came from a book, but with work and college, I never got around to finding it. Now that I have it in my grasp and have finally finished it, I can give you a proper review! A Little Bit of Background I obtained the 1990 edition with translations from Lowell Bair. There were more up-to-date editions, but this cov...