It's what you'd call a provocative title: I'm glad my mom died! I'm glad my mom died is the title of former child star Jennette McCurdy's book. Who is this Jennette? Jennette became famous for her role as Sam in the popular Nickelodeon series iCarly. My children used to enjoy watching this series. It was...
'You love meYou want meYou need meYou'll be the death of me' Now how's that for an opening line! It certainly got mý attention, I can tell you. Being stalked Imagine yourself being stalked by a colleague from work. You don't know what you did to catch his attention, but somehow you did. And he's...
I've been reading books written by Joy Fielding for a long time. She has a certain way of spinning her stories, I like. I just finished her book The Bad Daughter. Here's my review! The Bad Daughter what's it all about? The Bad Daughter is a psychological thriller featuring Robin and her sister Melanie. One...
Me, our dog and my Ruggable carpet: let's take a trip ; ) I love carpets in my home. They make our living room feel more comfortable and cozy. But at the same time they can be scary places where dirt, dust, bacteria and pieces of human skin like to settle down. Yuck. Which is...
I love Sophie Kinsella's Shopaholic books. Or should I say: 'I loved the first two.' Because I'm sad to say, they're not getting any better... Shopaholic: what's it all about? The Shopaholic books are all about Becky Bloomwood. Becky is a shopaholic. She's always buying stuff. And in the first book this gets her into...
Looking for a way to tame the frizzy mop that is my hair, I searched the internet, and found enthusiastic reviews of Argan Oil. It's also known as Moroccan Gold, and gold is good enough for me! One bottle of argan oil please So I went out and bought me a bottle of 100 ml...
Ever since my uncle Hank told me he thought you can never be sure the cremation ashes you take home are in fact the ashes of your loved one, I've been on the fence when it comes to cremation. Because what if my uncle Hank is right?! Then I read about bios urns. Those are...
The Dutch are well known for their love of bikes. They don't just use a bike for sports. They use it all the time to get from A to B. Shirly Agudo even wrote a book about the Dutch and their bikes: bicycle mania. Dutch moms multitask on bikes You can easily recognize a Dutch...
Do all your different usernames and passwords drive you crazy? I for one, forget mine all the time! It's so annoying. Wouldn't it be easier if there was only one network that you could use for everything? From social media accounts to messageboards etc. One network, one username, one password, one person? In Dave Egger's...
I love to read books because of the stories they tell. Content before style Sure, I like my books well written, but content is more important than style as far as I'm concerned. So imagine my surprise when I found myself reading Belinda Bauers book The Facts of Life and Death mostly because of her very...
