4.5 stars
Author, Jason Diamond, grew up in the northern suburbs of Chicago where many of John Hughes movies are based and where Hughes himself lived. The movies served as a retreat from an incredibly sad childhood and adolescence, reliably providing relatable characters and happy endings. As a young adult attempting to figure out his life in New York, he decides to write a comprehensive, unauthorized biography of John Hughes. While spending years working on this biography, he starts to come to terms with his childhood and slowly work through how he wants to live his life. Instead of a John Hughes biography, he has written a very personal memoir that take the movies of his (and mine) youth and fits them into the biography of his own life. I am about the same age as Diamond and while my life experiences are not at all similar, I related to this book...a lot. I received this book through a LibraryThing giveaway in exchange for an honest review.
A Perilous Undertaking (Veronica Speedwell #2) by Deanna Raybourn
Publication Date - January 10, 2017
4 stars
Veronica Speedwell is back in this second installment to solve a mystery, outsmart the bad guys and catch some butterflies. Set during Victorian England, Veronica abhors most social niceties and lives by her own rules. Fortunately, she has found a wealthy benefactor and a cantankerous, yet handsome, partner to help her along. The mystery in this one almost takes a backburner to Veronica and Stoker's relationship and to Veronica herself. At times, her personality is taken a bit far and seems almost cartoonish but she and her side characters are extremely likable and there is definitely enough backstory to take the series farther. I received this book through Penguin's First to Read Program in exchange for an honest review.
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