Desperately Seeking Bookworm

I don't exactly remember how I came to reading this book, but I'm sure it was because of an automated Goodreads recommendation. I couldn't even remember what it was about, but I still planned to read it. On that note, I am so incredibly glad I decided to give this a shot because it was impressive. Please do read the book, if you're into Dateline specials, Lifetime movies, or are just pining for something to read after you've read Gillian Flynn's entire collection! Still Missing by Chevy Stevens will certainly not disappoint you. I want to warn that if you are reading this, it will contain spoilers and I advise you not to read the rest of the post. I realized that my synopsis was extremely choppy and just all around awful, but there is so much into this book you cannot fit it into 1 or 2 paragraphs. It goes so much deeper than my terrible descriptive nature, but TRUST ME this book was AMAHZING! So, to save you the trouble of telling me it was awful (thanks I g...

I've never been all up on book "trends".  I don't automatically see them talking about a book on The Talk and be like "OMGZ I need to read that!", I usually wait until they make it into a movie and then I think about reading it.  I came across this book when I was going through my recommendations on Goodreads. I thought the title alone was hilarious, and immediately knew it had to be some kind of parody, and that is when I realized I needed to read this book. That is when I picked up Fifty Shames of Earl Grey by Fanny Merkin as my next literary adventure. Fifty Shames is exactly what you think it is, a comedy parody of Fifty Shades , the nauseating "must read" all the girls seem to be into. I read most of Fifty Shades , it was okay. I also read the good parts online, it wasn't anything special. It didn't tug at my morality like The Hunger Games did, or make me bawl like a baby like Oprah's book club selections do. It was simply j...