B.O.A.S Rating – 3/5 “Oh, how I regret not having worn a bikini for the entire year I was twenty-six. If anyone young is reading this, go, right this minute, put on a bikini, and don’t take it off until you’re thirty-four.” This book was a riot! The book is a collection of essays. Some…
Hyperbole and Half by Allie Brosh – Snappy Review
B.O.A.S Rating – 3/5 I discovered Hyperbole and a Half as I was searching for a November nomination for book club. I’m not sure whether it was the goofy cover or that I identify with flawed coping mechanisms, but I decided to read this before the month’s pick. Allie Brosh is one of those people…
Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie – Snappy Review
B.O.A.S Rating – 4/5 Purple Hibiscus was part endearing and part horrifying. Shy Kambili and her brother Jaja, grow up in the tyranny of their devout and wealth father, Papa. Their own mother is hapless to the situation and is as much a victim as they are. While adored, almost revered, by his community and…
Where’s The Hacienda?
Do you remember when you were younger, how KBC and KTN were full of Telenovelas? That all you day-dreamed about as you watched them was when you’d be old enough to fall in love the way the heroines did with the handsome hacienda owners. You knew before there was a happily ever after, they would…
Hello, World!
Hello there! My name is Damaris. I’m 33 years old, an only child, not yet married but dating a real nice human. My biggest flaw at the moment (because they change up constantly) is that I let perfect be the enemy of the good. Take, for example, this blog. I bought the domain on June…
Saturday’s Child.
Monday’s child is fair of face, Tuesday’s child is full of grace, Wednesday’s child is full of woe, Thursday’s child has far to go, Friday’s child is loving and giving, Saturday’s child works hard for a living, And the child that is born on the Sabbath day Is bonny and blithe, and good and gay. I…
If I Could Name Myself…
Hey. Welcome to my blog. I am especially chuffed that you clicked on the About Me section. That you want to know more about the writer. My name’s Damaris but if kids got to name themselves, I would have rebranded myself Dharma thanks to the hit show Dharma and Greg that aired back then. I…
Born on a Saturday 