Briefly Wondering Wondrous Books. Bananas. (Can't Think of a Title)

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All I can say so far about Junot Diaz's The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao is WOW! (See what I did there?)

I'm about 100-110 pages in and I'm obsessed. It's written in a very slangy, street talk kind of way. (You would think that as someone who has chosen to major in English LITERATURE, I would have a more eloquent way of describing the prose... It's been a long week.)

It sounds as though the speaker is ACTUALLY speaking to you. It's full of great imagery, it's hilarious, it's heart-wrenching, it's incredulous,  it's everything mixed in one. Plus, the author's interesting use of footnotes adds another awesomely awesome element to the novel. And for those of you who like books that read fast, this book reads supafast.

I won't give a review of it because I have not read it in its entirety yet. For all I know on page 112 it turns all upside down. However, I will recommend you check it out, if not for the story, then for the impeccable writing. It's phenomenal. Don't believe me?

NEW REVIEW SERIES: Rosa Centifolia Cleansing Gel by Ren Clean Bio Active Skincare

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I have noticed that for the past several weeks, if not bordering on two months, I have been using some of the same products over and over again. This is very uncharacteristic of me. I thought I'd start to share some of my opinions on the products I've been loving on the website.

I don't know about you, but I'm always looking for people's opinions on stuff. That's what's so great about the interwebs! Although, it's kind of a mixed blessing because, I don't know if this has happened to you, but sometimes I'll find something that I want to buy. I go on google and type that product in along with "reviews." I start reading all these wonderful positive things about it, get pumped and excited about my new future purchase. Then, I come across a bad review or two or three and I'm completely torn. However, fear not. The following review--the first review, is a good review.

Rosa Centifolia Cleansing Gel by Ren Clean Bio Active Skincare

photo credit: http://www.renskincare.com/p/3093 

I was looking for a new face wash. I felt the one I was using before was drying me out... I stopped using it and actually used dove bar soap out of necessity. It worked pretty well, surprisingly, but I still wasn't getting the results I wanted. I went to Sephora and came across this brand Ren. I did not know anything about it, but it had caught my eye before. Specifically because on the label it says that it doesn't have a bunch of icky chemicals in it. I did a quick google on my phone and I decided I'm going to try it. The thing I love about Sephora, is that you can always return a product if you don't like it, so I thought let's give this a try! 

PROS & CONS:

Time for a change... and hot chocolate

So, I think it's time to change things up a bit around here. I had originally tried to make this a cooking blog of sorts, but I feel that is too limiting. Don't get me wrong, I still cook and I will probably still share recipes, but I don't want to force my blog into one specific category. I want it to be free to become whatever it is. With that, I will end this post and get excited about the evolution of excoffeeaddict.com.

Also, for those of you in Maryland, New York, New Jersey and Florida, you HAVE to try Aroma's hot chocolate with marshamllows. It is so unbelievably good. Seriously. Go try it. NOW. Then, let me know what you think =).

Here are their locations:

http://www.aroma.us/locations.php

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