The Blood of Flowers was spellbinding and really took you to 17th century Persia. The descriptions of the process of rug making was very interesting and the colors and patterns the characters used sound gorgeous. I loved the idea of the girl’s ”secret marriage” and had me holding my breath every time her marriage contract […]
Manson is sick and twisted. Yet he is very complex and I felt Jeff Guinn excelled in exhibiting the life and times of Charles Manson. The first thing that comes to people’s minds with Charles Manson is the LaBianca/Tate murders. This biography explains how the makings of this came to pass beginning with his childhood. […]
Pierre Lemaitre’s novel kept me on my toes from beginning to end. with Alex, the victim and one of the main characters in the novel I developed whiplash, never fully being able to decide how I felt about her. She was kept in a box for a week but on the other side of the […]
“The neighbors all whisper about the two sisters who live on the hill: It’s Blanche Hudson who lives in that house, you know. The Blanche Hudson.” Anyone who knows me, knows that my favorite actress is Bette Davis, who starred in All About Eve, Dark Victory and What Ever Happened To Baby Jane? This was […]
I ordered Allegiant through the library and due to the massive hold I was unable to renew it. I was not disappointed, in fact I feel the need to discourage the 104 people who are waiting to read this book. I forced myself to read my 100 page minimum, but even that was a stuggle. […]
I’m not sure how I feel about Insurgent. The reader does get a deeper look at the different factions and Dauntless training, but it got repetitive. Tris goes through a simulation and someone tells her she’s Divergent, she goes through another simulation and someone else figures out she’s Divergent, and round and round we go. […]
I was greatly anticipating Diane Setterfield’s next novel as soon as I put down The Thirteenth Tale. the writing style was intoxicating and held perfect suspense. I was expecting the same caliber with Bellman & Black. I received the same beautiful writing but the suspense I was looking for was not. I know it is […]
I originally decided to read Divergent because of the impending film release in March and thus jumped on the Divergent bandwagon. I am so glad I did. All the characters are well-developed and the inevitable teen romance between Tris and Four, while predictable was well done and like Eric to Ariel all I could think […]
The Last Winter of Dani Lancing is tragic, the premise unimaginable, yet it was engrossing. P.D.Viner created characters that made you feel. Grief. I felt her parent’s grief, it hung in the air like a cloud before a rain storm. You’d think with the subject matter, a girl murdered with her parents left to pick […]
I have always been interested in true crime. Some may call it a sickness. I’m an avid watcher of the Investigation Discovery channel and have also followed such cases as Casey Anthony, Natalee Holloway, and Amanda Knox. The premise of Jennifer Dubois’ novel Cartwheel seemed reminiscent of Amanda Knox, thus piquing my interest. At first, and […]