This may sound a little snobbish but as a general rule I don’t read novels that have a cartoonish drawing on the cover; I typically take that as a warning sign for being a trashy novel. Please don’t ask why I picked it up. Little Bitty Lies by Mary Kay Andrews centers around Mary Bliss […]
Olive Kitteridge is beautifully written but if possible, almost too much so. A strange critic, but because of this I had to reread portions to make sure I understood what was going on and did not develop a connection to any of the characters, nor did I care when one exited and another entered. An […]
In the Shadow of Revenge was a good book. It could have been a great book if it wasn’t for the Ouija Board. When they were children, Cecily, Amelia and Hilary were “blood sisters” and used a Ouija board to tell them everything about their future. Everything changed the day Hilary was raped. Cecily still […]
When I was in 6th grade I wrote a paper on medieval torture, I have no idea why I chose the topic as I was always a happy, nonviolent kid. Perhaps, it was because The Man in the Iron Mask starring Leonardo DeCaprio had just come out, still the intrigue held. I feel sick even […]
I have loved the Flavia de Luce novels in the past but found Speaking From Among the Bones to be lackluster. I didn’t feel like there was much of a mystery element as there has been previously. Alan Bradley seemed to go off on tangents and thought the death of Mr. Collicutt took a backseat […]
I first heard about Eve in Hollywood through an ad on Goodreads. I saw the words “All About Eve” splash across the screen and immediately clicked on it as the 1950s film of the same name is my favorite movie. I soon found there was no relation to the film but as I scrolled down […]
I picked this up at my most resent visit to the library and was excited that it wasn’t checked out for once. As this was considered a “new release” at the library I could only check it out for a week. A first was worried that I wouldn’t be able to finish it in time. […]
You Are One of Them is steady, keeping an even pace, but it wasn’t necessarily the thriller I thought it was going to be — for some reason I was picturing espionage. This is not to say that I was disappointed, not by a long shot. You Are One of Them was suspenseful, I assumed […]
An obituary exhibits surviving family members, degrees, slight accomplishments, but never a full story of the decease’s life. Both Vivien Lowe and Ann Hood showcase this in The Obituary Writer. I almost dropped The Obituary Writer twenty pages in. When we are first introduced to Claire the reader is indulged to her thoughts on sex […]
I did something I hardly ever do, I read The Other Typist in one day. A few weeks ago a fellow blogger, Elizabeth at Silver Reviews warned me that The Other Typist was a book I would have to talk about, and she was right! It was incredible. The ending was a complete twist that I […]