Published June 13, 2018

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Review: Never Be Alone by Paige Dearth

My review: If you’re looking for a feel good story of surviving teenage homeless, look elsewhere. Never Be Alone is truthful, brutal and unapologetically raw. It forces us to confront that which makes a lot of us uncomfortable, kids doing what they need to do to survive on the...

Published April 18, 2018

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Book Review: Autumn by David Moody

After 99% of the population of the planet is killed in less than 24 hours, for the very few who have managed to stay alive, things are about to get much worse. Animated by "phase two" of some unknown contagion, the dead begin to rise.

Published December 31, 2017

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Book Review: Still Missing by Chevy Stevens

My Review: This one is difficult to review. Not because of the subject matter but because it started off decently and then went off the rails for me. The beginning read like a case study of the psyche of a shattered mind. I was fascinated by the behavior of...

Published December 28, 2017

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Book Review: Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

My Review: Scary and sad to live in a society where books are illegal. To think that you have to hide them even from your spouse is heart wrenching, I’m a goody two shoes – don’t drink*, don’t smoke, what do I do? I don’t jaywalk here in Vegas...

Published March 22, 2017

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Book Review: The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas by John Boyne

My Review: This is another book that almost fell victim to an overcrowded TBR and returned to the library unread. Part of the reason I almost gave up reading this was because this was a March Group read for a group on goodreads. I have never done a group...

Published August 29, 2018

Review: The English Wife by Lauren Willig

My Review: “…taking a sip of her tea, which had been brewed too weak. Americans, no matter how they aped English manners, no matter how they imported hampers from Fortnum’s, failed to understand tea.” One of my favorite quotes. As Americans we have no business brewing tea. This country...

Published August 29, 2018

Review: The Case of the Deadly Doppelganger by Lucy Banks

My Review: You like cozy mystery, yes? This is the second book in the Dr Ribero’s Agency Of The Supernatural. They are like, how the Americans say, Keystone Cops, yes? My apologies to the author for that really bad impression of Dr Ribero. This story finds our gang teaming...

Published August 4, 2018

TBR August 2018

These are the books I plan and hope to read this month, in no particular order with the exception of Shogun, which I hope to start on the 25th and close out the month. I’m planning to review them as well… picture that 😉 1. The Merchant’s Pearl Gorgeous...