Review Maisie Dobbs is a cute cozy mystery. However, I found the mystery part got lost in the stream of Maisie’s history. It felt like the author had forgotten what genre she was writing and merely popped back in last minute. On a positive note, I found Maisie and her assistant Billy to be engaging […]
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Review The Last Mrs Parrish started out strong. It dropped breadcrumbs I eagerly picked up in my quest to learn what Amber’s motive was. Sadly, that trail quickly dried up and I began sighing like Bella Swan in Twilight. The novel became like any other domestic thriller. However, despite the fact that the plot had […]
Reasons to Trespass on The Trespasser Not since Cassie Maddox in The Likeness have we had a female detective in the Dublin Murder Squad series and Tana French delivers with Antoinette Conway. She is smart, snappy, and doesn’t take anyone’s crap. She was just what I had been hoping for. Never fear, we still have Stephen […]
Weekly Wrap-up is where I share happenings on the blog, books I have read or acquired recently. I link to Caffeinated Book Reviewer and The Book Date. Off The Blog I participated in Dewey’s 24 Hour Readathon yesterday. I didn’t get as much reading done as I would have liked but I was able […]
Dewey’s 24 Hour Readathon is upon us and I am ready to get started. Reading List: The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat by Oliver Sacks The Silver Linings Playbook by Matthew Quick Maisie Dobbs by Jacqueline Winspear White Fang by Jack London The Coming Storm by Michael Lewis The Return of the […]
Reviews Done Quick I picked up Into The Wild while at my family’s cabin in Northern Wisconsin. From a landscape perspective it seemed like a perfect match. All I can say is thank goodness it is short. As usual, Jon Krakauer’s writing was spot on, it was his subject matter that was the problem, Christopher […]
Book Impressions With the likes of the Cleveland Three, and Elizabeth Smart in the news, kidnapped women who eventually are found is a hot topic. Girl Last Seen was more on the cold side. The characters were all one dimensional, particularly the two missing girls. Because of the lack of development I didn’t form a […]
Reviews Done Quick All The Light We Cannot See was one of the most hyped-up books when it was released in 2014 and even won a Pulitzer Prize. Sadly, I didn’t see it. I tried desperately but I just couldn’t get into it. It felt pretentious and had an Oscar (or in this case Pulitzer) […]
Weekly Wrap-up is where I share happenings on the blog, books I have read or acquired recently. I link to Caffeinated Book Reviewer, Off The Blog Last Saturday I saw the new A Star is Born with my mom and sister-in-law. I love Judy Garland and James Mason who starred in the 1954 version so […]