Initial Thoughts: When I first heard of Landing Gear I thought it had a very interesting premise and was curious as to how all these different stories would twine together. Fond Of: I loved the idea of Landing Gear, it was as fresh as the air Yacub breathed in on his way down to Earth, […]
Finally, I read Cress, and it was everything I had hoped it would be! Not to cheap out in review format as it was one hell of a ride, but my internet service is a little slow thus I shall lighten my cursing at an inanimate object and top thirteen it instead. I loved the return of […]
Stephen King’s Mr. Mercedes is too big. It is in hardcover, there are so many pages and is not very conducive while reading in bed. My eyes start to get heavy as does the book in hand, having me waking up minutes later with Bill Hodges in my face. Perhaps this is my fault, I […]
When my grandmother was a child she had a doll. She was playing with this doll while work was being done on her home. She set her toy down but when she returned it had been walled in, never to be seen again. This what first came to mind upon the discovery of Nell’s Diary. […]
Speed Date With Darcy: First Date: Sir Camden is a combination of Wickham and Darcy. He has the apparent bad boy persona but the mysteriousness of Darcy. We are shown a snippet of his good nature which actually reminded me of Colonel Brandon. So far, I have a bag of Austenesque characters. Second Date: Characters […]
House of Glass is a combination of the TV shows Crisis and Hostage both are suspenseful and deal with being held captive, along with the terror it includes. House of Glass is a lot like that. Ted Glass was very reminiscent of Dermot Mulroney’s character, he just seemed too calm and something didn’t feel quite […]
“Thinking I was free from the Mongols forever, I felt such joy that I almost cried my thanks aloud.” Our heroine Sofia exclaims at the beginning of Solomon’s Bride, I so wished this was true, and routed for her at the end of The Grip of God, but knew this would not be the case. […]
I’ve always enjoyed reading novels about Egyptian Pharaohs but they have mainly been on Nefertiti and Cleopatra, so when a novel about Hatshepsut came to my attention I jumped at the chance as I haven’t read much about her — why did it take me so long! Yes, the novel is fiction but beyond the […]
Review This may sound strange, but while reading Birth of an Assassin I was reminded of the tv show Scandal. There is one episode in particular, where we learn about Huck and why/how he became a professional killer. A short autobiography if you will, and perhaps on a longer scale, Birth of an Assassin reminded me […]
When I was ten I repeated 5th grade. We were moving and had severe health issues. My parents felt more comfortable having my brother (who was in 4th) and I at the same school, I have always looked young for my age, no one would know, it was a new beginning. That is how I […]