Reader, I murdered her. The Wife Upstairs is all over the place. Is it gothic, a rom-com, or a thriller? In truth, it is probably all three. Being a retelling of Jane Eyre, the novel had a lot to live up to. Rachel Hawkins made sure to have parallels for the Jane Eyre fan to recognize […]
I loved this book when I was in 3rd grade. I thought poppycock was the greatest word ever invented and used it constantly. Mr. Fox and his lack of tail always made me laugh and held my breath when he became trapped in his home. Roald Dahl is a genius storyteller.
Reading Progress Reckless Girls is an interesting, modern-day take on Agatha Christie’s And Then There Were None. Review in bullet points: Rachel Hawkins takes care in the development of the goings-on on the island and like Lost each passenger has a unique backstory before they arrived on the island. I really liked this as it […]
Mini Review I don’t have a lot to say about The Christmas Train, I had to slog through this for my book club. I really couldn’t stand this book. It’s so unbelievably stupid, and there is no plot whatsoever, or at least not a decent one.
Mini Review I read this for my book club with very low expectations, thinking it may be too spiritual or inspirational for me. Know my reading preference I was right. the five people you meet in heaven were a little too pull at the heartstrings for me and was trying too hard to mimic plot […]
I listened to Themes and Variations during the 2020 lockdown. This grouping of short stories was just the ticket to get me out of whatever anxiety I was feeling that day. Like all of David Sedaris’ books, I was laughing out loud and the time passed quickly without me noticing it. I’ll also note that […]
Review in Bulletpoints: For such a short audiobook Paula Mclain has written a novel packed full of punch The subject matter of a female scientist is always interesting to me. However, I appreciated that the language was written in a way that anyone could decifer the sciencey lingo. Hillary Huber was a new narrator to […]
Review The Heatwave is Albert Camus’ The Stranger, if Tinder had exisited. Victor Jestin’s novel is a slow burn. From the minute Leo discovers Oscar’s deceased body I felt like an ant squirming under a magnifying glass. The Heatwave takes its time telling the story. Because of this, you could feel the anguish over what […]
Review The Yellow Wallpaper is a short story of a women with postpartum depression. However, as it is the 1800s her husband assumes it is “nerves” and that she is slowly going mad. The story takes places in the space of one room with you guessed it — yellow wallpaper. Her desent and obesseion with […]
First Sentence: Our hero was not one of those Dominican cats everybody’s always going on about – he wasn’t no home-run hitter or a fly bachatero, not a playboy with a million hots on his jock. My Thoughts: I love books about geeks and I couldn’t help but fall in love with Oscar Lin-Manuel Miranda […]