First Impressions I was engaged from the start of Lessons in Chemistry. Bonnie Garmus’s writing is smooth and almost intimate, slowly introducing me to the character’s vulnerabilities, particularly Elizabeth Zott’s as she made her way just as good as any man and attempted to undo stereotypes from the 60s. Impressions While Reading Bonnie Garmus’ character […]
Review Career of Evil is the third book in the Cormoran Strike series and unfortunately, it will probably be my last. I enjoyed the book’s two predecessors however, this installment was long-winded with a backstory that felt unnecessary or had already been touched on in a previous novel. At times Career of Evil felt more […]
I originally picked up What the Dead Know because of my love for unsolved mysteries and the Anastasiaesque theme of the novel. Instead, Shawn Colvin’s Sunny Came Home came to mind. Let me explain. Sunny and Heather Bethany disappeared and thirty years later Heather reemerges, coming home so to speak. Like Anna Anderson I called […]
Do you remember when Elaine Benes saw The English Patient? Well, that is how I felt about Euphoria by Lily King. it was long, boring and “how bout it sucked.” I typically like books that have romance and were based on or inspired by real persons and events. Although, like Lee Daniels’ The Butler “inspired […]