Initial Thoughts: To be honest when I first picked up Until You’re Mine the plot reminded me of a Lifetime movie I had seen involving a deranged nanny who desperately wanted a child. I hate comparing books to Lifetime movies as it can quickly cheapen it. That is never my intention. Despite this judgement the […]
Fond of: Novels about devious children have always interested me, thus the plot for The Wicked Girls drew me in. I thought the concept of how one day or action could drastically change someones life is an interesting idea and the topsy-turvyness was well executed. The flashbacks to 1986, the day of the crime were well paced and […]
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 […]
Interview with the Vampire had been recommended to me by several friends and picked up at my latest trip to the public library. I immediately became engrossed in this novel and was transported to 18th-century Louisiana. Anne Rice’s descriptions on a vampire’s day-to-day or night-to night life were fascinating; from the transformation to mortal to […]
I read Mudbound several years ago for book club. We had gone through a rut of “happy books” which are not to my taste — I prefer a little hardship in my reading material. A guy had recently joined which had me thinking “good, our selections won’t/can’t be gender specific and will be of more […]
The Secret Life of Bees was a little to touchy feely for me, all the hugging, praying,finding yourself crap was ya-ya sisterhood on a smaller scale. I found it extremely predictable i.e. Lily’s mother living with the “calender girls” May, June and August ten years prior. I really had to plow my way through the […]
The Blood of Flowers was spellbinding and really took you to 17th century Persia. The descriptions of the process of rug making was very interesting and the colors and patterns the characters used sound gorgeous. I loved the idea of the girl’s ”secret marriage” and had me holding my breath every time her marriage contract […]
Pierre Lemaitre’s novel kept me on my toes from beginning to end. with Alex, the victim and one of the main characters in the novel I developed whiplash, never fully being able to decide how I felt about her. She was kept in a box for a week but on the other side of the […]
I ordered Allegiant through the library and due to the massive hold I was unable to renew it. I was not disappointed, in fact I feel the need to discourage the 104 people who are waiting to read this book. I forced myself to read my 100 page minimum, but even that was a stuggle. […]