Read a review of the New England Colonial thriller, In the House in the Dark of the Woods by Laird Hunt here… Read More Short Review #5: In the House in the Dark of the Woods by Laird Hunt (2018)
Read one of my more comprehensive and debating reviews of The Secrets We Kept by Lara Prescott here… Read More Book Review #17: The Secrets We Kept by Lara Prescott (2019)
Read a review about the magical and sensible novel The Immortalists… Read More Short Review #4: The Immortalists by Chloe Benjamin (2018)
Read more about To Keep The Sun Alive, a haunting and lovely novel by Rabeah Ghaffari.… Read More Book Review #16: To Keep The Sun Alive by Rabeah Ghaffari (2019)
Read a review of the magical murder mystery, The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton here..… Read More Short Review #3: The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle (2018)
My second Short Review about Riley Sager’s thrilling and campy mystery The Last Time I Lied..… Read More Short Review #2: The Last Time I Lied by Riley Sager (2018)
Read a heartfelt review of On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous and learn more about why you should read it… Read More Book Review #15: On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong (2019)
A complimentary review of the captivating novel Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk… Read More Book Review #14: Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk (2019)
Read my first short-ish review about this nonfiction wonder, How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy by Jenny Odell… Read More Short-ish Review #1: How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy (2019)
Read a review of Catch and Kill by Ronan Farrow, a tale of espionage and reporting that ultimately revealed what an industry kept hidden so well… Read More Book Review #13: Catch and Kill by Ronan Farrow (2019)
Read about this exceptional and eye-opening book about the American drug epidemic here…… Read More Book Review #12: Dopesick by Beth Macy (2018)
Read about the comedic musings of Gary Janetti in Do You Mind If I Cancel?… Read More Book Review #11: Do You Mind If I Cancel? By Gary Janetti (2019)
Read a totally rad review about feminist literary criticism, which is Trick Mirror by Jia Tolentino.… Read More Book Review #10: Trick Mirror by Jia Tolentino (2019)
A review of Face It by Debbie Harry, that I had difficulty deciding on what to say about this wonderful book. … Read More Book Review #9: Face It by Debbie Harry (2019)
Title: Horrorstör A NovelAuthor: Grady Hendrix, illustrated by Michael RogalskiPublished: 2014 (Quirk Books)Pages: 240Genre: Horror, Dark Comedy, Haunted House, Ghost StoryLink Here I finished this spooky novel just in time for Halloween. Speaking of which, Happy Halloween everyone!🎃 I thought talking about a horror novel was appropriate for such a day. I have not read… Read More Book Review #8: Horrorstör A Novel by Grady Hendrix (2014)
Title: Disappearing Earth: A NovelAuthor: Julia PhillipsPublished: 2019 (Alfred A Knopf, Penguin Random House LLC, New York)Pages: 256Genre: Fiction, Novel, Thriller, Child Abduction, RussianLink Here “All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way” – Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy I was thinking about the quote above from the famous… Read More Book Review #7: Disappearing Earth by Julia Phillips (2019)
Title: How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional UniverseAuthor: Charles YuPublished: 2010 (Pantheon Books, Random House Inc., New York)Pages: 234Genre: Science Fiction, Time Travel, Post-Modern LitLink Here This book was literally a “trip” to read. I also haven’t come across such an explanation of time travel like in Charles Yu’s novel. The book functions… Read More Book Review #6: How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe by Charles Yu (2010)
Title: The Memory PoliceAuthor: Yōko Ogawa (Translated by Stephen Snyder)Published: 2019 (Pantheon Books, originally published in 1994 by Kodansha)Pages: 288Genre: Fiction, Dystopian, Orwellian Two reviews in one day, because I’m trying to play catch-up! I read this one a few weeks ago, and it was haunting from beginning to end. Ogawa tells a harrowing tale… Read More Book Review #5: The Memory Police by Yōko Ogawa (2019)
Title: Lock Every DoorAuthor: Riley SagerPublished: 2019 (Dutton, Penguin Random House LLC)Pages: 368Genres: Fiction, Thriller, Mystery Sager has only written 3 books, but her books have kept me guessing every time. I first read her earlier book, Final Girls. And after reading both, her books seem promising and something like ‘wow the women in her… Read More Book Review #4: Lock Every Door by Riley Sager (2019)
Title: Daisy Jones & The SixAuthor: Taylor Jenkins ReidPublished: 2019 (Ballantine Books, Penguin Random House LLC)Pages: 368 I am a few reviews behind due to normal busy life excuses, but I’m catching up now! As I’m writing this, I’m enjoying my 70s rock playlist that I made on Spotify. It features way too much David… Read More Book Review #3: Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid (2019)
Title: Someone Will Love You In All Your Damaged Glory – StoriesAuthor: Raphael Bob-WaksbergPublished: 2019 (Alfred A. Knopf, New York)Pages: 244 “The things that are the most important aren’t shared; they are important only to us” (pg. 91) This humanizing quote, among many, are featured in Bob-Waksberg’s debut book, Someone Will Love You In All… Read More Book Review #2: Someone Will Love You In All Your Damaged Glory by Raphael Bob-Waksberg (2019)
Title: Tai Pei by Tao LinAmazon Link: HerePublication Date: June 2013Pages: 256 I’m starting with a novel that I read in 2018. Why am I reviewing a book I read a year ago? How can you trust my memory or first impressions of this book? Because it was one of my favorites that I read… Read More Book Review #1: Tai Pei by Tao Lin (2013)
Hello! Let me begin by saying, I enjoy reading A LOT. From the back of DVD sleeves when I’m bored, to long novels that kept me captivated for days. I love getting lost in other people’s stories and adventures. My head has been in books since I was a baby, staring endlessly at picture books… Read More Introduction to This Blog
