December 2023
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OLIVER TWIST – Charles Dickens
CLASSICS WEEK I remember reading Oliver Twist back in high school (oh, the snickering over the name of the character of Master Bates) but that was a long time ago and so, since I had a free copy from Open Road Media on my Kindle, I thought I’d give it another read. This book definitely Continue reading
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THE MYSTERIOUS AFFAIR AT STYLES – Agatha Christie
CLASSICS WEEK Regular readers of my reviews will know that I’m a relatively new reader in the mystery genre. It is for this reason that I have not read much Agatha Christie (I’m much more familiar with some of her plays than I am with her novels). Thanks to Open Road Media, I’ve been able Continue reading
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THE LAST MAN – Mary Shelley
CLASSICS WEEK Prior to this the only thing I’ve read by Mary Shelley was Frankenstein and so I thought I might broaden my reading horizons by checking out some of her other works. Given the premise here and how sci-fi it seems, I thought this might be a good place to start. The Last Man narrates the story Continue reading
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THE ILIAD – Homer (translated by Barry B. Powell)
CLASSICS WEEK Homer’s The Iliad has been one of those books that I’d never read but always meant to ‘get around to it.’ When I saw this ARC for a new translation I thought it might spur me on, but even so it’s been ten years! Finally, though, I devoted time to this reading and Continue reading
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THE RIVER WE REMEMBER – William Kent Krueger
In the southwest corner of the state of Minnesota is the small town of Jewel. It is 1958 and the War is still fresh in people’s minds and Memorial Day has significant meaning to most. But this particular Memorial Day, while many are celebrating the day, the body of Jimmy Quinn (a wealthy, local landowner) Continue reading
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THE OLYMPIAN AFFAIR – Jim Butcher
We’ve finally got the second book (third book?) in Jim Butcher’s The Cinder Spires series. I wasn’t particularly impressed with the first book, but this is Jim Butcher – author of one of the most popular urban fantasy series ever with The Dresden Files! Surely he can recapture some of that magic (pun intended). The Continue reading
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DREAMING THE BEATLES – Rob Sheffield
I read a lot of books about The Beatles and it just never ceases to amaze me how much their legacy endures that people are still writing and reading about them. It seems that anyone who’s ever listened to their music and felt as though their lives were affected by the band, has something to Continue reading
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CRIMSON CLIMB – E. K. Johnston
I have not kept up with the Star Wars literary catalog. If you include the animated series’, I have not stayed up to date with the shows and I’m not entirely sure why. But what I find as I try to get back in to the Star Wars world(s) is that there are a LOT Continue reading
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WORKING GIRL – Sophia Giovannitti
TRIGGER WARNING – THIS REVIEW (AND BOOK) SPEAK FRANKLY OF SEX AND SEX ACTS I’ve struggled to figure out how to start this review … much the way that author Sophia Giovannitti appears to have struggled to get her thoughts across in her memoir Working Girl: On Selling Art and Selling Sex. Giovannitti has been both Continue reading
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LOST IN PARIS – Betty Webb
What do you do when you’re an Alabama debutante and you’ve disgraced your family name in the 1920s? You move to Paris and become friends with Ernest and Hadley Hemingway, of course! At least that’s what Zoe Barlow does after she’s been sent packing from Beech Glen, the family plantation, by her older brother and Continue reading
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HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN LIVES NEXT DOOR – Cary Fagan
It’s been a few years since I’ve read a book that could very easily qualify for the prestigious Caldecott Award, but Cary Fagan’s Hans Christian Andersen Lives Next Door is just such a book. Andie Gladman is the new girl in a school in a small Canadian town of Meaford, Ontario. She’d like to think that she’s Continue reading
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THE DEFECTOR – Chris Hadfield
**WARNING – POSSIBLE SPOILERS AHEAD!! *** Astronaut and author Chris Hadfield is back with another thriller in his Apollo Murders series. But anyone expecting a thriller in space may be disappointed. This book is much more down-to-earth. It is 1973 and Russian test pilot Alexander Vasilyevich Abramovich (better known by his nickname ‘Grief’) lands his MiG-25 – Continue reading
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