I find it kind of funnily apropos that my lawyer-uncle gave me The Law of Innocence by Michael Connelly as a gift a few years ago. We somehow often get each other for not-so-secret Santa and equally often exchange books. This week, I finally got around to reading it and man alive, it was so good, [...]
I'm the kind of person who reads the Wikipedia synopsis of a scary movie instead of watching the film because I don't like scary stuff. Somewhat surprisingly, I do like ghosts--that's actually the only kind of "reality" tv I'll watch. Brenda Lyne's upcoming book The Thirteenth Cabin (aka. TTC; to be released Sept. 13) isn't [...]
Imagine this--your kid is about to graduate and go off to "the real world," your favorite great-aunt-in-law dies, your spouse dies, and some historian writes you (it's present day, and as much as I love snail mail, it's not that common, let's be honest) about putting on an exhibition about your great-aunt. Well that's exactly [...]
Y'all. Jessica Olson's upcoming book A Forgery of Roses (coming out next month) is DELIGHTFUL. It's funny, it's dramatic, it's romantic, it's magical... I cannot tell you how much I liked it! (and here's a link to my vlog so you can hear me fangirl too) This is a complex book--it's fantasy, it's romance, it's [...]
I have to be honest, I wasn't sure what to expect when I picked up Yonder (set to be published this May) by Ali Standish. I love the selection at The Wandering Jellyfish and their recs, but I don't read a ton of middle grade. On the flip side, as book seller Allie teases me, [...]
Y'all. I did it, I started a series on the first book! Also--move to make a new subgenre of murder mystery, I think it should be called something like "umbrella-drink-vaction-murder-mystery" books. Serena Kent's Death in Provence is witty, engaging, and not at all overwhelming. There are forensic elements that are so juicy and the character [...]
Imagine, for a moment, that you had a sister, whom you loved desperately. One night, the two of you went to bed together--you're little, it's not weird--but what is weird is that when you wake up the next morning... she's gone. Now imagine that you're a single parent, you and your child, whom you love [...]
Just...wow. Often times while reading Carlos Ruiz Zafón's novel The Angel's Game, I often had moments where I said to myself, "what even is this book?" But absolutely not in a bad way--I really enjoyed it! The Angel's Game follows David Martín, a writer who starts in journalism (hey, same!) and ends up writing a [...]
I keep getting variations of crime/thriller novels and I am eating them up! (Though a computer-battery fiasco held up my reading for a few days, much to my dismay) So here are my thoughts on Nik Grybaski's novel Black Danube: A Leo Katz Mystery. By the way; here's a link to my vlog! This is [...]
I have quite the book for y'all! My twitter friend Kathleen Marple Kalb was kind enough to send me her new book A Fatal Finale: An Ella Shane Mystery and I'm ready to share my thoughts. And while I'm at it, I'll share a link to my vlog! This story takes place in 1899 New [...]
A Little Bit of Happiness 