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Sep 22, 2020

Three Books I'm Reading Now, 9/22/20 Edition

What I'm reading 9/22/20: 01 Deadly Waters 02 Miss Graham's Cold War Cookbook 03 The Silent Companions

Sep 14, 2020

Review of Surrender Your Sons by Adam Sass

Some aspects of Surrender Your Sons felt deeply real and intimate, but I couldn't get past the details that didn't fit.

Sep 12, 2020

Three Wackily Different Books I'm Reading Right Now, 9/12/20 Edition

01 Surrender Your Sons This summer stinks. Teenage Connor's elderly friend died, his boyfriend talked him into coming out, and now his...

Aug 20, 2020

My Six Favorite Summer 2020 Reads

01 The Vanishing Half 02 Florence Adler Swims Forever 03 Blacktop Wasteland 04 Utopia Avenue 05 When These Mountains Burn 06 This Is All He

Jul 27, 2020

Review of The Eighth Detective by Alex Pavesi

This is an engaging and quick read, and the mystery stories within the story are intriguing.

Jul 18, 2020

Review of Blacktop Wasteland by S.A. Cosby

Bug is forced to consider what loyalty means, and he must face a potentially dark path ahead.

Jun 27, 2020

Review of Home Before Dark by Riley Sager

A compelling Gothic suspense story that keeps you guessing.

Jun 22, 2020

Review of Things in Jars by Jess Kidd

Kidd offers a creepy, dark mystery gloriously steeped in details of Victorian London and seedy, sordid characters, and heroes with heart.

May 14, 2020

Review of Hard Cash Valley by Brian Panowich

In “Hard Cash Valley,” we spend page time with small-time drug dealers, cockfighting masterminds, Filipino gangsters, and crooked police.

May 11, 2020

Review of A Curious Beginning by Deanna Raybourn

Veronica is a strong and unorthodox main protagonist who finds herself entangled in a dangerous set of circumstances.

Apr 27, 2020

Review of Pretty Things by Janelle Brown

Brown kept me happily turning the pages to see who would get what was coming to them. Cross, double-cross! This book really hit the spot....

Apr 12, 2020

Review of The Hunting Party by Lucy Foley

When old college friends are snowed in, truths begin to come out and uncomfortable confrontations erupt.

Apr 2, 2020

Review of Long Bright River by Liz Moore

Liz Moore’s writing is thoughtful and the story in Long Bright River is character-driven. Situations aren’t resolved too easily or cleanly.

Mar 5, 2020

Review of The Hand on the Wall by Maureen Johnson

The final book in Maureen Johnson's young adult Truly Devious trilogy wraps up the story, but I missed the earlier books' banter.

Feb 28, 2020

Review of Darling Rose Gold by Stephanie Wrobel

Wrobel supplies Münchausen syndrome by proxy, lies, betrayals, and double-crossing, within a claustrophobic mother-daughter relationship.

Feb 24, 2020

Review of The Midnight Line (Jack Reacher #22) by Lee Child

Child's Jack Reacher eschews societal standards of beauty and the judgment that often surrounds addiction. Jack Reacher doesn’t follow...

Feb 13, 2020

Review of Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line by Deepa Anappara

Anappara captures the myriad sights, sounds, smells—and complicated network of politics and power—in an impoverished Indian neighborhood.

Feb 10, 2020

Review of The Family Upstairs by Lisa Jewell

This was creepy and smart and kept me hooked, wondering if the characters were who they said they were. Libby Jones was adopted as an...

Sep 10, 2019

Review of Recursion by Blake Crouch

Sutton and Smith must identify and confront dark forces that might be manipulating—and destroying—minds and the very framework of society.

Aug 28, 2016

Review of Dark Matter by Blake Crouch

Crouch's story is a fascinating blend of action-packed and poignant. Just settle in and prepare to roll with this--it keeps you hooked.

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