Thanks, as always, goes to Sam @ Taking on a World of Words for hosting the weekly meme that reminds me that it is okay to have a plan when reading. And the joy I feel when I can report that a book was finished feels even better on a Wednesday. If you want to... Continue Reading →
Indemnity Only by Sara Paretsky
Between Christmas and New Year's Eve I always feel like watching suspenseful or action movies. I stumbled across the excellent 1992 Kathleen Turner film, V.I. Warshawski, and then went in hunt of the book series that inspired the film. SYNOPSIS Meeting an anonymous client late on a sizzling summer night is asking for trouble. But... Continue Reading →
WWW Wednesday: January 3, 2023
Happy New Year! New Year, new opportunities to read. Thanks, as always, goes to Sam @ Taking on a World of Words for hosting the weekly meme that reminds me that it is okay to have a plan when reading. And the joy I feel when I can report that a book was finished feels... Continue Reading →
Off The Edge: Flat Earthers, Conspiracy Culture, and Why People Will Believe Anything by Kelly Weill
I saw this book during Nonfiction November 2021 and I knew I had to read it. This book will quickly convince you of one thing; the fringe is the new normal. SYNOPSIS Since 2015, there has been a spectacular boom in a nearly two-hundred-year-old delusion—the idea that we all live on a flat plane, under... Continue Reading →
New Year’s Book Tag
I never know how to wrap up the last year or start the new one. This is even harder when I manage to, once again, drop the ball with tracking my reading and challenges. So, when I spotted this lovely New Year's Book Tag on Kristin Kraves Books I thought this was the perfect way... Continue Reading →
WWW Wednesday: December 21, 2022
Thanks, as always, goes to Sam @ Taking on a World of Words for hosting the weekly meme that reminds me that it is okay to have a plan when reading. And the joy I feel when I can report that a book was finished feels even better on a Wednesday. If you want to... Continue Reading →
The Country Diary of an Edwardian Lady by Edith Holden
Just once, I would like to fill the pages of a journal or diary from cover to cover. If anything will inspire you, this book will. SYNOPSIS This beautifully packaged facsimile of Edith Holden’s original diary is filled with a naturalist’s masterful paintings and delightful observations chronicling the English countryside throughout 1906. As one of... Continue Reading →
WWW Wednesday: December 14, 2022
It has been nearly a month since I managed a WWW and I miss the organization it brings to my chaotic reading. Thanks, as always, goes to Sam @ Taking on a World of Words for hosting the weekly meme that reminds me that it is okay to have a plan when reading. If you... Continue Reading →
Gone Dark by Amanda Panitch
Another apocalyptic YA book that challenged my comfort on numerous levels. Holy moly, this book got my heart pumping. SYNOPSIS Dry meets Hatchet in this thrilling tale of survival following a teen girl who must lead her friends across country to the safety of her estranged father’s survivalist compound after a mass power failure leaves the country in... Continue Reading →
How to Succeed in Witchcraft by Aislinn Brophy
I didn't really want to read this book at all and now I cannot shut up about it. By the end of the book I was all but giving it a standing ovation. SYNOPSIS An overachieving teen witch vies for a prestigious scholarship at her elite high school in this contemporary YA fantasy for fans... Continue Reading →