Thursday, January 1, 2026

A Little Less Broken

Title: A Little Less Broken: How an Autism Diagnosis Finally Made Me Whole

Author: Marian Schembari

Publisher:  Macmillan Audio
 
ISBN: n/a
 
Thoughts: I personally felt this one so deeply, it brought out all the emotions.
 
Rating: 4/5

Wednesday, December 31, 2025

Amity

Title: Amity

Author: Nathan Harris

Publisher:  Little, Brown and Company
 
ISBN: 9780316456241
 
Thoughts: Coleman is an unique and interesting character, and his chapters were very engaging; the chapters for his sister Jane were not, which made this a rather uneven read.
 
Rating: 3/5

Friday, December 26, 2025

House of Debt

Title: House of Debt: How They (and You) Caused the Great Recessions, and How We Can Prevent It from Happening Again

Author: Atif Mian & Amir Sufi

Publisher:  University of Chicago Press
 
ISBN: 9780226081946
 
Thoughts: Mian and Sufi do a good job in putting the housing market collapse in layman's terms; however, I do not think they make a clear case for how an individual can prevent it from happening again.
 
Rating: 3/5

Thursday, December 25, 2025

Blue Sisters

Title: Blue Sisters

Author: Coco Mellors

Publisher:  Random House Audio
 
ISBN: n/a
 
Thoughts: A rather depressing read, and the the narrator's blunt, melancholy tone did not help.
 
Rating: 3/5

Thursday, December 18, 2025

All the Devils Are Here

Title: All the Devils Are Here: The Hidden History of the Financial Crisis

Author: Bethany McLean & Joe Nocera

Publisher:  Portfolio
 
ISBN: 9781591844389
 
Thoughts: Dense look at the 2008 financial crisis that assumes the reader knows something about banking and the stock exchange.
 
Rating: 3/5

Do Admit

Title: Do Admit: The Mitford Sisters and Me

Author: Mimi Pond

Publisher:  Drawn & Quarterly
 
ISBN: 9781770468047
 
Thoughts: This biography of the Mitford Sisters may be slightly biased, but it is truly a work of art.
 
Rating: 5/5

What Have You Done?

Title: What Have You Done?

Author: Shari Lapena

Publisher:  Pamela Dorman
 
ISBN: 9780593489963
 
Thoughts: Well-crafted mystery with a number of viable suspects and plenty of twists, but I wish Lapena dived harder in the ghost story she toyed with.
 
Rating: 4/5