Title: Immortal Desire
Author: Maggie Shayne
Publisher: Berkley Sensation
ISBN: 9780425217481
Thoughts: Engaging, yet somewhat predictable, paranormal romantic suspense novel and novella with good character development and backstories.
Rating: 3/5
Monday, November 30, 2020
Magic for Liars
Title: Magic for Liars
Author: Sarah Gailey
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
ISBN: 978075222002
Thoughts: Contemporary fantasy that will appeal to fans of PI mysteries and family dramas.
Rating: 4/5
The Last Flight
Title: The Last Flight
Author: Julie Clark
Publisher: Sourcebooks Landmark
ISBN: 9781728215723
Thoughts: There were some great twists, but nothing truly shocking as I expected.
Rating: 3/5
Saturday, November 28, 2020
The Printed Letter Bookshop
Title: The Printed Letter Bookshop
Author: Katherine Reay
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
ISBN: 978075222002
Thoughts: Charming story of three women finding themselves in a bookshop.
Rating: 4/5
Friday, November 27, 2020
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
Title: The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
Author: V. E. Schwab
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: n/a
Thoughts: The perfect Faustian story with for the modern age.
Rating: 5/5
Monday, November 23, 2020
Treasure Island
Title: Treasure Island
Author: Robert Lewis Stevenson
Publisher: Atheneum
ISBN: 9780684171609
Thoughts: Some parts bored me, some confused me, but none excited me, but not badly written.
Rating: 2/5
The Smallest Lights in the Universe
Title: The Smallest Lights in the Universe
Author: Sara Sager
Publisher: Crown
ISBN: 9780525576259
Thoughts: A meandering memoir of grief with a healthy dose of astrophysics.
Rating: 3/5
Empty
Title: Empty
Author: Susan Burton
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 9780812992847
Thoughts: I can only imagine how hard it was for Burton to share her story, but as it is not one often told, it is good she did.
Rating: 4/5
Saturday, November 21, 2020
Stacking the Shelves: 11/8-11/21
Got at a Yard sale:
Marivaux: Three Plays by Stephen Wadsword, trans
The Troop by Nick Cutter
Tuesday, November 17, 2020
Celestina's Burnings
Title: Celestina's Burnings
Author: Annemarie Schaivi Pedersen
Publisher: Literary Wanderlust
ISBN: 9781942856436
Thoughts: The historic aspect was good, but the story needed a lot more polishing and the sprinkling of random italicized Italian words got a little annoying.
Rating: 2/5
Monday, November 16, 2020
Notes on a Silencing
Title: Notes on a Silencing
Author: Lacy Crawford
Publisher: Little, Brown
ISBN: 9780316491556
Thoughts: It is mind-blowing what Crawford went through and how it is still being covered up.
Rating: 4/5
The Couple Next Door
Title: The Couple Next Door
Author: Shari Lapena
Publisher: Pamela Dorman
ISBN: 9780735221086
Thoughts: There were twists, but not as intriguing as I thought they would be; plus, the title is misleading and the end seemed bad-horror-movie-ish.
Rating: 2/5
Friday, November 13, 2020
Once I Was You
Title: Once I Was You: A Memoir of Love and Hate in a Torn America
Author: Maria Hinojosa
Publisher: Atria
ISBN: 9781982128654
Thoughts: This memoir took a while for me to get into, but I truly learned a lot of about the state of immigration in the US.
Rating: 4/5
Tuesday, November 10, 2020
Transcendent Kingdom
Title: Transcendent Kingdom
Author: Yaa Gyasi
Publisher: Knopf
ISBN: 9780593215319
Thoughts: Amazing character-driven story of family binds, addiction, science, and religion.
Rating: 5/5
Monday, November 9, 2020
The Complete Peanuts Vol 1
Title: The Complete Peanuts Vol 1: 1950-1952 Dailies & Sundays
Author: Charles M. Schultz
Publisher: Fantagraphics
ISBN: 9781560975892
Thoughts: I found I like the very early strips and characters much better than the later ones.
Rating: 4/5
Saturday, November 7, 2020
Stacking the Shelves: 10/18-11/7
LibraryThing Early Review:
The Window by Kellista Rae Keaton
Got at a Yardsale:
Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
Friday, November 6, 2020
Mother Land
Title: Mother Land
Author: Leah Franqui
Publisher: William Morrow
ISBN: 9780062938848
Thoughts: It took me a while to get into this, but I was smitten by the end, which was exactly as it should have been
Rating: 4/5
Wednesday, November 4, 2020
The Glass Hotel
Title: The Glass Hotel
Author: Emily St John Mandel
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: n/a
Thoughts: Fast and engaging character-driven read, but one of the characters in the audio narration sounded very off.
Rating: 4/5
The Gun King
Title: The Gun King
Author: John H. Richardson
Publisher: Amazon Originals
ISBN: n/a
Thoughts: Explains the problem with gun shows, and good piece of journalism, but it was just missing something.
Rating: 3/5
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