Tuesday, September 30, 2025

The Lion Women of Tehran

Title: The Lion Women of Tehran

Author: Marjan Kamali

Publisher:  Simon & Schuster Audio
 
ISBN:  9781797175348
 
Thoughts: Beautiful story of strong women and even stronger friendship.
 
Rating: 4/5

Saturday, September 27, 2025

Christmas Presents

Title: Christmas Presents

Author: Lisa Unger

Publisher:  Mysterious Press
 
ISBN:  9781813164518
 
Thoughts: Fast-paced Christmas thriller perfect for fans of true crime podcasts.
 
Rating: 3/5

Friday, September 26, 2025

Greed and Glory on Wall Street

Title: Greed and Glory on Wall Street: The Fall of the House of Lehman

Author: Ken Auletta

Publisher:  Random House
 
ISBN:  9780394544106
 
Thoughts: In-depth and dense reporting, but it left me wondering what happened afterwards, because 30 years later, Lehman fell a final time.
 
Rating: 3/5

Tragedy on the Branch Line

Title: Tragedy on the Branch Line

Author: Edward Marston

Publisher:  Allison & Busby
 
ISBN:  9780749026042
 
Thoughts: Very charming historical police procedural that reads a lot more like a cozy.
 
Rating: 4/5

Sunday, September 21, 2025

The Founding Syndicate

Title: The Founding Syndicate

Author: Steve Gansen

Publisher:  Audible
 
ISBN:  n/a
 
Thoughts: Gansen's concept of the Founding Fathers being more of a shadowy mafia-type organization is interesting, but the bizarre cadence of the narration makes it incredibly hard to follow and I am not quite sure I understood all of it.
 
Rating: 2/5

Friday, September 19, 2025

Fortune Favors the Dead

Title: Fortune Favors the Dead

Author: Stephen Spotswood

Publisher:  Doubleday
 
ISBN:  9780385546553
 
Thoughts: This hardboiled PI novel not only contains a thrilling mystery full of twists and turns but strong, believe female leads written by a male writer.
 
Rating: 4/5

Thursday, September 18, 2025

The Rachel Incident

Title: The Rachel Incident

Author: Caroline O'Donoghue

Publisher:  Knopf
 
ISBN:  9780493535707
 
Thoughts: This novel took a while to grow on me, as I was not a fan of Rachel at first, but all that changed as the story went on.
 
Rating: 3/5

Wednesday, September 17, 2025

Quizmas Carols

Title: Quizmas Carols: Family Trivia Fun with Classic Christmas Songs

Author: Gordon Pape & Deborah Kerbel

Publisher:  Plume
 
ISBN:  9780452288751
 
Thoughts: Some interesting trivia about Christmas carols, but a lot of these I have never heard of.
 
Rating: 3/5

Same As It Ever Was

Title: Same As It Ever Was

Author: Claire Lombardo

Publisher:  Random House Audio
 
ISBN:  9780593865538
 
Thoughts: Novel about motherhood and relationships that loses any semblance plot pretty quickly in favor of character development.
 
Rating: 3/5

Wednesday, September 10, 2025

Under Lock & Skeleton Key


Title: Under Lock & Skeleton Key

Author: Gigi Pandian

Publisher:  Minotaur Books
 
ISBN:  9781250804983
 
Thoughts: Incredibly fun and modern locked-room cozy.
 
Rating: 4/5