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

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

The Trials of Koli

Title: The Trials of Koli

Author: M. R. Carey

Publisher:  Orbit

 
ISBN: 9780356513492

 

Thoughts: Carey's world is so a deep and rich world that it is easy to get  fully immersed in Koli's and Spinner's stories.

 

Rating: 4/5

The Lord of the Flies: Acting Edition

Title: The Lord of the Flies: Acting Edition

Author: Nigel Williams

Publisher:  Faber and Faber

 
ISBN: n/a

 

Thoughts: Solid stage adaptation of the classic that makes it more approachable.

 

Rating: 4/5

Took

Title: Took

Author: Mary Downing Hahn

Publisher:  Clarion Books

 
ISBN: 9780358536871

 

Thoughts: Creepy middle-grade ghost story, but the artwork was not consistent.

 

Rating: 3/5

Here One Moment

Title: Dawn and the Impossible Three

Author: Liane Moriarty

Publisher:  Random House Audio

 
ISBN: n/a

 

Thoughts: Very engaging story about fate and what it truly means.

 

Rating: 4/5