Sunday, September 30, 2018

Digging Up Bones

Title: Digging Up Bones
Author: Aimee Gilchrist
Publisher: Gemma Halliday
ISBN: 9781943587360
Why Read?: Fresh Fiction

Thoughts: A really solid cozy mystery, but I had trouble connecting with a young main character named Helen who also smoked.

Rating: 4/5

All the Ever Afters

Title: All the Ever Afters: The Untold Story of Cinderella's Stepmother
Author: Danielle Teller
Publisher: William Morrow
ISBN: 9780062798206
Why Read?: For Fun

Thoughts: Great take on the Cinderella story, but I was hoping for a little more fun or fantasy.

Rating: 3/5

Saturday, September 29, 2018

Stacking the Shelves: 9/16-9/29

For possible review (on Bookloons):
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein by Kiersten White

LibraryThing Early Review:
A Thousand Dances by Sara Holliday

Thursday, September 27, 2018

All We Ever Wanted

Title: All We Ever Wanted
Author: Emily Giffin
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 9781509483945
Why Read?: For Fun

Thoughts: Deeper than a lot of Giffin's previous works, but still her wonderful, readable style.

Rating: 5/5

Thursday, September 20, 2018

Underwater Restorations

Title: Underwater Restorations
Author: Jeffrey A. Ballard
Publisher: New Rochester
ISBN: n/a

Why Read?: For Fun

Thoughts: For a prequel/introduction, I had a very hard time figuring out what was going on and who the characters were, much less had time to figure out the world.

Rating: 1/5

The List

Title: The List
Author: Jade Chang
Publisher: Amazon Original Stories
ISBN: n/a

Why Read?: For Fun

Thoughts: Interesting read, but I honestly would have liked a more in depth look at the history of "The List".

Rating: 3/5

Sunday, September 16, 2018

How Hard Can It Be?

Title: How Hard Can It Be?
Author: Allison Pearson
Publisher: MacMillan
ISBN: 9781250307040
Why Read?: For Fun

Thoughts: Classic British Chick Lit, but with an interesting twist of an older protagonist.

Rating: 4/5