Monday, November 25, 2019

They All Fall Down

Title: They All Fall Down

Author: Rachel Howzell Hall
Publisher: Forge
ISBN:
9780765398147
Why Read?: For Fun

Thoughts: A modern And Then There Were None, but without Christie's master mystery-weaving.

Rating: 2/5

The Lager Queen of Minnesota

Title: The Lager Queen of Minnesota
Author: Pamela Dormann
Publisher: Tantor
ISBN: 978399563058
Why Read?: For Fun

Thoughts: Charming story that truly is about what leads three women to the final moments.

Rating: 4/5

Saturday, November 23, 2019

Friday, November 22, 2019

An Invisible Thread

Title: An Invisible Thread: The True Story of an 11-Year-Old Panhandler, a Busy Sales Executive, and an Unlikely Meeting with Destiny

Author: Laura Schroff & Alex Treseniowki
Publisher: Tantor
ISBN: n/a
Why Read?: For Fun

Thoughts: Wonderfully uplifting true story.

Rating: 5/5

Wednesday, November 20, 2019

To Kill a Mockingbird: A Graphic Novel

Title: To Kill a Mockingbird: A Graphic Novel

Author: Harper Lee & Fred Fordham
Publisher: Harper
ISBN: 9780062798183
Why Read?: For Fun

Thoughts: Even though I have read the original, watched the movie, and seen the play multiple times, this graphic adaptation helped to bring out some of the finer points of the story.

Rating: 4/5

Saturday, November 16, 2019

Three Women

Title: Three Women
Author: Lisa Taddeo
Publisher: Avid Reader
ISBN: 9781451642292
Why Read?: For Fun

Thoughts: I have never read a work of non-fiction that has read so much like fiction - highly engaging even if the premise is a little hard to explain.

Rating: 4/5

The Woman in the Strongbox

Title: The Woman in the Strongbox
Author: Maureen O'Hagan
Publisher: Amazon Orignals
ISBN: n/a
Why Read?: For Fun

Thoughts: I know this was true crime, but there were still way too many unanswered questions at the end.

Rating: 2/5