Tuesday, October 13, 2026

Why Read Moby-Dick?

Title: Why Read Moby-Dick?

Author: Nathaniel Philbrick

Publisher: Viking
 
ISBN: 9780670022991
 
Thoughts:  This book didn't make me want to read Moby-Dick, but it did help me understand it.

Rating: 3/5

Finding Grace

Title: Finding Grace

Author: Loretta Rothschild

Publisher: Macmillan Audio
 
ISBN: n/a
 
Thoughts:  The first few chapters were so sad, I almost didn't make it to what was a wonderful genre-melding story.

Rating: 4/5

Friday, October 9, 2026

Moby-Dick

Title: Moby-Dick: or, the Whale

Author: Herman Mehlville

Publisher: Penguin Books
 
ISBN: 9780143124672
 
Thoughts:  What could have been a wonderful gothic novel set on a ship instead of a manor, turned into an over-inflated dissertation on whales and whaling before FINALLY getting back to the plot with mere chapters left.

Rating: 3/5

Tuesday, October 6, 2026

These Summer Storms

Title: These Summer Storms

Author: Sarah MacLean

Publisher: Random House Audio
 
ISBN: n/a
 
Thoughts:  Great dynamics between all of these characters, but I wanted a deeper dive into the family's secrets and more of Franklin's game.

Rating: 3/5