Monday, October 5, 2026

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

Title: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

Author: Jules Verne

Publisher: Grapevine
 
ISBN: 9789357004398
 
Thoughts:  For an adventure novel, this was rather bland and no where near as full of monstrous sea creatures as I thought it was going to be.

Rating: 2/5

Bad Therapist

Title: Bad Therapist

Author: Evan Wright

Publisher: Amazon Original Stories
 
ISBN: 9781542092111
 
Thoughts:  True crime novella showing how easy it was for one man to run a scam in the rehab industry.

Rating: 3/5

Thursday, October 1, 2026

Fingersmith

Title: Fingersmith

Author: Sarah Waters

Publisher: Riverhead Books
 
ISBN: 9781573229722
 
Thoughts:  Captivating novel that I can only describe as V. C. Andrews meets Charles Dickens.

Rating: 4/5

Wednesday, September 30, 2026

Held

Title: Held

Author: Anne Michaels

Publisher: Vintage
 
ISBN: 9780593470848
 
Thoughts:  Michaels writing is beautiful, but I felt the meaning was ephemeral whisps slipping out of my grasp.

Rating: 3/5