I should preface this review by saying that I went to high school with Lauren Coffin. I was very close with her sister but fell out of contact with both of them following graduation when they moved the East Coast and I stayed closer to home. Since a decade has passed since we communicated in a way other than Facebook (and I purchased my copy of Mother Of) I feel I can give an unbiased review. Although I am immensley relieved it is a good debut (sort […]
“When the main engines cut off, I felt I was no longer chasing space. I had arrived”
Based on my reading of Spaceman by Mike Massimino, Leland Melvin’s Chasing Space popped up on my recommendations; needless to say picking up a book whose front cover was an attractive man wearing an astronaut suit being adored by two dogs was a no brainer. Leland Melvin has been part of two impossibly small clubs; he was drafted into the NFL (about a 2% chance for NCAA players) and then became an astronaut who was sent to space (less than 1% chance) twice. Both of these stories would be […]
“I’ve got to figure out before I die whether I want to be happy or I want to be right.”
Somehow, despite an oeuvre of over a dozen books, I have never read a Karin Slaughter novel. I suspect this will change as CBR10 progresses as The Good Daughter was a gripping read with a quality twist ending. Charlie and Sam Quinn’s mother was murdered by two men who broke into their home in hopes of robbing their father. When their father, Rusty, was nowhere to be found the pair of deviants killed the girls’ mother, Gamma, and shot Sam in the head while Charlie ran for […]
“When the fresh patient comes to me the usual query is: “Will I be able to speak like the King?” and my reply is: “Yes, if you will work like he does.”
This is not the book I thought it would be; I assumed that with a movie tie in book cover this was the book that inspired the 2010 Academy Award winning movie The King’s Speech but instead it is a book written by Logue’s grandson after being approached by film producers and inspired to learn more about his father’s father. However, it is a fairly unattached biography that leads me to believe co-author Conradi was the primary writer and the duo traded on the younger Logue’s name […]
Lip, Dip, Paint. Ending CBR9 with a Gift Exchange Review
I am halfway through three different books right now but with the noon deadline and all I have to do this morning this will be my last review of 2017. This has been a fantastic year- 144 books- that were mostly good and several were great (including the following) and while a few were not so great I am not sure how I’ll possibly beat this year for CBR10. Radium Girls was an excellent book to end the year on; sure it seemed appropriate to end […]
Keeping up with Camelot
“Whenever there’s a tragedy, a tiny nub of green starts to grow inside you. It’s a regrowth,” John continued. “You have to hold on to that little nub until it grows into the tree that is the next part of your life.” Christmas” Help! I have a problem. I’ve read a total of 6 books that heavily feature the Kennedy family this year. It’s a sickness! I mean, I was eleven with JFK JR died- I literally have no memory of it- why am I […]
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