Rebel Girl by Kathleen Hanna
As a fan of Kathleen Hanna, I was looking forward to reading her memoir Rebel Girl: My Life as a Feminist Punk especially after attending an event where she spoke about the book. For those unfamiliar with Kathleen Hanna, she was part of the “Riot Grrl” movement in the 1990s as well as the lead singer /writer of the bands Bikini Kill and Le Tigre. Maybe because I was already familiar with her story, the book didn’t resonate as I hoped. The book is of […]
Welcome to the Hyunam-Dong Bookship by Hwang Bo-Reum
Attention lovers of books and independent bookstores, this book is for you! Welcome to the Hyunam-Dong Bookshop is a delightful story about a woman’s dream of opening a bookstore and how the store ends up transforming and healing not only her life but those who experience the store. The main character, Yeongju, basically has a mid-life crisis and abandons her old life (marriage, career) to open a small bookshop in a quiet neighborhood in Seoul. She knows nothing of opening or operating a store, but […]
How to Solve Your Own Murder by Kristen Perrin
“Your future contains dry bones” so begins How to Solve Your Own Murder and the fate for one of the main characters of the book, Frances. Sixteen-year-old Frances receives a prophecy from a fortune teller that spells out a series of events that will ultimately end with her murder. Frances ends up obsessing over the prophecy for the rest of her life until almost sixty years later she is murdered. As a final tribute to her lifelong pursuit to solving her prophecy, Frances stipulates that […]
The Breakaway by Jennifer Weiner
I have read several books by Jennifer Weiner so I knew what to expect and I was looking for an easy read/romance story. I don’t know if I was not in the right mindset, but I found this book insufferable – or I should say all the characters were insufferable. The Breakaway centers around the main character Abby who is tasked to lead a group on a two week bike ride from New York City ending at Niagara Falls. Of course, the good-looking guy who […]
Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone by Benjamin Stevenson
The Mysterious Case of the Alperton Angels by Janice Hallett
I am in the midst of binging some mystery books, and recently read Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone and The Mysterious Case of the Alperton Angels. I was unfamiliar with these authors and coincidentally read them one after the other. I was pleasantly surprised how complementary they were with each other. Everyone tells the story of a dysfunctional family reunion that quickly turns into multiple murders told from the point of view of one of the family members who happens to be a mystery writer […]
The Mystery Guest by Nita Prose
The Mystery Guest is the second maid mystery by Nita Prose. We are reunited with Molly the Maid as she once again finds herself in the middle of a murder that happens at her place of employment, the Regency Grand Hotel. This time the victim is a very famous mystery author who (surprise, surprise) Molly had met when she was a younger. And the coincidences do not end there, and the murder is a mere device used to reveal more about Molly’s past. If you’ve […]
