The Impossible Fortune by Richard Osman
Best for: Fans of the Thursday Murder Club series. In a nutshell: Nick has found a bomb under his car. At Joyce’s daughter’s wedding, he talks to Elizabeth to ask for help. The next day, Nick is missing, and his business partner is a possible suspect. In other news, Ron’s daughter has kicked … [Read more]
Beautiful Ugly by Alice Feeney
Wow. I can't say too much without giving away a lot of details, but I really need to stop getting suckered by Alice Feeney's books. Daisy Darker was just a two star read to me, but this latest is just 3 stars mostly because until the whole book went off the rails, it was pretty freaking good. I just … [Read more]
Cover Story by Mhairi McFarlane
This was just at 3.5 star read, rounding it up to 4 stars for the rating. I don't really have to much to say except that if you were hoping for a romance with any type of sex scenes, not your book. I think that McFarlane did a slow burn with Bel and Connor, which I know some romance readers like, … [Read more]
Royal Assassin: Book 2 of The Farseer Trilogy by Robin Hobb
The thing about second books in trilogies is that they have to do a lot of work developing conflicts and characters. Second books tend to be where the bad guys are ascendent and our heroes seem to be losing. They provide critical information and often are kind of depressing. Royal Assassin, the … [Read more]
Read Me Slow by Charish Read
I’m going to read everything Charish Reid writes, and I’m going to like it because I like the way she writes. Read Me Slow is a lovely steamy short novel about a romance writer who needs a narrator and her younger brother’s best friend, a horror podcaster, who steps in to help. Maya is doing well … [Read more]
Orange World and Other Stories by Karen Russell
This is a collection of short stories that really works, unlike the last one I wrote about! I don't want to include a summary of each story, but I do want to mention my favorites: I have not stopped thinking about The Gondoliers or Orange World since putting this book down two weeks ago. In The … [Read more]
