What Stalks the Deep by T. Kingfisher
Wow. I thought this was head and shoulders above the last book in the series. I love the character of Easton, and hearing about Gallacia. The last book, What Feasts at Night just went on and on with not enough explanation for me. I also didn't really love the ending. What Stalks the Deep though … [Read more]
The Scarlet Plague by Jack London
I never knew that Jack London wrote something called The Scarlet Plague and it was futuristic fiction. He wrote this in 1912 and at times during the story I thought about what happened with COVID-19 and what could have happened if we at that time didn't come together and actually do what we could to … [Read more]
The Library Book by Susan Orlean
Bingo Row 5 - work The Library Book by Susan Orlean is “about” the 1986 fire at the LA central library. The actual fire wasn't the point of the book so much as the excuse for it. It was really about the Los Angeles library, libraries in general, and mostly about librarians doing their … [Read more]
Much Ado about Nothing by William Shakespeare
cbr17bingo - play (spoilers aplenty ahead) I hate Claudio. I feel like that shouldn't be my takeaway from this play, but here we are. The play centers largely on Claudio and Hero, who early in the play are engaged to be wed. Beatrice and Benedick are the secondary enemies-to-lovers couple, but … [Read more]
The Explosive Child by Ross W. Greene
Cannonball Read Bingo: Family "Behaviorally challenging kids are challenging because they're lacking the skills to not be challenging." This book is geared toward parents of "explosive" children: the kids whose emotional outbursts and out-of-control behaviors are becoming exhausting and … [Read more]
The Impossible Fortune by Richard Osman
The fifth entry in the Thursday Murder Club series takes place at some remove from the prior novel. It's been long enough for Joyce's perpetually single daughter Joanna to meet a man named Paul, fall in love with him, and get married. It has not quite been long enough for former spy and (spoiler … [Read more]
