This is the last book in the Bourbon Kings trilogy, and the whole series is an over the top soap opera tale of a Kentucky bourbon dynasty. It’s not a book you can read on its own, so much of the action occurred with the first two books, and this one wraps up the mystery and gives characters their send off into the sunset. If you were a fan of Dynasty or Dallas back in the day, you’d probably enjoy the insanity of this series! […]
Ending the year with more excellent Sci Fi
From riverssolomon.com Rivers Solomon is a dyke, a Trekkie, a wannabe cyborg queen, a trash princex, a communist, a butch, a femme, a feminist, a she-beast, a rootworker, a mother, a daughter, a diabetic, and a refugee of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade. They write about life in the margins, where they are firmly at home. This novel is published by Akashic Books (on Twitter @AkashicBooks) which describes itself as an “indie publisher dedicated to reverse gentrification of the literary world.” An Unkindness of Ghosts has been […]
Falling towards a violent end
If Detective Frank Bennett tries hard enough, he can sometimes forget that Eden Archer, his partner in the Homicide Department, is also a moonlighting serial killer . . . So this book has that intriguing premise – after all, how often is the cop also the killer? As this is book three in the Archer & Bennett series, I was lost on some of the backstory on both characters and frustrated by the style the book was written in. It’s set in Sydney, Australia, which […]
universal love and pain
I’m not exactly sure how Rupi Kaur became such a publicly praised and well-known poet, but the first time I read anything of hers was just a snippet on Instagram – which incidentally is what brought on the backlash. How dare this millennial poet use a millennial mode of social interaction to publicize her millennial words? The word instapoets may be descriptive – “young poets publishing verse primarily on social media,” says that Guardian article I linked to – but it also sounds so dismissive, so […]
No such thing as Mr. Perfect
I came across a review of this book lately, listing it as one of the best romance novels ever. How did I miss this gem, I wondered, heading to the library website to put in a request. Obviously, I read more historical romance than contemporary, but I’m always looking for something new it seems. How could this go wrong? Alas, I wasn’t that impressed with this book. We have a group of four friends who get together regularly for drinks and a few laughs – […]
I really wish they had just *stayed* in Tuscany for the whole month…
I can’t remember the last time I read a book that is straight-up romance genre, but I’ve been meaning to try more since the CBR community always has such fun reviews of them. So when I saw this Kindle edition book going for $0.99 on Amazon, I imagined re-living Diane Lane’s sojourn in that Tuscan sun movie and bought it. It begins with Lizzy Harper, disgruntled housewife, being told at the last minute by her workaholic husband that he won’t be able to make their […]
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