Sensor by Junji Ito
It was Saturday and I had two options, stay at home and do laundry and not get any reading done, or take an hour or two at the library and try and get some reading done. Besides, I had to pick up some interlibrary loans anyway. I picked the library (now, you need to understand that I work at an independent bookstore, where I have access to free books, usually brand new, never touched reader copies, not like that library version of Nimona that had […]
Occulted by Amy Rose
I will start off with that I read Occulted on Edelweiss reader copy as it is due in May 2023. I also will say it ended abruptly, and I am wondering if there will be more to it in the final edition or a part two. This edition is heavily focused on the highlights of Amy Rose’s life as a young girl ending on note that could mean sequels are possible. I will now say I think Amy Rose and I would have been friends […]
False Hearts by Laura Lam
How’s this for a synopsis: a pair of conjoined twins escape the cult they’ve been raised in, are surgically separated and given new hearts, and learn to live in near-future San Francisco, until one of them is arrested for murder and the other has to go undercover as her sister to infiltrate the mob that’s trying to mine people’s dreams and prove her innocence. Whew! It’s a fun ride. Taema and Tila lived on an island in a cult called the Hearth, run by a […]
The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware
From Crook to Cook: Platinum Recipies from Tha Boss Dogg's Kitchen by Snoop Dogg
Brighton Rock by Graham Greene
Plunder of the Sun by David Dodge
Stunt: A Mythical Reimagining of Nellie Jackson, Madame of Natchez by Saida Agostini
The Last Pirate of New York: A Ghost Ship, A Killer, and the Birth of a Gangster Nation by Rich Cohen
The Guest List by Lucy Foley
Defender of the Innocent: The Casebook Files of Martin Ehrengraf by Lawrence Block
Voluntary Madness by Vicki Hendricks
Two Gentlemen of Lebowski: A Most Excellent Comedie and Tragic Romance by Adam Bertocci
The Story of a Shipwrecked Sailor by Gabriel García Márquez
A Night to Remember by Walter Lord
Slonim Woods 9: A Memoir by Daniel Barban Levin
A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman
My Summer Darlings by May Cobb
The Cat Who Saved Books by Sōsuke Natsukawa
Firestarter by Stephen King
The Editor by Steven Rowley
Truly Devious by Maureen Johnson
Crossroad Blues by Ace Atkins
Lucky by Jackie Collins
Here are reviews for the books I read in July that I didn’t have time or energy to do a full review on. Note: I was out of work in July so I read a lot. The Woman in Cabin 10 *** Read this while on a cruise ship and it definitely gave me some interesting feelings! A relatively entertaining thriller. I’d read another Ruth Ware book but wouldn’t rush out to do so From Crook to Cook: Platinum Recipes From Tha Boss Dogg’s Kitchen**** […]
Hell Followed With Us by Andrew Joseph White
There is a lot going on within the pages of Hello Followed With Us by Andrew Joseph White. I will say that some of the bumps for me come from three main things. First and second are the version I read was an online reader copy. This is hard for me to read in this format and there were some major editing issues with whole two to four paragraphs being literally repeated. The final is it is a first novel, and therefore has some vanity […]
Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism by Amanda Montell
All I’ve got in my head right now is that line from Spaceballs (see title of this review). I say that because every year I read a handful of books that I am just absolutely at a loss for how to review. This is my first one of 2022! I just want to say la la la la la and maybe read it again, but I’m expected instead to verbalize my thoughts about a book that covered so much and was so good and so […]
