Halloween Party by R.L. Stine
So I don’t even know what to say. What a crazy ride this book was. Also it takes place in 1984 and I maybe laughed at how some of the characters were talking. But the main plot and reveal of what the villain was up to made me go what in the world. And then I started to wrack my brain and wonder if I had seen a tv movie based on this book or what since it sounded familiar to me. I never read […]
Vendetta in Death by J.D. Robb
Well we have the 49th in Death novel and it’s pretty solid. I am going to say though, if Bella (Mavis’s daughter) is 1 freaking years old and can somehow read we have issues. Also it’s only been a year?? “Born in Death” was book number 23 and I don’t want every book to be a year, but good lord can they at least be 6 months or something? I think the biggest issue I have is that that Eve and Roarke have grown so […]
Anything for You by Saul Black
Please note that I received this book via NetGalley. This did not affect my rating or review. Not much to say here, I could not get into this book. Other reviewers mentioned how crude it is, and honestly it is. I just couldn’t root for the main character, Valerie Hart. I don’t know if I would have felt differently if I had read book #1 (The Killing Lessons) and book #2 (LoveMurder). Valerie is obsessed with sex it seems and her ties to this case […]
After the End by Clare Mackintosh
So this is weird to me. This book definitely meets somewhat being slightly classified as a mystery novel based on how the author tells the story and the question that is left open in the end. But it’s not really a mystery novel. So I wondered at it being more a women’s fiction book. And then a friend and I got into that a bit. So instead of The Book Gods post, you get Blue’s comments with a friend while out drinking prosecco last night […]
Gargantuan by Maggie Estep
Maggie Estep lived a fascinating life. Novelist, poet, MTV correspondent. I think it would have been quite something to have known her when she was alive. Sadly, she passed (seemingly unexpectedly) in 2014. Hex, her first book in the Ruby Murphy took me two tries to get into, not because it’s bad or complicated but because her style is so unique. Each chapter happens from the POV of a different character, and each character is infused with a lived-in personality. But the plotting happens at […]
Ticket to Hollywood by Gary Reilly
I have not always appreciated Amazon’s impact on the book market. I prefer indy bookstores when doing my shopping, especially used indy bookstores. However, if Amazon is good for one thing, it’s being able to produce obscure books that I would not otherwise discover. Mind you, it’s no skin off their nose to buy up and distribute Gary Reilly’s little known Asphalt Warrior series. If people like me find em and read em, great. If not, it’s not making or breaking their bottom line. So […]
