I know, I know, I’m totally late to the show on this one, but you know me – I’m a sucker for the classics. I didn’t have to read this one as required reading in high school. We read Catcher in the Rye, instead. No time is better than now, so I picked up a […]
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Now, I’ll be honest, I’m a little out of my depth in the sci-fi category. It isn’t what I typically read and only picked up DUNE after it was suggested to me by a close friend. It’s his favorite book, you see, and how could I have never read it before?! He was incredulous. I […]
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My Rating: 5 of 5 stars Dr. Michael Stone has refused a lucrative offer as a slave ship doctor only to find himself kidnapped and floating across the Atlantic Ocean like the stock in the hold beneath him. Although paid for his work, he is made aware that his presence there is negligible to the crew […]
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My rating: 5 of 5 stars I only recently discovered Jane Eyre and by “recently” I mean within the last few years. I acquired my edition (not the one pictured) of the novel from a used book store for just a few dollars. It was printed “under wartime conditions” as a third edition with blue […]
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Marred by Sue Coletta My rating: 5 of 5 stars I don’t want to say this book is nightmare fuel, but this isn’t the kind of book you want to read before going to bed. Especially as a woman. Even more so as a single woman living alone in a dark apartment with no one […]
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Wings of Mayhem by Sue Coletta My rating: 5 of 5 stars There is only one word out there that can sum up Sue Coletta’s latest work, Wings of Mayhem: Chilling. Right down to the bones, chilling. Coletta gives the reader not only a wild, squeamish ride, but she also accomplishes something most authors […]
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The Scarab Murder Case by S.S. Van Dine My rating: 5 of 5 stars S. S. Van Dine is at it again with a plot filled with more twists than a back country road. Taking place in a brownstone mansion equipped with its very own Egyptian museum, The Scarab Murder Case involves murder, […]
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Lords of the Horizons: A History of the Ottoman Empire by Jason Goodwin My rating: 5 of 5 stars I’ll start this by saying I’m going off the path by reviewing this book. I don’t read non-fiction recreationally. In fact, I was required to read this book for a class I am currently taking. […]
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The Call of the Canyon by Zane Grey My rating: 5 of 5 stars Escape into the depths of northern Arizona’s canyons where realities change and spirits are healed. In the wake of the Great War Carley Burch finds herself dreaming of wedding bells and city life with her fiance, Glenn, in the […]
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Waking Up Joy by Tina Ann Forkner My rating: 5 of 5 stars Add it to your summer reading list – Waking Up Joy is bound to leave you feeling refreshed and hankering for a glass of cool lemonade and a porch swing to sit on! Joy Talley is something of a wildcard […]
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