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Book Review / Historical Fiction / Mystery Posted on: June 5, 2009June 28, 2024

The Secret Speech, by Tom Rob Smith

I was excited when I heard that there would be a sequel to Child 44 […]

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Book Review / Historical Fiction / Literary Fiction Posted on: May 30, 2009July 3, 2017

The Welsh Girl, by Peter Ho Davies

Well, Peter Ho Davies The Welsh Girl started out promising, as a sort of grown […]

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Book Review / Mystery Posted on: May 27, 2009

Gone Tomorrow, by Lee Child

Gone Tomorrow Child is a remarkable writer. Thirteen books in a series about the same […]

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Book Review / Mystery Posted on: May 18, 2009July 3, 2017

The Skull Mantra, by Eliot Pattison

After finishing up Blue Poppies, I was still in the mood to read about Tibet […]

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Book Review / Historical Fiction / Literary Fiction Posted on: May 6, 2009July 3, 2017

Blue Poppies, by Jonathan Falla

Blue Poppies is the story of two unlikely lovers who get caught in the turmoil […]

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Book Review / Contemporary Fantasy Posted on: May 6, 2009July 3, 2017

Dead and Gone, by Charlaine Harris

I’ve been waiting for this book since I finished up the previous book in the […]

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Book Review / Horror / Metafiction Posted on: May 4, 2009July 3, 2017

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, by Seth Grahame-Smith

Ever since I first heard rumors of this book I wanted to read it. Pride […]

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Book Review / Satire Posted on: May 4, 2009July 3, 2017

Thank You For Smoking, by Christopher Buckley

I’ve been looking forward to reading this book since I watched the movie a couple […]

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Book Review / Nonfiction & True Crime Posted on: May 4, 2009July 3, 2017

It Sucked and Then I Cried, by Heather Armstrong

I’ve been reading Armstrong’s blog, dooce.com, for months now and I have fallen in love […]

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Book Review / Historical Fiction Posted on: April 19, 2009July 3, 2017

City of Thieves, by David Benioff

I’m not sure why, but I’m strangely drawn to novels set in Russia during World […]

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