Category Archives: Book Reviews

Book Review: Kill Your Darlings by Peter Swanson

This is Swanson’s latest thriller, and it brings something fresh in telling the story of Thom and Wendy’s flawed relationship backwards. We meet them after Wendy has already decided to murder her husband, and the story moves backward in time to let us in on all the many secrets and terrible choices in their past. CleverContinue reading “Book Review: Kill Your Darlings by Peter Swanson”

Book Review: Ladies of the House by Lauren Edmondson

It has been a while since I have posted. Suffice it to say that the year has been stressful. Sometimes I post a round up of all the books I have read, or the best ones, anyway, at the end of the year. I have read a lot of books—I am a reader, but thisContinue reading “Book Review: Ladies of the House by Lauren Edmondson”

Book Review: The Confessions by Paul Bradley Carr

If you want to read a thriller with AI at its center, this one is for you.  Imagine a world in which no one ever has to make decisions any more.  LLIAM, the dominant General Artificial Intelligence platform and app, does it for you.  Want to know what to wear to your interview?  Ask LLIAM.Continue reading “Book Review: The Confessions by Paul Bradley Carr”

Book Review: Midnight Feast by Lucy Foley

Full disclosure, I am a fan!  I love the way Foley sets the story in motion and then lets the reader in on the ride as the dominoes fall.  There is always a satisfying twist at the end, even if you see it coming, and her characters are always interesting.   In Midnight Feast, we haveContinue reading “Book Review: Midnight Feast by Lucy Foley”

Book Review: The Antidote by Karen Russell

Despite rave reviews from writers at NPR and the NY Times, I found myself agreeing more with the writer of this Slate Review.  There was beautiful language (check), there were experimental elements (check), there was an attempt to engage with society at large and ask tough questions (check). Problem for me was that it justContinue reading “Book Review: The Antidote by Karen Russell”

Book Review: We Solve Murders by Richard Osman

This novel is the first entry in a new series by the author of the wildly successful Thursday Murder Club. Osman’s characteristic wit and humor are on display, and the plot was great!  This is one of those books, you will compulsively finish. We begin with a murder, of course.  Someone is murdering B-list socialContinue reading “Book Review: We Solve Murders by Richard Osman”

The Nine by Gwen Strauss

This month I took a break from fiction and read a little nonfiction.  This book I picked up because it was about women who escaped from the Death March in 1945.   If you enjoy nitty gritty historical detail, you will probably like this.  It was full of interesting facts.  However, I was not a fanContinue reading “The Nine by Gwen Strauss”