Category: Book Reviews
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A Daughter of Fair Verona, by Christina Todd
A review of “A Daughter of Fair Verona” by Christina Todd, a reimagining of Romeo & Juliet where R&J survive the play and have a family together. Their daughter Rosaline gets involved in a murder mystery, as well as romantic entanglements around Verona.
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The Family Medici, by Mary Hollingsworth
A review of a history of the Medici Family, presented in audiobook. It’s an interesting piece of more modern European history that tends to get glossed over while discussing things like the Renaissance, and so this is a fascinating look at the politics behind a lot of the art and architecture of that period.
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Beaches, Bungalows & Burglaries, by Tonya Kappes
A review of Beaches, Bungalows & Burglaries, by Tonya Kappes, a cozy murder mystery set in the town/trailer park of Normal, Kentucky.
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A Deadly Inside Scoop, by Abby Collette
This post is a review of “A Deadline Inside Scoop” by Abby collette, a cozy mystery involving a murder outside a Chagrin Falls ice cream parlor.
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Borrow My Heart, by Kasie West
This post is a review of “Borrow My Heart” by Kasie West, a YA romance involving A fake-ish relationship trope.
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The Big Four by Agatha Christie
This is a review of The Big Four” by Agatha Christie. This episodic story features Hercule Poirot and Hastings as they pursue a powerful criminal organization, “the Big Four.”
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Ham on Rye by Charles Bukowski
This is a review of Ham on Rye by Charles Bukowski. It’s a autobiographical memoir of growing up in California before/during the Great Depression, focusing mostly on the various abuses the protagonist has to endure.
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Ancillary Justice by Anne Leckie
This post is about “Ancillary Justice” by Anne Leckie. It’s a sci-fi novel set in the Radch Empire where a powerful AI named Breq seeks to reclaim her lost identity after being limited to a single body. The book presents a layered narrative that blends intrigue and emotional depth. A good read for the times…
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Gulp, by Mary Roach
This is a new direction for my reading this year. I don’t typically read much science. Science Fiction? Sure. But straight up science? Not so much. I have an English Degree. The closest I’ve come to real science is the BIO-101 course I took as junior, and the cadaver still shows up in my nightmares…
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Red Famine, by Anne Applebaum
I’ve had this book on my to-read list for a while. The timing wasn’t great, as things here in the States are about to get pretty grim for the next four years, but it’s a piece of history I knew very little about. For anyone unfamiliar with this book, it’s the history of what’s known…
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