by Michelle | Aug 9, 2019 | A Author, B Author, Book Review, Books Read in 2019, C Author, F Author, K Author, M Author, Review Copy
The Lost Letters of William Woolf is a delightful little novel wherein not much happens, but you finish the story moved beyond expectations. The idea that there is an entire department devoted to uniting lost mail with its intended recipient, no matter how long the...
by Michelle | May 7, 2019 | B Author, Book Review, C Author, M Author, R Author, Review Copy
I have read a lot but reviewed almost nothing over the past few months. Here is my attempt to get caught up on all those outstanding reviews. First up, old review copies I finally got around to reading. %%%%%%%%%% I adored Iain Reid’s first novel, and I am happy...
by Michelle | May 1, 2019 | B Author, Book Review, Books Read in 2019, R Author, Review Copy
Yes, Sky Without Stars is a retelling of Les Misérables set in space. Yes, it has your Jean Valjean, your Javert, your Marius, your Cosette, and your Eponine characters. Yes, it has an infamous criminal hiding from the police, a clueless adopted daughter, a member of...
by Michelle | Jan 29, 2019 | B Author, Book Review, Books Read in 2019, G Author, H Author, Novel Nuggets, P Author
Ms. Hanover’s debut novel about clones is, simply put, fantastic. The Similars is everything I love about reading. The story is engaging; I could not stop reading it everything I predicted ending up not coming true. The characters may be archetypes, but I still...
by Michelle | Jan 2, 2019 | B Author, Book Review, Books Read in 2018
With A Ladder to the Sky, John Boyne is now one of my favorite authors and now has a place on my auto-buy list. His talent and creativity blow me away. Each of his novels that I have read is distinctively different, and he is just as comfortable and successful...
by Michelle | Dec 16, 2018 | B Author, Book Review, Books Read in 2018
By all accounts, Ezekiel Boone’s spider trilogy was quite good. I wish the same were true of his haunted mansion novel. In fact, The Mansion is so far removed from being a decent novel that it is one of the few times I regret the time I spent reading a novel....
