by Michelle | Jan 11, 2019 | Book Review, Books Read in 2019, M Author, Review Copy
Forget everything the publishing world has put out about The Water Cure. Chances are it is nowhere close to being an accurate picture of the novel. For one thing, it is not similar to The Handmaid’s Tale in any way. For another thing, there is nothing feminist...
by Michelle | Jan 10, 2019 | Book Review, Books Read in 2019, Review Copy, W Author
If ever there is an author with whom I should be best friends given our interests and tastes, that author is Kiersten White. I started reading Ms. White through her Mind Games duology – a twisty mindfuck of a novel – but knew I had found a kindred spirit...
by Michelle | Jan 5, 2019 | Book Review, Books Read in 2019, M Author
With all of the hype of the Netflix movie, and knowing that my fellow readers consider it to be one of the scarier books they have read, I wanted to experience Bird Box before I did anything else. Unfortunately, I was unable to avoid all of the spoilers out there...
by Michelle | Jan 4, 2019 | A Author, Book Review, Books Read in 2019
Gretchen Anthony’s debut novel, Evergreen Tidings from the Baumgartners, is cute; I can see many reasons why people would love it. For me, however, it is a good reminder of why I tend to steer clear of contemporary fiction and family dramas. Violet’s...
by Michelle | Jan 2, 2019 | Book Review, Books Read in 2018, H Author
Unfortunately, I was not as impressed by Evermore, Sara Holland’s finale of the Everless duology. I wanted to love it. Hell, I wanted to like it. Instead, I am somewhat ambivalent about the whole story. It seems to veer in an opposing direction as the first...
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...
