K Author Archives - Page 2 of 18 - That's What She Read

Thoughts on books, family, and life in one impressive package.

The ultimate what-ifs of what-ifs

by Michelle | Apr 30, 2020 | Book Review, Books Read in 2020, K Author, Review Copy

The Book of Longings by Sue Monk Kidd is, simply put, a gorgeous story. It takes a very real, long-held idea that Jesus had a wife and imagines who that woman could be. Except, this is not a story of Jesus’ wife. It is the story of a formidable woman in her own...

Julie Kagawa made me cry

by Michelle | Apr 14, 2020 | Book Review, Books Read in 2020, K Author, Review Copy

I love anything written by Julie Kagawa. Her Iron Fey series was my introduction to the Fae and started me down the path of young adult fantasy. Her Blood of Eden series filled a vampire void I didn’t even know existed. Yet it is her Soul of the Sword series and...

Jay Kristoff tore out my heart and stomped all over it

by Michelle | Apr 14, 2020 | Book Review, Books Read in 2020, K Author

Holy fuck, you guys. Darkdawn by Jay Kristoff pretty much killed me. From the opening paragraph of the very first book in the Nevernight series, we know Mia’s fate. We don’t know how it is going to happen, but we know that she dies. The first two books...

Do we really need yet another Titanic story?

by Michelle | Apr 11, 2020 | Book Review, Books Read in 2020, K Author, Review Copy

I absolutely loved Alma Katsu’s novel about the Donner party. I loved it so much that her latest novel was one of my most-anticipated novels for the year. Unfortunately, The Deep did not live up to my expectations. For one thing, there are too many narrators....

Is it wrong I want to be like Mia?

by Michelle | Jan 28, 2020 | Book Review, Books Read in 2020, K Author

There is something about Jay Kristoff’s tale of a revenge-driven assassin that hits all the right notes for me. It may be bloodier than the worst slasher film with more twists and turns than the Minotaur’s labyrinth, but holy hells, I cannot get enough....

Books Read in October

by Michelle | Dec 29, 2019 | Book Review, Books Read in 2019, K Author, M Author, N Author, V Author

It may start slowly, but hang on to your hats, folks. It is one wild ride. I absolutely loved the diversity and gender fluidity within the novel. The magic is intriguing with its message of harmony and partnership. While it is not as unputdownable as I wanted, I still...