by Michelle | Jan 22, 2021 | Book Review, Books Read in 2021, P Author, Review Copy
The Dutch House by Ann Patchett confirms that she writes beautiful stories. The writing is gorgeous. For me, however, the story is less so. Maeve and Danny’s story revolves around their childhood home, The Dutch House. In fact, the house is such a large part of...
by Michelle | Sep 25, 2020 | Book Review, Books Read in 2020, P Author, Review Copy
I was all set to mark To Sleep in a Sea of Stars by Christopher Paolini as a DNF after the first chapter. There is so much in the first quarter of the novel which reads like an extension of The Expanse series by James S. A. Corey. This includes terminology, anti-Earth...
by Michelle | Sep 9, 2020 | Book Review, Books Read in 2020, P Author, Review Copy
As the Shadow Rises by Katy Rose Pool suffers a bit from the middle novel syndrome. While I enjoyed the story, it does not contain that special something that made the first book so spectacular. We know the world, the characters, and the catastrophe they want to...
by Michelle | Jul 29, 2020 | Book Review, Books Read in 2020, P Author, Review Copy
Burn Our Bodies Down by Rory Power is a weird, creepy novel filled with a lot of anger. So. Much. Anger. Anger at mothers. Anger at men. Anger at climate change. Anger about secrets. It is as if Ms. Power used her novel as a form of therapy and unburdened her soul by...
by Michelle | May 1, 2020 | Book Review, Books Read in 2020, P Author, Review Copy
At the fifteen percent mark of Bone Crier’s Moon by Kathryn Purdie, I was all set to mark it as a DNF and move on with my life. To be fair to the author and publisher, I vowed to read until the twenty-five percent mark and see if I felt the same way. Happily, I...
by Michelle | Apr 13, 2020 | Book Review, Books Read in 2020, H Author, P Author, Review Copy
While their second collaboration (An Anonymous Girl) was good, Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen totally knock the ball out of the park with their third effort, You Are Not Alone. This intense, edge-of-your-seat thriller kept me in a state of nervous anticipation and...
