by Michelle | Jul 28, 2020 | Book Review, Books Read in 2020, Review Copy, W Author
Mother Daughter Widow Wife by Robin Wasserman has a fantastic premise. Given how much I loved her previous book, I opened it with eagerness. Expecting a story that focused on the woman who could not remember her past, what I got was a story about exactly what the...
by Michelle | Apr 16, 2020 | Book Review, Books Read in 2020, Review Copy, W Author
Coming in at 800 pages, Legacy of Ash by Matthew Ward is admittedly a chunkster by any definition. However, don’t let its size intimidate you. Between the pages lies a great fantasy novel that has a little bit of everything. And what a novel it is! Politics,...
by Michelle | Apr 15, 2020 | Book Review, Books Read in 2020, Review Copy, W Author
If you were to ask my husband, my face while reading Darling Rose Gold was a lot like my face while watching “Tiger King” on Netflix – one of constant perplexity and disbelief at what I was reading. Then again, I think that was the point. Much like...
by Michelle | Jan 29, 2020 | Book Review, Books Read in 2020, Review Copy, W Author
Reading Chosen, being back in the Buffyverse, made me feel twenty years younger. It made me feel as if anything – and everything – is possible, the way I did before adulthood punched me in the face. Twenty-something Michelle shouted with joy every time a...
by Michelle | Dec 31, 2019 | Book Review, Books Read in 2019, F Author, L Author, M Author, O Author, T Author, W Author, Y Author
This story is slow to start with an almost voyeuristic depiction of Thursday’s life. There are clues all over the place but, as is so often the case, those clues only make sense in hindsight. The ending justifies the feelings of unease that you feel while...
by Michelle | Aug 14, 2019 | Book Review, Books Read in 2019, Review Copy, W Author
With four of her novels under my belt, I can safely say that Ruth Ware’s books are hit-or-miss for me. In baseball terms, she has a .500 batting average, which I realize is actually pretty damn good if you play baseball. For an author, though, it isn’t the...
