by Michelle | Aug 28, 2020 | Book Review, Books Read in 2020, S Author
There are no words that can do justice to Samantha Shannon’s epic fantasy, The Priory of the Orange Tree. Dragons, princesses, magic, epic journeys, assassins, power struggles, religion, and legacies are just the highlights of the story within its brilliant...
by Michelle | Dec 28, 2019 | B Author, Book Review, Books Read in 2019, H Author, M Author, P Author
I raced through the television series and didn’t want the story to end, so I started the audiobooks. I am still astonished at how closely the show followed the original story. Even portions of the dialogue are exactly the same. The narrator is okay. His...
by Michelle | Dec 27, 2019 | A Author, B Author, Book Review, Books Read in 2019, D Author, H Author, L Author, M Author, N Author, R Author
Yes, I am still alive! It has been a rough fall season, so blogging fell completely by the wayside as I struggled just to survive from one day to the next. I still managed to read, which I think may have been the only thing that kept me sane. I do not have my usual...
by Michelle | Mar 29, 2019 | Book Review, Books Read in 2019, F Author, Review Copy
Jasper Fforde has a reputation for wacky stories and even wackier characters. Whether it is bringing storybook characters to life or filling his novels with puns, his stories are entertaining, unique, and bordering on crazy. While Early Riser certainly has an eclectic...
by Michelle | Mar 28, 2019 | Book Review, Books Read in 2019, Review Copy, S Author
Dr. Julia Shaw explores the definition of evil in her book Evil: The Science Behind Humanity’s Dark Side. Her hypothesis states that there is no such thing as evil as a measurable character trait, for which she provides a compelling argument. Dr. Shaw goes about...
