by Michelle | Apr 15, 2021 | Book Review, Books Read in 2021, M Author, Review Copy
Deep River by Karl Marlantes is one of those novels that is deeply personal to the author, something he shares with the reader in his author’s notes at the end of the story. Unfortunately, because of the personal nature of the story, the storytelling suffers. It...
by Michelle | Dec 29, 2020 | Book Review, Books Read in 2020, E Author, Review Copy
The Lightest Object in the Universe by Kimi Eisele is yet another post-apocalyptic story. Instead of cannibalistic raiders and a dog-eat-dog world, the world in which Carson and Beatrix find themselves is the exact opposite. Reading this at the end of 2020 where it...
by Michelle | Apr 23, 2020 | Audiobook, Book Review, Books Read in 2020, H Author
Fledgling is Molly Harper’s second foray into the young adult world. Her first novel in the series, Changeling, introduced readers to Cassandra Smith and her world of the magical haves and the nonmagical have-nots. We see Cassandra’s struggles to adapt to...
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 13, 2019 | Book Review, Books Read in 2019, J Author, Review Copy, S Author, W Author
While Wanderers has and will continue to garner comparisons to Stephen King’s The Stand, it is almost unfair to do so. Yes, they both involve a mysterious illness, and they both have a group of people traveling across the country. One might even be able to argue...
