by Michelle | Feb 21, 2023 | Book Review, Books Read in 2022, J Author, Review Copy
Usually, Maureen Johnson knocks every one of her stories out of the park. Unfortunately, with Nine Liars, it is less a home run and more an infield blooper. My daughter and I discussed how disappointed we both felt upon finishing a mediocre mystery with teen angst....
by Michelle | Sep 12, 2022 | A Author, B Author, Book Review, Books Read in 2022, J Author, Review Copy
September is THE month for publishing. It must be the idea that kids are back to school or something. Still, every year, I find myself inundated by review copies of highly anticipated sequels, the buzziest of buzzed books, and other new releases that make me drool. It...
by Michelle | Jan 26, 2022 | Book Review, Books Read in 2022, L Author, Review Copy
Since 2016, many stories have celebrated feminine ferocity and decrying patriarchal societies. In that regard, Extasia by Claire Legrand is no different. What sets Ms. Legrand’s version apart is that it feels much rawer and angrier than those books that came...
by Michelle | Aug 30, 2021 | A Author, Book Review, Books Read in 2021, Novel Nuggets, Review Copy
When you have twenty-nine books to review, you cry uncle and resort to short reviews. Plus, after all this time, I’m not certain I remember enough about any of them to write a full-length review. We will be breaking these into five parts. This is part four....
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...
