Portrait in Death by J.D. Robb
I read Portrait in Death many moons ago so it was great to revisit it. This is one of the sharper installments in the series, IMHO. Eve and Roarke tracking down a serial killer who ends up murdering someone who ends up being close to another person in the series was I think a good choice. I remember my shock at what happened and the fallout from it. It was great to see this brought up again in later parts of the series and I […]
The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells
Why is it when it’s a “Classic” I go…yeah this is not for me. I am really regretting not listening to this one. I heard it’s better that way. Trying to read this via my phone browser (yep, could not download as an e-book) was another pain which is why it took me so long to get through it. It’s fine, just not that interesting after a while. Reading about an invasion of aliens from Mars would probably have scared me prior to watching E.T., […]
The Heart Forger by Rin Chupeco
This just dragged. Having the book written in the past (present) and the future with the bard telling the story was too much. I got so sick of things. The past (present) has not caught up to the future and I don’t know if I have enough in me to continue to even try to read the rest of this series. I do like Chupeco’s writing, but the book gets away from itself so many times. I just didn’t enjoy it that much. I was […]
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
Updated review September 15, 2022: Re-read this for Cannonballread’s Banned Book week. I did something a bit different for this though. I really just re-read my favorite parts of this book (which there are a lot) but then I also re-watched the movie that came out based on this book. I have to say parts of the movie were very well done, such as when Starr and her mother and others film the police with their phones when her father is being accosted by the […]
Closer to Okay by Amy Watson
Please note that I received this book via NetGalley. This did not affect my rating or review. Trigger warning: Book gives a lengthy (and much appreciated) trigger warning for suicide and mental health. Not to much to say here. I liked the ideas behind this book much more than the actual book. The first 30 pages had me exciting and then it just turned into a not so cohesive romance novel. I think if Watson had either just decided to just do a straight up […]
They Do It With Mirrors by Agatha Christie
September 13, 2022 review: Well I read this for Halloween bingo 2021, “Locked Room Mystery” square. LMAO. I can’t help it, I am always going to find a way to read Christie during the months of September and October. She always seems to be a symbol of the coming darker winter days. The locked room aspect comes into play when a young man comes and demands to speak to Lewis Serrocold at gunpoint behind locked doors of his office. What is interesting though is that […]
