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“Are you confused?”

Poison For Breakfast by Lemony Snicket

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Lemony Snicket, the pen name of writer Daniel Handler, is such a clever writer.  If you haven’t read his Series of Unfortunate Events, stop reading this right now and go read those books instead (they will prove to be better written and more amusing than any book review I can write.)  After you read them, watch the wonderful Netflix adaptation starring Neil Patrick Harris.  But I digress, so does Lemony Snicket, he digresses and rambles on throughout his charming new book Poison for Breakfast (digress […]

A Cozy Mystery In A Luxury Retirement Community

The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman

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I have been on a long streak of not very good books.  Which is why I have not posted a review in ages.  Well, the streak is broken. The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman is a wonderful cozy mystery set in a luxury retirement community.  If his name sounds familiar, that is because Osman is a mainstay on many of the British Comedy Game Shows like Taskmaster and Would I Lie To You.  Lucky for us, it turns out he can write along with […]

“Stranger, Whoever you are, Open this to learn what will amaze you”

Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthoy Doerr

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Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr is an epic story.  My ARC copy was over 600 pages long.  Doerr, who won the Pulitzer Price for All The Light We Cannot See, has woven together the stories of five people in three different times, connected with a sixth story, the ancient Greek story of Cloud Cuckoo Land. In modern day Idaho we have Zeno,  an old man, orphaned at a young age, who was changed by his experience as a POW during the Korean War.   Along with […]

This Book Smells Good

The Strange Journey of Alice Pendelbury by Marc Levy

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I have no idea how I found this book, when or how it got on my to read list.  It seems that Marc Levy is an international best selling French author, but I had never heard of him before.  The Strange Journey of Alice Pendelbury is part of a relatively new Amazon imprint – “Amazon Crossing introduces readers to authors from around the world with translations of international books, making award-winning and best-selling books accessible to new readers.”  Well, all I can say is that […]

Those Darn Greek Myth Prophecies

Perseus Kills His Grandfather by Richard Pastore

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The retelling of Greek myths has become a popular genre in recent years, partly thanks to the success of Madeline Miller’s novels and Rick Riordan’s children’s books.  Who doesn’t love a Greek myth?  These stories are filled with magic, sex (most of it inappropriate), murder, heroics, adventures, weird creatures, exotic locations, and morality (or even better – lack of morality).   Perseus Kills His Grandfather by Richard L. Pastore tells the story of Perseus from before his birth until he fulfills his destiny. I must start […]



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