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LanierHgts's Reviews:

The snark is strong in this one

Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris

April 21, 2021 by LanierHgts 2 Comments

“How did you get out of the 90s without knowing who David Sedaris is?”  Such was the comment in a text conversation I had with fellow Cannonballer, Emmalita, when I mentioned I had just started this book.  A few days later, the text went like this: Me: “Really enjoying David Sedaris. Super snarky.” Emmalita: “Honestly, that’s why I was surprised you hadn’t read him yet. He is so up your alley.” And that exchange tells you a lot about the book. And also about me, […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Comedy/Humor Tagged With: #sortofamemoir, David Sedaris, humor, Snark

LanierHgts's CBR13 Review No:5 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Comedy/Humor · Tags: #sortofamemoir, David Sedaris, humor, Snark ·
· 2 Comments

I hated this book and I could not stop reading it

Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

March 1, 2021 by LanierHgts 8 Comments

When I was in high school I used to watch a lot of horror movies. I also used to go to any Halloween or county fair haunted house I came across. My favorite scary movie was “The Changeling” which involved a house haunted by the ghost of a boy who drowned there. I can’t remember the rest of the plot, but I do remember it scared the bejeezus out of me and yet I loved it. Fast forward many years later and you could not […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Horror Tagged With: silvia moreno-garcia

LanierHgts's CBR13 Review No:4 · Genres: Fiction, Horror · Tags: silvia moreno-garcia ·
· 8 Comments

Angry Men and the Women that Save Them: And They All Lived Happily Ever After and Had Many Children

The Duke and I by Julia Quinn

The Viscount Who Loved Me by Julia Quinn

An Offer From a Gentleman by Julia Quinn

January 26, 2021 by LanierHgts 2 Comments

I am not a connoisseur of the romance genre but will occasionally pick up a book that I have seen recommended somewhere (or that is free for kindle).  With all of the Bridgerton hype on Netflix, I figured I would read some of the books before I delved into the show.  Also, I like historical fiction.  So I checked out of my local library the first three books in the series.  This review will cover all three books.  Warning: spoiler alert. I really liked these […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: Bridgerton, CBR13, historical romance, Julia Quinn

LanierHgts's CBR13 Review No:3 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: Bridgerton, CBR13, historical romance, Julia Quinn ·
· 2 Comments

Book Exchange Fun

December 21, 2020 by LanierHgts 1 Comment

Thank you Justin The Chancellor Ferguson for my gift! I cannot wait to get into some good mysteries this winter.

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Book Exchange

Genres: Fiction · Tags: Book Exchange ·
· 1 Comment

Book that made me go hmmmm…

The Once and Future Spy by Robert Littell

December 7, 2020 by LanierHgts 3 Comments

I am a huge fan of mystery and spy novels, so when I saw this in a Free Little Library I picked it up based on the title alone.  I then read the blurb on the back of the book from a NY Times review which called Littell the American John Le Carré.  I don’t like Le Carré’s work (based on the two books of his that I have read), so it took me a while to decide I was going to read this anyway […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery, Suspense Tagged With: cbr12, Robert Littell, Suspense, thriller

LanierHgts's CBR12 Review No:11 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery, Suspense · Tags: cbr12, Robert Littell, Suspense, thriller ·
· 3 Comments

This book scared the bejeezus out of me!

Middle School Matters by Phyllis L. Fagell

October 30, 2020 by LanierHgts 2 Comments

BINGO PANDEMIC I don’t know why I chose to read this book during a pandemic that already had me on edge.  Maybe because it had been on my bedside table for so long that I decided its turn had come.  Maybe because I was looking for something besides the usual mystery escapism I had been reading.  Either way, I am glad I read this, even though as a parent of middle schoolers, it terrified me. Ms. Fagell is a school counselor at a well known […]

Filed Under: Non-Fiction Tagged With: cbrbingo12, middleschool, Parenting, Phyllis L. Fagell

LanierHgts's CBR12 Review No:10 · Genres: Non-Fiction · Tags: cbrbingo12, middleschool, Parenting, Phyllis L. Fagell ·
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