Apples Never Fall by Liane Moriarty
Stan and Joy Delaney have been married for fifty years. They met in their youth playing tennis, and brought their love of the sport into their family and business, coaching their four children alongside paying customers. All the kids were talented, but none of them made it. Stan's one close call … [Read more]
Arrows of the Queen by Mercedes Lackey
" A gentle breeze rustled the leaves of the tree, but the young girl seated beneath it did not seem to notice." I bought a series of Mercedes Lackey Valdemar books from Audible on sale a little while ago, and to my horror I realized that while I could have started off with them, they're kind of … [Read more]
How the Dead Dream by Lydia Millet
"His first idol was Andrew Jackson." I managed to mess this one up pretty good. I started reading Lydia Millet books a few years ago, and when her new story collection Fight No More came out, I grabbed a few more off the shelf. I ended up reading Magnificence, which was one of the newer novels, … [Read more]
The Light Years by Elizabeth Jane Howard
"The day began at five to seven when the alarm clock (given to Phyllis by her mother when she started service) went off on and on and on until she quenched it." This is book one of a five book series that was first published beginning in the late 1980s and then through about 2011 before Elizabeth … [Read more]
Searching for Dragons by Patricia C. Wrede
If you read my previous review of Dealing with Dragons, you'll know I've loved this series for a long time, and recently stumbled across a compilation volume at a used bookstore. So of course I dropped everything to read these books again. Searching for Dragons is the second book in the Enchanted … [Read more]
The Deep by Nick Cutter
The dog dies. Horribly. It will make you sad. I checked online to see if the dog died as soon as I read there was a dog, because that's just something you need to check for with horror stories. I kept reading, hoping the story payoff would be worth it. It was not. I love horror stories, it's … [Read more]
