Witches and Jesuits by Garry Wills
Garry Wills has a Phd in Classics, but has mostly spent his public career writing about politics, religion, and history. He's most famous probably for a fallout with the "intellectual Conservatism" movement in the early seventies when he wrote a polemic against Nixon. He also won the Pulitzer Prize … [Read more]
The School for Good and Evil Book 1 by Soman Chainani
Cbr14bingo Question (Bingo)— How did I not know I had this book? Why did it take me so long to finally read it? What do “good” and “evil” even mean? Looking over my bookshelves as I often do figuring out what to read next, this book, which I think has been there for years, recently stood out because … [Read more]
Growing Things and Other Stories by Paul Tremblay
At this point everyone who reads my reviews should know I do an overall rating for the collection, with individual ratings for the stories. So here we go! "Growing Things"-(3 stars)-This follows Merry from "A Head Full of Ghosts". I didn't find this scary honestly, and just kind of went well … [Read more]
TekWar by "William Shatner"
The made for television movie of TekWar came out when I was in late elementary school or middle school and I was hooked. I loved it. I had no idea what was going on, but it involved a computer drug that people tapped into that let people experience whatever they wanted for a price. It also involved … [Read more]
Christmas on the Island by Jenny Colgan
Not too much to say about this one. I just didn't enjoy it. It's not a bad book, but the whole series is just getting a bit samey. I am also not a fan of Joel at all at this point. I understand he had a hard childhood, but at this point it's just all about him at all times and not Flora. And I don't … [Read more]
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie
Updated: September 26, 2022: Seriously this is just the best whodunit. The ending is always a smack to the face because you don't see it coming. I am always shocked no one thinks of this one as the best Hercule Poirot out there. I see most people focusing on Murder on the Orient Express, which is … [Read more]
