Giving Good Weight by John McPhee
This is a collection of creative non-fiction essays by John McPhee, who seems like he has been something of an institution for a long time, even though it feels like he's in some kind of retirement now. But with writers, they might always write something new. This collection has five pieces, with … [Read more]
Hannibal by Thomas Harris
I think this is the final Hannibal Lecter book. Or at least the final book that moves the story forward. I know there is a prequel book that doesn't remotely seem interesting. The strength of Red Dragon is that so much has clearly happened before we get there that we're playing catch-up the whole … [Read more]
Kamby Bolongo Mean River by Robert Lopez
This is a novel from 2009 by Robert Lopez who did not in fact fact write for Avenue Q, even though I thought he might have. That's a different Robert Lopez. In this novel, we get 175 pages of un-chaptered thoughts and moments from our narrator. There's no chapter breaks but each little segment is … [Read more]
The Readbreast by Jo Nesbø
I Did Not Finish at 25 percent. Everyone told me I was going to love this. But at over 600 pages and 25 percent in, you have to be better than this. I just didn't care about anything. Reading about Harry falling off the wagon again I just could not. And the whole set up with him shooting a … [Read more]
Magic Bleeds by Ilona Andrews
I have read the entire Kate Daniels series and used to have reviews for it back in the day on Amazon. Deleted and moved on. But I also decided to do a re-read a while back that I stopped because I forgot how much the earlier books were just not that great. And yeah this one, was not that great. … [Read more]
50 Harbor Street by Debbie Macomber
Bless, I used to gobble these books down like chocolates back in the day. It was just so comforting to check in with the residents of Cedar Cove. My re-reads haven't been that great though. This at least took my mind off of anything pressing and I just went with it though I thought the plot was way … [Read more]
