Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
In one of my earlier reviews, I was disappointed in a book that I expected to be scary but it was decidedly not. Turns out, Mexican Gothic was almost exactly what I was looking for back then: not scary, absolutely not gory (thank goodness), but a hovering sense of dread throughout the entire novel. … [Read more]
Museum Archives: An Introduction by Deborah Wythe (editor)
I first read this in late 2017 and at the time… let’s just say I skimmed. At the time I was newly switching lanes and had a lot of ground to cover quickly. I have however gone back to it at least twice since, really digging into the archival and museum collection management information contained … [Read more]
Slouching Towards Bethlehem by Joan Didion
This is my first in depth experience with Didion’s writing (although likely not my last as I have Year of Magical Thinking already on this year’s to read list). Slouching Towards Bethlehem as a title caught my imagination years ago and has stayed with me (I was unaware it was a further literary … [Read more]
The Letters of America Vespucci and other documents illustrative of his career by Amerigo Vespucci
Library Book Bingos exist for two reasons: 1. clearing my shelves of books that would have otherwise sat there and 2. challenging myself to learn new things. I don't really like the second purpose. I prefer to read what I want to read and that is that. But this summer, all of my local libraries … [Read more]
The Sky Is Yours by Chandler Klang Smith
A review in which my book-does-not-meet-expectations streak unfortunately continues... While wasting time online at work one day, I found a list of recommended funny novels and then a list of funny novels written by women. I can't remember which list this novel was on, but let's just say the list … [Read more]
The Face of a Stranger by Anne Perry
When Anne Perry, the author of The Face of a Stranger—the first book in her Detective William Monk series—was fifteen years old, she and her friend murdered the friend’s mother by bludgeoning her to death. She spent five years in prison and was released. As an adult, under the pseudonym Anne Perry, … [Read more]
