The Ex by Alafair Burke
Successful but lonely hot shot New York lawyer Olivia receives a frantic call one morning from a young girl, who turns out to be the daughter of Olivia’s ex - the one she never really got over. Olivia rushes to his defense and soon discovers he’s being held as the prime suspect in a spree killing … [Read more]
Circling Back to You by Julie Tieu
Please note that I received this book via NetGalley. This did not affect my rating or review. Initial thoughts: Cute enough but not very deep. There’s a fake girlfriend/boyfriend trope going on though the two characters are sleeping together so no idea why they need to fake dating? I don’t know. … [Read more]
White Bones (Katie Maguire #1) by Graham Masterton
Have you ever seen these pictures of a professional illustrator who let her four year old finish her drawings? That’s exactly what this book is like: it starts off well, a little weird but well done, and then in the second half of the book it’s amateur hour. On steroids. On a remote Irish farm, … [Read more]
The Transformation of Philip Jettan by Georgette Heyer
I think this is my last Heyer for a while. I feel like such a curmudgeon when I read what's intended to be a light-hearted romp and find every character revolting. So Georgette Heyer is mainly known for her regency romances, but she also wrote many murder mysteries (one of which was the first and … [Read more]
The Big Book of Reel Murders by Ed. Otto Penzler
My Head! My Head! by Robert Graves
The Optimist's Daughter by Eudora Welty
The Twits by Roald Dahl
Heart by Jade Anouka
Hand of Oberon by Roger Zelazny
The Real Cool Killers by Chester Himes
The Green Knight by Iris Murdoch
The Ophelia Network by Mur Lafferty
Deep Hole by Don Winslow
Legal Immigrant by Alan Cumming
Our Town by Thornton Wilder
The Skin of Our Teeth by Thornton Wilder
The Cube by Adam Rapp
Endgame by Samuel Beckett
Pale Sister by Colm Toibin
Enemies, A Love Story by Isaac Bashevis Singer
The Big Book of Reel Murders - Edited by Otto Penzler - 4/5 The concept of this collection is still mostly pulpy stories (though with some other older stories and more contemporary stories not really pulpy) that were made into films. It should really be called "Reel Crimes" as not every story … [Read more]
Sweet Berries by CM Nascosta
Several months ago, I read a monster romance by C.M. Nascosta and could not get over by how fantastic it was. That book was Morning Glory Milking Farm, and it is a gem. (You can find that review here, if you're interested.) I was greatly excited to hear that they have a new book coming out, Sweet … [Read more]
