The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels by India Holton
I wanted to enjoy this book more than I did. It's not bad, it's just very... first novel-y. Which is to say that the story has the sense that the author spent a lot of her younger years thinking about it and tries to cram in four different stories. Have you ever written an email and forgotten a word … [Read more]
Pretty Things by Janelle Brown
The goodreads description of this book uses phrases like “scam of a lifetime” “page turner” and “dazzling, twisty, mesmerizing.” My experience of this book was…quite different. Nina is the only child of a con-woman mother. Though determined to make a straight living, her mother’s recurring … [Read more]
The Book of Cold Cases by Simone St. James
Le sigh. I hate tearing into the work of a writer I normally enjoy. I'm going to do a non-spoiler one and include a spoiler below. While the spoiler does indeed reveal a major plot point (though not an essential one to the mystery of the murders), I do encourage you to read it as it deals with a … [Read more]
Christmas Romance by Catherine Hart, Betina Krahn, Linda Ladd, Barbara Dawson Smith, Katherine Sutcliffe
Because why not kick off the summer with Christmas romances? A Christmas Melodie (Catherine Hart) - 2.5 stars Melodie is a mail order bride on her way out to Colorado, but when she is snowed in with a handsome widower and his four children, she gets rather side-tracked. I found Melodie … [Read more]
Big Summer by Jennifer Weiner
It had been years since I'd read anything by Jennifer Weiner. I'm not sure why, exactly. Years ago, I enjoyed Good In Bed quite a bit, a novel about a woman whose ex-boyfriend writes an article about loving someone plus-size, and In Her Shoes, a story about two very different sisters (which was made … [Read more]
Artificial Condition by Martha Wells
Artificial Condition (2018) by Martha Wells is the second novella in her "Murderbot" series. I read the first book, All Systems Red when my science-fiction-loving friend made me--by choosing it for book club. She will be thrilled to learn that I voluntarily read Artificial Condition, and I'm now … [Read more]
