Rabbit Redux by John Updike
This is the second novel of the Rabbit Angstrom series by John Updike. I was born the year the third book came out, and the last book, plus the novella followed up 10 and 20 years later. This expansion can give a false impression that the books were always designed as a series. It may well be that … [Read more]
I, Claudius by Robert Graves
Poor poor pitiful me! Claudius is a kind of nephew to Caesar Augustus and born outside of Italy, but regardless, he's still among the court, and eventually, as we know, will become emperor after Caligula. Claudius is also afflicted with a stammer and a limp, which both allows him to hide behind … [Read more]
Vernon Subutex 1 by Virginie Despentes
Oddly, I kind of felt like this book would be grimier than it is. It's still pretty grimy, but not as much as I thought. We begin this trilogy with our title character, Vernon Subutex, kind of coming to. He's older middle-aged and has always been around the music scene, specifically as running a … [Read more]
The Devil Wears Tartan by Katia Rose
TikTok got me on this one. I found myself watching a video where the author promoted her new romance novel where two women from rival highland dance schools hate each other and then...really don't. I ordered it immediately. It was delightful. Moira is still reeling from a breakup that happened … [Read more]
Lost by Michael Robotham
On an otherwise unremarkable night, London detective Vincent Ruiz finds himself desperately clinging to a buoy in the river Thames, bleeding out from a brutal gunshot wound to his leg. When he finally wakes up in hospital a few days later his memory of the events leading up to that night are gone. … [Read more]
For Butter or Worse by Erin La Rosa
It's my first ARC, and I actually have this book on request for purchase at a few of my libraries. Without much knowledge of how ARCs work (are they final? Will there be more changes?) I'll give it my best shot... So CLEARLY there was some meeting of the romance novelists and they all decided … [Read more]
