Sofi and the Bone Song by Adrienne Tooley
Sofi has been training all her life to replace her father as Musik, but when beautiful, untrained Lara wins the role instead, she suspects there may be illegal magic involved. A long while ago I read about the Polgár sisters, a trio of Hungarian chess prodigies who were very carefully reared by … [Read more]
Isn't it Bromantic? by Lyssa Kay Adams
So I kept comparing this book to historical romances I have read that dealt with marriages of convenience and found "Isn't it Bromantic?" wanting. I think my main issues were that there were too many plot holes i.e. how come the guys had never met Elena until now? It's been like what, 3 years since … [Read more]
Mercy by David Baldacci
My soon-to-be father-in-law recommended that I read Mercy (2021) by David Baldacci. I'd never heard of the book or author, but it sounded interesting enough. I was also curious what kind of book my fiancé's father would think I would like. To be fair, I was told that this was the fourth book in the … [Read more]
Book Boyfriend by Kris Ripper
Kris Ripper takes on the grand gesture and the grovel in Book Boyfriend. Preston has been in love with his friend and former college roommate, Art, for years. They shared a drunken kiss in college and then Art indicated they never wanted to speak of it again. When Art shows up sobbing in the … [Read more]
Shake Things Up by Skye Kilaen
The first book of this author’s I ever picked up was Get it Right, the first in this series, and that prompted me to binge, uh, pretty much everything else by her. So of course I was ridiculously excited for the next book in the series and even more excited when I heard it was a polyam road trip … [Read more]
Journey to the End of the Night by Louis-Ferdinand Celine
The Black Dahlia by James Ellroy
Sabbath's Theater by Philip Roth
American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis
Journey to the End of the Night - 4/5 Stars This one is a bitter pill. Not for me, but for the writer and character. I don't know how much of this is a roman a clef, a veiled memoir, or a persona allowing the writer to hide within the text. But the novel itself is drenched in sarcasm, irony, … [Read more]
