London Falling: A Mysterious Death in a Gilded City, and a Family’s Search for Truth by Patrick Radden Keefe
Rating: 3.5 Stars In a nutshell: 19-year-old Nick has gone missing. We eventually learn he has died from a fall - or jump? - from a building along the Thames in London. His death reveals he has been lying about who he is, pretending to be the son of a Russian oligarch. Best for: Fans of … [Read more]
Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke
We meet bright, but cold Natalie Heller as she goes off to Harvard. Instead of experiencing the world, making friends and learning, the experience shows her that what she knows is "right" and that the world is wicked. She meets a man, a man who's family is wealthy and heavily connected to politics … [Read more]
The Raven Scholar by Antonia Hodgson
The Raven Scholar is actually pretty good; I was a little surprised because I sometimes don’t have great luck with the popular best-sellers, even in genre fiction. The characters are mostly what drive things, Neema and Cain are a lot of fun, both individually and together, Sol has some good … [Read more]
Singular Sensation: The Triumph of Broadway by Michael Riedel
In his previous book, Razzle Dazzle, Michael Riedel chronicled Broadway history from the 1960s through the '90s, mainly through the lens of the Shubert Organization and the two men who took control of it in order to save the company and their industry as a whole, Gerald Schoenfeld and Bernard … [Read more]
Odessa by Gabrielle Sher
Gabrielle Sher’s Odessa started from her doctoral dissertation titled “Who Made Us Monsters? Narrative Psychology and The Female Jewish Gothic.” I assume it evolved a lot to go from academic writing to horror novel, but I think the question was answered. The book doesn't explain much. It doesn't … [Read more]
Et Tu, Babe by Mark Leyner
This is going to be short and to the point. I HATED Mark Leyner’s Et Tu, Babe. I had a friend a long time ago who loved Leyner and the title of the book cracked me up. Well, the title was the first and last thing to give me even a twitch of amusement. There isn’t really a plot, per se, just … [Read more]
