It’s been a while since I read a Tess Monaghan mystery by Laura Lippman and I’ve missed them. Long before The Wire, I stumbled upon this series—drawn in by the fact that the main character was a rower and not small and skinny. However, I soon realized that one of the things I loved about this series … [Read more]
Recent Reviews
More Than the Sum of Its Parts
I had no expectations going into this e-book checked out from my local public library. I didn’t know that it was originally published in England (with a slightly different title) and then republished in the US a year later. Though there are a lot of familiar elements in this YA urban fantasy, there … [Read more]
Shadow brother
Will all great Neptune's ocean wash this blood clean from my hand. This quote from Shakespeare's Macbeth informs the title and content of this book, the fourth in the Commissaire Adamsberg series by the French writer Fred Vargas. Adamsberg and a few collegues from his division are set to travel to … [Read more]
“Love is a one-way street. Love, like respect isn’t something you get; it’s something you give”
I am truly pleased that I have moved forward in 2015 with the intention of listening to more audio books, because I feel that I would not have been able to either get through or enjoy Shantaram to the level I did if I simply read the paper version. The paperback version of the book clocks in at … [Read more]
Getting the Scoop with Lois Lane
I never saw the Lois Lane/Veronica Mars connection until I read this book. Gwenda Bond spins an enjoyable story of a high school-aged Lois Lane, who moves to Metropolis hoping for a fresh start. As the daughter of a three-star General, Lois has lived the classic army brat life—moving from place to … [Read more]
Another winner by Liane Moriarty
Ah, Liane Moriarty redeems herself after the quite terrible The Hypnotist's Love Story with the stellar The Husband's Secret. It's very twisty and interesting and even though I figured out "the secret" pretty quickly, she spends just as much time discussing the repercussion as she does the secret … [Read more]