MadelineOnce again, This Time Next Year was a book that I needed to accept as it was and once I did, I was able to relax and enjoy it. The strange coincidence that these two …
Mexican Gothic: A New Kind of Ghost Story
Mexican Gothic starts as a sane and practical story. Nothing about the story is crazy, insane, or farfetched. This is not norm for most ghost stories that start with a creep factor. But just like …
Agatha Christie’s And Then There Were None: Murder Mystery Queen
It is no secret that I am a big fan of thrillers and murder mystery stories. So, of course I had to pick up a book from the queen herself and the quintessential murder mystery …
Tales Of The City: A Guide To The City I Love
Tales of the City acts as a discrete guide to the city I love. It is a book about the family you make and the star of the show is the heart of the city …
Michael Tolliver Lives: Take Me Back To The Special Times In San Francisco
While reading Michael Tolliver Lives, I was taken back to the years when I was living in San Francisco and pretty deep in the gay scene, for a young straight college girl. The book, Michael …
My Top 4 Books About World War 2
Historical Fiction is one of my favorite genres and one of the biggest topics in historical fiction is World War 2 and so it’s no wonder that I have read quite a few books about …
A Gathering of Shadows: A Shades of Magic Book
This is the second book I have read of V.E. Schwab’s series, Shades of Magic books, and I am still very impressed by her imagination and her writing to put her thoughts into play. The …
Peony In Love
As a first disclaimer, Peony In Love was not my favorite book of Lisa See. I have previously written about a number of Lisa See’s books, including The Island of Sea Women, Snowflower and the …
A Good Girl’s Guide To Murder
Hello Mr. Twists and Mrs. Turns! Do not let the high school good girl storyline of A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder fool you. This book is no joke. The storyline was so brilliant and …
Big Summer: Living Life As You Are
Big Summer starts with a song and dance about loving yourself and living life as you are and then, seemingly out of nowhere, there is a big fat murderous crime scene. This book has a …