The Circular Staircase by Mary Roberts Rinehart – book review

The Circular Staircase by Mary Roberts Rinehart For twenty years I had been perfectly comfortable; for twenty years I had had the window-boxes filled in the spring, the carpets lifted, the awnings put up and the furniture covered with brown linen; for as many summers I had said good-bye to my friends, and, after watching …

Irretrievably Broken by Melissa F. Miller

Irretrievably Broken - Sasha McCandless #3 by Melissa F. Miller Attorney Sasha McCandless is back in Irretrievabley Broken! The venerable law firm of Prescott & Talbott is reeling from the murder of partner Ellen Mortenson -- purportedly at the hands of her estranged husband -- when a photograph of the dead woman arrives, her face …

Brick Town Boys by Pete Fanning

Brick Town Boys by Pete Fanning It's 1987 and twelve-year-old Sam Beasley only wants two things: to play football and for his mother to stop dating losers. Only there's no money for a football team in Bricktown, while there's an endless supply of losers for his mother to bring home. Sam finds a friend in …

Walk The Wire by David Baldacci – Book Review

Walk The Wire – Amos Decker #6 <pre> <Amos Decker -- the FBI consultant with a perfect memory -- returns to solve a gruesome murder in a booming North Dakota oil town in the newest thriller in David Baldacci's #1 New York Times bestselling Memory Man series. When Amos Decker and his FBI colleague Alex …

The Woman in the Window byA.J. Finn – book review

The Woman in the Window byA.J. Finn - book review The woman in the window Anna Fox lives alone, a recluse in her New York City home, unable to venture outside. She spends her day drinking wine (maybe too much), watching old movies, recalling happier times . . . and spying on her neighbors. Then …

Inadvertent Disclosure by Melissa F. Miller – book review

Inadvertent Disclosure by Melissa F. Miller - book review Inadvertent Disclosure (Sasha McCandless #2) Tiny dynamo Sasha McCandless returns in Inadvertent Disclosure. It's been six months since an airplane crash altered the course of attorney Sasha McCandless's professional and personal life. She's busy building her solo law practice and tending her budding relationship with federal …

Irreparable Harm by Melissa F. Miller – Book Review

Irreparable Harm by Melissa F. Miller - Book Review Irreparable Harm (Sasha McCandless, #1) Attorney Sasha McCandless has one goal: Make partner at the best firm in town. Then a plum assignment plunges her into a world of deceit and danger. When a commercial flight crashes, killing everyone on board, she's tapped to defend the …

Top Ten Tuesday – Unfinished Books

Top Ten Tuesday – Unfinished Books Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl. Here are ten novels I DNF’ed. Except for one, I have no intention of trying again. In no particular order: Warcross by Marie Lu I read Marie Lu’s Legend at around the same time I read Divergent, The Hunger …

Half a Year in the Viewing Tower – The best films of 2019 so far

This show has improved by a mile. The first six seasons were outstanding, but everything went downhill from season 7. Season ten has improved.

One of the challenges of comedy is there are insecurities and quirks that make everything amusing. But after ten seasons, Phil still thinking he is not good enough for his father-in-law, or Alex having some life ensecurity is no longer funny. We now have the same plot different dialogue every episode.

Half a Year in the Tower – What have I been reading?

“Of course,” I said, “you could deny me the boon I rightfully earned in blood and fire and kill me instead, thus ensuring that Summer would renege on a debt and never be able to make good on it. But I don’t think that would be very good for Summer and its honor. Do you?”
“Indeed not, wizard,” the gruff said. “Indeed it would not be.” He bowed his head to me. “Likest thou jelly within thy doughnut?”
“Nay, but prithee, with sprinkles ’pon it instead,” I said solemnly, “and frosting of white.”
“It could take some time to locate such a pastry,” the gruff said seriously.
I bowed my head to him. “I trust in the honor of Summer’s champions that it will arrive in good time.”

In Her Majesty’s Service

Ignoring the sarcasm, Atiena turned to leave. “You have fourteen days. Don’t worry, your son will be safe.”
I am not worried.”
Atiena paused on her way out. “Then you should be. My queen and I do not suffer failures, nor do we reward mediocrity.”

The Most Romantic Fictional Couples of All Time

  The Most Romantic Fictional Couples of All Time So the 14th was last week Thursday. In honour of that day we celebrate love, here are my favourite fictional couples. And because I’m such a bubble of sunshine, I will include something I dislike about the couple. Teenage Love Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger ‘“I …

A Tale of Two Novels – A Review of 13 Hours and A Young Man’s Game

Hello! Anybody home? Never mind. So I have this thing, where I hate posting anything less than four hundred words on my blog. This is a problem, since most of my reviews are under three hundred. On Friday night, while typing my two reviews for A Young Man’s Game, and 13 Hours, I had a …

Literary Lies – Books I Pretend To Have Read

Come on, I’m sure we’ve all done this. I have engaged in hour long conversations about how the books are actually fan fiction, and issues of sexual consent, etc. Weird thing? Fifty Shades is a book I would generally never read, because I am not a fan of Erotic Fiction.

Readers – Know Ye Not Ye Are Literary Gods?

Today I would like to talk about a multifaceted issue. First, I want to look at what qualifies as a good book, or as a bad book. Second, I want to know if there are any exceptions to book quality. In 2005 the first book in a series called Twilight was released. It went on …