Books That Would Make Aggie Proud...

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Agatha Christie That Is!

Woman In The Library - Sulari Gentil

Eight Detectives - Alex Pavesi

The Plot - Jean Hanff Korelitz

Enigma Of Room 622 - Joel Dicker

Killers Of A Certain Age Deanna Rayburn

Every Last Fear - Alex Finlay

Eight Perfect Murders - Peter Swanson

Golden Sppon - Jessa Maxwell

Mastering The Art Of French Murder - Colleen Cambridge

One By One - Ruth Ware

Thursday Murder Club - Richard Osman

Magpie Murders - Anthony Horowitz

Goodnight Beautiful - Aimee Molloy

The Killing Circle - Andrew Pyper

Obilivion - Peter Abhrams

Woman In The Window - A.J Finn

Trust No One - Paul Cleave

Think Of A Number - John Verdnon

Daisy Darker - Alice Feeney

Embrace Your Flower Power...

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Reads To Take You Back…

Daisy Jones & The Six - Taylor Jenkins Reid

Reluctant Immortals - Gwendolyn Kiste

Lesson In Chemistry - Bonnie Garmus

Summer Of Love - Lisa Mason

Fin & Lady - Cathleen Schine

Final Revival Of Opal & Nev - Dawnie Walton

Burn Baby Burn - Meg Medina

Songbook Of Benny Lament - Amy Harmon

Arcadia - Lauren Groff

Hippie - Paula Coelho

Mary Jane - Jessica Anya Blau

Bones Of A Saint - Grant Farley

Velvet Was The Night - Sylvia Moreno Garcia

The Ice Storm - Rick Moody

Clover Blue - Eldonna Edwards

Uncle Joes Muse - Micah Thorp

Mrs. Everything - Jennifer Weiner

Joyland - Stephen King

The Flamethrowers - Rachel Kushner

Flashlight Worthy Reads...

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Stay Up Past Your Bedtime…

Babel - R.F. Kuang

11/22/63 - Stephen King

Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell - Susanna Clarke

The Historian - Elzabeth Kostova

Empire Of The Vampire - Jay Kristoff

The Fireman - Joe Hill

The Stand - Stephen King

A Gentleman In Moscow - Amor Towles

Anna Karenina - Leo Tolstoy

Cryptonomicon - Neal Stephensen

Grimms Fairy Tales - Borthers Grimm

Shantaram - Gregory David Roberts

City On Fire - Garth Risk Hallberg

Count Of Monte Cristo - Alexandre Dumas

An Instance Of Fingerpost - Ian Pears

In The Name Of The Rose - Umberto Eco

Wolf Hall - Hiliary Mantel

Blind Assasian - Margaret Atwood

Amazing Adventures Of Kavalier & Clay - Michael Chabon

Mad Honey - Jodi Picoult & Jennifer Finney Boylan

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Mad Honey - Jodi Picoult & Jennifer Finney Boylan

Fiction

Rating: 7/10

A thought provoking read about what we choose to keep from our past, and what we choose to leave behind. Jodi Picoult’s books cover a broad spectrum of moral and ethical issues, shattering the surface of a topic by digging into the heart and soul of the characters. She will wreck them and patch them back together and leave the reader with no regrets for going along for the ride.

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Pull Of The Stars...

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An Exploration Of Science Fiction…

For as long as most of us have been alive, we have looked up at the stars and dreamed of the remarkable. Visions of sprawling and distant worlds, parallel universes, artificial intelligence, unearthly creatures, and concepts we would be hard pressed to put a name to have tumbled through our minds. Recent offerings in the genre are limitless, bringing to the page the fantastical as well as the futuristic. Fans are ravenous and the last few years have offered up an unprecedented level of satiation for that hunger.

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Seventeen: Last Man Standing - John Brownlow

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Seventeen: Last Man Standing - John Brownlow

Thriller

Rating: 8.5/10

Being a spy isn’t what you think. It’s boring. Not boring as in dull, but mind-crushingly, ass- clenchingly, teeth-grindingly tedious. At least that’s what our unnamed narrator, rogue operative and world’s most feared assassin would have you believe. It’s more like John Wick meets Deadpool on the page! An absolute blast from start to finish!

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Wrap It Up!-Book Six

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Wrap It Up!-Book Six

My Christmas wish for you is this, as we navigate through another trying year en masse, let books be the gift you choose to give. To others, and to yourself. This instalment of Wrap It Up gathers together books for those seeking magic & make believe. Whether it’s you or a love one, find a cozy spot, crack open a book and have a wonderful, joyous, and peaceful holiday season.

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Wrap It Up!-Book Five

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Wrap It Up!-Book Five

My Christmas wish for you is this, as we navigate through another trying year en masse, let books be the gift you choose to give. To others, and to yourself. This instalment of Wrap It Up gathers together books for those seeking wit & wisdom. Whether it’s you or a love one, find a cozy spot, crack open a book and have a wonderful, joyous, and peaceful holiday season.

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Wrap It Up!-Book Four

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Wrap It Up!-Book Four

My Christmas wish for you is this, as we navigate through another trying year en masse, let books be the gift you choose to give. To others, and to yourself. This instalment of Wrap It Up gathers together books for those channeling their inner super sleuth. Whether it’s you or a love one, find a cozy spot, crack open a book and have a wonderful, joyous, and peaceful holiday season.

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Wrap It Up!-Book Three

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Wrap It Up!-Book Three

My Christmas wish for you is this, as we navigate through another trying year en masse, let books be the gift you choose to give. To others, and to yourself. This instalment of Wrap It Up gathers together books for those that require sustenance for the soul. Whether it’s you or a love one, find a cozy spot, crack open a book and have a wonderful, joyous, and peaceful holiday season.

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Wrap It Up!-Book Two

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Wrap It Up!-Book Two

My Christmas wish for you is this, as we navigate through another trying year en masse, let books be the gift you choose to give. To others, and to yourself. This instalment of Wrap It Up gathers together books for those that embrace weird genius. Whether it’s you or a love one, find a cozy spot, crack open a book and have a wonderful, joyous, and peaceful holiday season.

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Wrap It Up!-Book One

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Wrap It Up!-Book One

My Christmas wish for you is this, as we navigate through another trying year en masse, let books be the gift you choose to give. To others, and to yourself. This instalment of Wrap It Up gathers together books for those that enjoy the art of storytelling. Whether it’s you or a love one, find a cozy spot, crack open a book and have a wonderful, joyous, and peaceful holiday season.

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Marple: 12 New Mysteries - Assorted Authors

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Marple: 12 New Mysteries - Assorted Authors

Mystery Collection

Rating: 7/10

The authors gathered for this special collection celebrating Miss Marple perfectly execute the hallmarks of a classic Christie mystery, which lets be honest, form the tenets of the genre. Capturing every bit of the essence that is Marple, sharp wit, droll ingenuity, deceptively demure countenance, and unique mannerisms. And delivering the denouement with all the flair we know and love!

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On The Books-Long Live The Queen!

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On The Books-Long Live The Queen!

Agatha Christie is not just a famous mystery writer; she is the bestselling novelist of all time. Of all time! The Grande Dame of red herrings and mis-directions, she can always be counted on to provide unexpected twists and unforeseen denouements. All this in trim volumes that focus on plot, dialogue and setting in order to maximize intrigue. Although I would say all of Christie’s masterful mysteries are worth reading, I have collected just four of the best, each distinct from the other, to get you started!

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Portrait Of A Thief - Grace D Li

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Portrait Of A Thief - Grace D Li

Fiction/Thriller

Rating: 7/10

No one is more surprised than Will that he snatched a priceless artifact while a heist was in progress at the museum where he worked. That’s not all he finds in his pocket when he gets home from giving his statement to the police. There’s a business card with an invitation, one he can’t resist. Note I have included an extended list of reading recommendations set in the art world with this review!

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Poster Girl - Veronica Roth

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Poster Girl - Veronica Roth

Fiction/Dystopia

Rating: 6/10

This is the story of Sonya, a young woman living her out days in a prison after the collapse of the oppressive dystopian regime into which she was born. She is given an offer, find a missing girl and earn your freedom. If you’ve read as many dystopian novels as I have you probably realize there is no such thing. While the world building in this novel is stellar, the character development falls a bit short.

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Hidden Pictures - Jason Rekulak

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Hidden Pictures - Jason Rekulak

Horror

Rating: 9/10

A creepy as hell and wildly inventive ghost story that delivers a read perfect for the heat of long summer days or the early chill of fall. Fresh out of rehab, Mallory takes a job as a nanny for five-year-old Teddy. A sweet boy with a vivid imagination and a love of drawing. As the drawings Teddy brings down after his daily quiet time grow steadily more sinister and unsettling, Mallory begins to wonder what she has gotten herself into!

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I Told You This Would Happen - Elaine Murphy

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I Told You This Would Happen - Elaine Murphy

Fiction/Thriller

Rating: 8/10

Carrie can’t have nice things. Like a healthy relationship with a boyfriend, or the unconditional love of a dog. Or hopes and dreams. She’s spent her lifetime under the thumb of her wretched serial killer of a sister Becca who leaves evidence pointing to Carrie’s guilt at every one of her crime scenes. She thought she was done with the drama, turns out, not so much…

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