Ethel is used to being underestimated. At seventy-five years old, she looks like a loving grandma who bakes cookies. But Ethel has never married or had children and she buys cookies premade, like God intended. And simply put, she’s a badass! A secret agent, crime solving kinda badass!
Read MoreNew Delhi, 3 a.m. A speeding Mercedes jumps the curb and in the blink of an eye, five people are dead. It’s a rich man’s car, but when the dust settles there is no rich man in sight, just a shell-shocked servant with no explanation of how he came to be there. This opening scene is the pivotal moment that changes everything for our characters; the servant at the wheel, the one who placed him there, the one with blood on their hands and the one who witnessed it all.
Read MoreThis ingenious novel takes place in a world not unlike our own, with one rather significant, and potentially alarming, difference. People can choose to have memories removed. Either with the vague understanding they have chosen to do so, or having it entirely expunged. This story follows several people who start having traces that they cannot make sense of. A brilliantly crafted speculative sci-fi that will give you lots to ponder!
Read MoreAt the very least, books are meant to ignite our imagination. That spark, when given full reign is arguably the most transformative and revelatory capacity we as humans have access to. And no genre wields this influence more fully than Fantasy. Authors in this category regard a sheet of paper empty of words as a blank canvas on which to paint unfathomable universes. So reader, allow me to lead you into the language of dreams.
Read MoreI’m a planner in every way you could imagine, a particular quirk that benefits my reading life. And now you dear reader, will reap the rewards with my new monthly post that will feature three of the most interesting books coming out in the next month as well as a few extra just for fun. Happy Reading!
Read MoreA powerful goddess has had her displeasure roused and as a result, unleashed a curse that caused many to crave blood. Since the incarnation of these vampires, their world has not known peace. Will Isolde’s marriage to the Vampire King stop the bloodshed or will her own appetites overcome them both. Romance is not my bag but vampire stories are irresistible to me in all forms!
Read MoreThis story follows two sisters, Meredith and Nina, who as adults are living vastly different lives. When their father falls ill, they find themselves pulled together, all the more so when he makes a last request of them. Persuade their cold and distant mother to retell the fairy tale she started when they were children one last time. And this time, all the way to the end.
Read MoreA wild romp of a thriller starring a cast of four fierce and feisty sixty something lady assassins who go on the offensive rather than hide when they find themselves juggling threats from every direction. Think Golden Girls meets James Bond! An absolute blast!
Read MoreAfter a break-up our main character, Joel, flees to a luxury resort in the Swiss Alps, intent on rest and relaxation. He never imagined that he would be spending his vacation unraveling a crime committed in the hotel many years earlier. In a room that no longer seems to exist. In this book about a writer writing a book, prepare to off balance in all the best ways.
Read MoreThis novel is a love letter to the fairytales and storybooks of our childhood, the ones that left the deepest impression and endure the most retelling. The ones that assured us our happily ever after. That is what King has given us in his latest, Fairy Tale. With a twist of course. King takes the curses we imagined from those youthful treasures and gives them teeth. Inflicting new horrors on beloved characters and then giving them a savior, Charlie. TOP PICK #1 OF 2022!
Read MoreWhen the Aurora, a luxury space ship disappeared, it was assumed all souls on board were lost. No one ever expected it to be found, and if it was everyone would most certainly be dead. When a salvage team locates it they are woefully unprepared for what shape they find the bodies in. Dying is one thing, dying very badly is another thing entirely! TOP PICK #2 OF 2022!
Read MoreGrowing up in an Italian family, the percentage of lineage of no consequence whatsoever; it’s going to start loud and get louder. The food will be abundant, the cooking will be nonstop, the debates about meals will be heated and you had best bring a hearty appetite. Or suffer the “Look”. Tucci gets it! TOP PICK #3 FOR 2022
Read MoreI’m a planner in every way you could imagine, a particular quirk that benefits my reading life. And now you dear reader, will reap the rewards with my new monthly post that will feature three of the most interesting books coming out in the next month as well as a few extra just for fun. Happy Reading!
Read MoreThis book about the unexpected joy that can be found in friendships packs an emotional punch, the author drops in these bittersweet arrangements of words along the way that will have the tears flowing even as you laugh out loud. To be read with an open heart and a full box of Kleenex!
Read MoreWhen Bird notices small red hearts appearing in strange places; on tree trunks, on sidewalks, on the spines of library books…he wonders if it’s a message from his mother. When words begin appearing alongside the hearts, he knows it is. A love letter to words written on the page and those that protect them.
Read MoreWhile you are taking sustenance from this sumptuous collection of food writing you will asking yourself…what is my most poignant memory surrounding food? I still haven’t found my answer, although the image of pop tarts keeps flashing in my brain. So many amazing stories shared by so many!
Read MoreWoman 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
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
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
Not sure what is says about me that I love an edgy and snarky serial killer, but when this one describes death as “a rather pretty palette”, I was a goner! How Kitty discovers her path in life is for me to know and you to find out reader. Way more entertaining than is probably polite!
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