Category Archives: Review

The Retreat, by Mark Edwards

Posted on February 8, 2019 by

Lucas is off to a writers’ retreat in Wales, very near where he spent the first few years of his life. He’s a horror writer hoping for inspiration, but doesn’t expect the house of his retreat to be embroiled in … Continue reading →

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Gut Reactions, by Simon Quellen Field (audio)

Posted on February 4, 2019 by

Subtitled: The Science of Weight Gain or Loss Two notes before I begin. First, this is not a diet book or a self-help book. This is a book (primarily) about body science, dealing with the complexities and intricacies that make … Continue reading →

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The Vanishing Stair, by Maureen Johnson (audio)

Posted on January 28, 2019 by

This is the much-anticipated (by me) sequel to Truly Devious, and so I won’t say anything about the plot and give things away for the first book. This is a double mystery, after all! When I read Truly Devious last … Continue reading →

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An Unwanted Guest, by Shari Lapena

Posted on January 25, 2019 by

A collection of guests are snowed in at a quaint luxury hotel in the Catskills. When one of them dies, it looks like an accident…but then another is quite obviously murdered. Terror ensues. I grabbed this one off my library’s … Continue reading →

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Love a la Mode, by Stephanie Kate Strohm

Posted on January 24, 2019 by

Henry and Rosie meet on a plane to Paris, where they’re both new students of a specialty culinary high school. They fall in love-at-first-sight, of course, as you’d expect, but you know things can’t be that easy. This was a … Continue reading →

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Callback: Return of the Native

Posted on January 21, 2019 by

Back in 2010, I read Return of the Native for the first time. A few comments about that. First, it was my first read of Hardy since Tess of the D’Urbervilles in 2006. I’d been scared to read more by … Continue reading →

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Protected: Someone Like Me, by MR Carey

Posted on January 18, 2019 by

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