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I have reviewed many books over the years, and some reviews have been more interesting or fun to write than others. The below list were my favorites to write.
• Ada, or Ardor
• Choose Your Own Autobiography
• Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
• If Not, Winter
• Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell
• The Kid Table
• Like Water for Chocolate
• Lolita
• The Monk
• The Night Circus
• Oathbringer
• Return of the Native
• Rhythm of War
• S
• Things Fall Apart
• The UnitCategories:
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Tag Archives: audio
Two Last-Minute Mini-Reviews
So the year is almost over, and I’m pretty much done with anything I might read in 2020. Tomorrow, my end-of-year book post will go up, and I wanted to have everything reviewed beforehand. Thankfully, the last two books I … Continue reading
Posted in 2020, Adult, Prose
Tagged audio, circus horror, historical, mini-review, RIP-worthy, WTF moments
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The Blood Card, by Elly Griffiths (audio)
In this third volume of the Magic Men series, Edgar Stevens and Max Mephisto are called in by the military to investigate the suspicious death of their former commander. Only no one is who they appear to be, everyone has … Continue reading
Posted in 2020, Adult, Prose
Tagged audio, circus horror, historical, mini-review, RIP-worthy
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Sunday Coffee – If not for audio…
The other day, my sister-in-law asked me if I’d heard anything about Piranesi by Susanna Clarke. I told her that a lot of people seemed to love it, but I hadn’t been able to get into it when I tried … Continue reading
Find Me, by Anne Frasier (audio)
When a notorious serial killer offers to lead detective Daniel Ellis to the bodies of his victims, the investigator is willing to provide anything the man wants. Daniel believes his mother is one of the killer’s victims, and wants closure … Continue reading
Posted in 2020, Adult, Prose
Tagged audio, mini-review, place-character, psychology, RIP-worthy
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Rhythm of War, by Brandon Sanderson (audio)
I’m not going to write up a summary of this. For one, it’s WAY too complicated. For another, it wouldn’t make any sense to people who haven’t read earlier books, and would spoil earlier books besides. Let me start by … Continue reading
Posted in 2020, Adult, Prose
Tagged audio, Cosmere, dream-invader, favorite, multi-read, speculative
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Smoke and Mirrors, by Elly Griffiths (audio)
In this second book of the Magic Men** series, two children are found dead in the snow, a line of candy leading to them as if in parody of Hansel and Gretel. Fairy tales play a major thematic part of … Continue reading
Posted in 2020, Adult, Prose
Tagged audio, circus horror, historical, mini-review, RIP-worthy
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The Zig Zag Girl, by Elly Griffiths (audio)
From GoodReads: Brighton, 1950. When the body of a girl is found, cut into three, Detective Inspector Edgar Stephens is reminded of a magic trick, the Zig Zag Girl. The inventor of the trick, Max Mephisto, is an old friend … Continue reading
Posted in 2020, Adult, Prose
Tagged audio, circus horror, historical, mini-review, RIP-worthy
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The Searcher, by Tana French (audio)
After his divorce and retirement from the police force, Cal buys up a dilapidated property in rural Ireland and dedicates himself to a quiet, peaceful life. But life in a small town is never the ideal people make it out … Continue reading
Murder on Cold Street, by Sherry Thomas (audio)
This is the fifth book in the Lady Sherlock series. Inspector Treadles has been accused of murdering two men, and his wife has engaged Sherlock (aka Charlotte) to find the truth and set him free. So I have to laugh … Continue reading
Posted in 2020, Adult, Prose
Tagged audio, gender studies, historical, revisiting, RIP-worthy
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Troubled Blood, by Robert Galbraith (audio)
Strike and Robin try to solve a 40-year-old cold case on top of their modern-day cases and various personal life issues. Book 5 in the series. So let me start by addressing the elephant in the book: the cross-dressing serial … Continue reading
Posted in 2020, Adult, Prose
Tagged audio, gender studies, LGBTQIA, psychology, RIP-worthy
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