Books:
Archive:
Favorite Reviews:
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
• Bellweather Rhapsody
• Carry On
• Choose Your Own Autobiography
• Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
• A Face Like Glass
• If Not, Winter
• Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell
• The Kid Table
• Like Water for Chocolate
• Lolita
• Mockingjay
• The Monk
• Nekropolis
• The Night Circus
• Oathbringer
• Return of the Native
• S
• Things Fall Apart
• The UnitCategories:
Tags:
- abandoned
- Africa
- Asia
- atmospheric
- audio
- BBAW
- body image
- callback
- circus horror
- classics
- collection
- comfort
- Cosmere
- cruise
- divinity
- dream-invader
- end of year
- favorite
- fitness
- food
- gender studies
- goals
- Harry Potter
- health
- historical
- house
- humor
- I made a thing.
- joint review
- KonMari
- Latin America
- LGBTQIA
- lists
- memorable
- Middle East
- mini-review
- multi-read
- nonfiction
- place-character
- POC
- portentous
- psychology
- readathon
- reread
- revisiting
- RIP-worthy
- shredded me
- speculative
- Sunday Coffee
- tarot
- translation
- travel
- Wellness Wednesday
- WTF moments
- Yarn Art
Tag Archives: audio
Burnout, by Emily and Amelia Nagoski (audio)
Subtitled: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle Self-help is definitely out of my comfort zone, but I really loved Emily Nagoski’s Come As You Are (one of my favorites of 2015), so I decided to give this one a … Continue reading
The Art of Theft, by Sherry Thomas (audio)
An old friend of Mrs. Watson is in town, and she desperately needs Sherlock Holmes’ – aka Charlotte Holmes’ – help. I listened to this book while a bunch of chaos was happening at my house. While it was really … Continue reading
Posted in 2019, Adult, Prose
Tagged audio, gender studies, historical, mini-review, revisiting, RIP-worthy
Leave a comment
The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher, by Kate Summerscale (audio)
Subtitled: A Shocking Murder and the Undoing of a Great Victorian Detective This book follows the story of the Road Hill House murder and the investigations that follow, back when Britain’s first detective agency was in its infancy. Confession: Somehow, … Continue reading
Grave Importance, by Vivian Shaw (audio)
As a favor to a friend (and a bit of vacation for herself), Greta Helsing takes over as director at a health and wellness spa for mummies in the south of France. There, she encounters an odd condition she’s never … Continue reading
Posted in 2019, Adult, Prose
Tagged audio, divinity, favorite, LGBTQIA, RIP-worthy, speculative
Leave a comment
Ruth Galloway mysteries 9-11, by Elly Griffiths
And once again, I sped through the rest, so here are the last of my mini-reviews. In general, I have LOVED this series so much!! The Chalk Pit (audio) A homeless woman goes missing, and when the police begin to … Continue reading
Ruth Galloway mysteries 5-8, by Elly Griffiths
Well, in the beginning of all this, I was planning to not read all these back to back, but yeah that’s not happening. Here are the next few mini-reviews… A Dying Fall (audio) When a former university friend of Ruth’s … Continue reading
Ruth Galloway mysteries 2-4, by Elly Griffiths
With a dozen books in a series, and my clear desire to read them all back to back, I’ve decided not to give each mini-review it’s own post. I always find it hard to review books that are later in … Continue reading
