Book Reviews

  • THE BODY IN THE LIBRARY BY AGATHA CHRISTIE

    As a huge fan of Christie, I found I am not a huge fan of Miss Marple. I love Poirot but found Marple missing the magic that Poirot does. Marple wasn’t even in the story as much as I thought she should have been. Then she comes in and saves the day but I found

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  • A GOOD IDEA BY CRISTINA MORACHO

    There are moments when you should know what you were getting yourself into and this was one of them. I should have known this was going to be an overdone 90s teen angst novel.. but I wasn’t ready for how over the top it would be.     If that wasn’t enough..  The title, the cover don’t match

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  • THE CARTOGRAPHERS BY PENG SHEPHERD

    I just finished The Cartographers this morning and I feel I should chill out before writing this review, but here I am writing a review with all the fresh, raw emotions spread all over me. To start off, this was a good idea. I adore that it was about a real situation, I love that the author used the real

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  • INSOMNIA BY SARAH PINBOROUGH

    I agree with other reviewers that this book starts out SLOW. You really have to push through the mud to get to the stream (is that a fun saying? Did I just make that up?). I already am not a big fan of books based on sleep, lack of sleep or dreams. I find you instantly get

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  • BREAKFAST OF CHAMPIONS KURT VONNEGUT JR.

    I read Vonnegut’s first book and loved his talent for storytelling. I watched a documentary on his life and fell in love with him as a person. The author himself, really, really interests me. This is my 4th Vonnegut novel and honestly, as a book lover, I’m mad at myself for not liking it more.     I stand

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  • THE LONDON SÉANCE SOCIETY BY SARAH PENNER

    Like other reviewers who read ​The Lost Apothecary I was excited for Penner’s next book. The title and cover intrigued me enough to pick it up without a second thought.    I noticed the goodreads rating dropping and was confused because the first few chapters were so good. As the book progressed, I started understanding. Never question my goodreads friends (ha). This is

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  • THE GOLDEN COMPASS BY PHILIP PULLMAN

    I picked up this book as a recommendation and dove in quickly as it’s already been made into a show on HBO. I admittedly didn’t know this book was written for children. As I struggled to get into the story, I found myself appreciating the imaginative world the author built.      I’m not against reading children’s books…

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  • OTHER BIRDS BY SARAH ADDISON ALLEN

    No matter what your thoughts are with my rating, in the end this is such a sweet story. I personally had a hard time really diving in and letting this magical-realism world the author created take over.     It was a wonderful overall story, wonderful setting and I really loved all the baggage each character had. It was

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  • I USED TO BE A MISERABLE F*CK: AN EVERYMAN’S GUIDE TO A MEANINGFUL LIFE BY JOHN KIM

    What it comes down to is I get why the author directed this to men, but it’s a shame. There are some really good nuggets of advice in here but as a woman you have to be creative to decode. On the other hand, I get why he would skinny down and make a book he wanted,

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  • THE CLOISTERS BY KATY HAYS

    There is not a lot to dislike about this book….. NYC, tarot, gardens, magic(?), museum, lake house… I mean… it has the making of a great book. Hays took every piece of of a good story people love and threw it in a single story. Yet, it felt held back. So held back in fact,

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