Something I Keep Upstairs

Something I Keep Upstairs is a ghost story that is based on a real story. It is creepy and it kept me up late reading a few nights. However, it is missing the author’s usual gonzo uniqueness. I loved She Has a Broken Thing Where Her Heart Should Be, aContinue Reading

Fever Beach

Get ready for another fun filled Florida romp by best selling author Carl Hiaasen! Fever Beach tells the tale of Floridian Dale Figgo, the only person kicked out of the Proud Boys for being too dumb and incompetent. His continued stupidity, as the creator of a new hate group, StrokersContinue Reading

The Retirement Plan

Four sixty-something couples are best friends. After the families get involved together in a bad investment, the four wives see their comfortable retirement dreams float away. But when one husband dies from a freak accident, his wife collects on his million dollar life insurance and is soon living in relativeContinue Reading

Parents Weekend

Five college students go missing on Parents Weekend. An investigation ensues. I found this book to have too many characters to keep straight. Each of the students have parents with issues that seem almost stereotypical of these types of thrillers. The book takes almost 20% of its time explaining eachContinue Reading

Cold Burn

Cold Burn is as much ripped from the headlines as any book I’ve ever read. It has extinct animal revivals, detrimental climate change effects, an unknown fatal disease killing everyone in its path, a malevolent rogue billionaire, and Russian hoods. The plot feels like a mix of the series writtenContinue Reading

Strangers in Time

I have a confession. I really don’t like reading historical fiction. This author, David Baldacci, is one of my favorite thriller writers so I gave Strangers in Time a chance. And I’m glad I did. Strangers in Time has an intriguing plot but it shines best with its fully fleshedContinue Reading

The Shivers Collection

Murderous trees! A truly bad day at the office! A not-so-idyllic beach! Ghosts whispering from beyond the grave! An evil mail slot! Malevolent forces are at work in The Shivers Collection of five short stories from the biggest names in horror. As with most short story collections, some stories wereContinue Reading

The Last Session

While I love reading about cults, The Last Session was just too dark for me. If you have any triggers at all, this book will activate them. Unfortunately, I chose not to continue after the orgy scene that seemed to have been added more for its shock value than anyContinue Reading

Written in Stone

Be prepared for everything from Scottish archeology to tattooing to murder in Written in Stone, book ten in the Scottish Bookshop Mystery series. Delaney is an American, who runs a bookstore in Edinburgh Scotland. Delaney’s Scottish husband, Tom, owns a nearby pub. One day Tom and Delaney are visiting aContinue Reading

Your Pasta Sucks

Your Pasta Sucks contains multitudes. It is a very funny memoir from a self-proclaimed Italian, Irish, Mexican homosexual. It also has family recipes that have a lot of ingredients and mostly take a while to cook. Photos are rather hit and miss. Nutritional information is non-existent. Admittedly, I wouldn’t recommendContinue Reading