The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd is an awesome golden-age mystery book, arguably the best in the Agatha Christie canon. I actually guessed the murderer’s identity because of reading some non-spoiler reviews so I’m not going to say anything about the plot. However, I love mysteries and have read 100s probablyContinue Reading
Minestrone Mischief Review and Giveaway
My Review Imitation may be the sincerest form of flattery. However, mystery writer, Victoria, is not amused when her biggest stan (stalkery fan) is found dead posed like a death in her book. The local prosecutor is suspicious of both Victoria and her boyfriend, Tim. What can Victoria do butContinue Reading
If This Book Exists, You’re in the Wrong Universe
If This Book Exists, You’re in the Wrong Universe is the fourth book in the John Dies at the End universe. And it is a wild, witty, nerdy and thoroughly intellectual ride! Dave, John and Amy are authentic ghostbusters with The Conjuring worldview. They are trying, and failing, to controlContinue Reading
Notice & Note
As a voracious reader almost from birth, it comes as a surprise to me that you have to teach people how to comprehend what they read. However, since trigonometry is still a complete mystery to me, I understand that everyone has their own skills and challenges. If you teach EnglishContinue Reading
The Family Game
Harriet has a bestselling thriller and is newly engaged to Edward, heir to a huge family fortune. While Harriet has some secrets lurking in her past, she has no idea how many secrets simmer just under the surface of Edward’s outwardly gentile family. But then his intimidating and powerful father,Continue Reading
Some New Kind of Kick
Some New Kind of Kick is the story of a Hispanic gay punk’s journey from a confused adolescent to guitarist with The Cramps. It’s the late 1970s. Punk rock is just beginning in Los Angeles. Here is your chance to take a drug-fueled lap around the club and gay sceneContinue Reading
Dashing Through the Snowbirds
Meg and her whole crazy extended family are back in the extra-Christmas-e, Dashing Through the Snowbirds. Meg’s brother Rob is hosting (at Meg’s house of course) a Canadian team of software developers as part of a new contract his company just landed. However, there are big troubles brewing within theContinue Reading
Bones of Holly
What do Al Capone, a silent era film star and treasure have in common? They may be why famous popular history author, Sandra O’Day, and her assistant, Daryl, vanished without a trace during a party at her house. Or it could have been current mobsters, neighbors that have a grudge,Continue Reading
Santa’s Little Yelpers
Andy, a New Jersey wannabe-retired lawyer, is back again for a new Christmas-themed dog-filled humorous cozy legal thriller. Santa’s Little Yelpers are eight puppies fostered from Andy’s animal rescue foundation by a discredited attorney named Chris. Chris just got out of prison for manslaughter. He argues he is innocent. AContinue Reading
Little Eve
Little Eve is both truly terrifying and totally believable as well as being creepy af. It’s the perfect way to get into the Halloween mood regardless of the month you are reading it. In these modern times, it is hard to believe in vampires or other traditional horror tropes. CatrionaContinue Reading
The Maze
Do you miss the opposite-of-feminist writing of Mickey Spillane? Do you think Bill Cosby and Harvey Weinstein were unfairly targeted? If so, I have a book for you. The Maze harkens back to a long-ago time when men were men and women were only good for one thing. John CoreyContinue Reading
Righteous Prey
It’s always fun to be on a ride-a-long with Virgil Flowers and Lucas Davenport and the villains are even wilder in Righteous Prey. The Five, a pack of bitcoin billionaires with too much time (and money) on their hands, are killing “bad people” across the United States. When the thirdContinue Reading
The Official Amazing Race Travel Companion
The Official Amazing Race Travel Companion is an uneasy mixture of a travel guide and a behind-the-scenes television show memoir. I found the memoir much more interesting. It begins with how the show was created and continues through the 2021 season. I expected more from the travel guide. I wantedContinue Reading
Mad Honey
Can a tendency towards violence against women be inherited? Olivia left her ex-husband twelve years ago when their son, Asher, was only six. Now, Asher’s girlfriend, Lily, has been found dead and Asher has been arrested. Is it a case of the sins of the father revisiting the children? OrContinue Reading
The Christmas Murder Game
Lily’s aunt and adopted mother, Liliana, has died. Lily and her four cousins and their two spouses must play a game to win her luscious country estate/hotel. A snowstorm traps everyone inside the mansion with no way to communicate with the outside world. Twelve days of puzzles. Twelve days ofContinue Reading
Cartooning Made Easy: Circle, Triangle, Square
Cartooning Made Easy: Circle, Triangle, Square is an odd art guide. The book has quick pictures of how to turn circles into faces and ultimately entire bodies. It includes how to turn triangles into shoes and both circles and triangles into hands. However, it just shows fully drawn pictures ofContinue Reading