Are You Sleeping?
Young Adult Family Drama more than a Mystery/Thriller How would you feel if your father’s murder was being covered in a non-fiction podcast? Would you be grateful that someone was looking further into his murder or would you be upset that all the old information is being dredged up onceContinue Reading
Great Divide
Beautiful Illustrations with an Unusual Plot The world has gone crazy in this well plotted beautifully illustrated graphic novel. Suddenly after the Great Divide, one human touching another kills one of them. The killed live on in the brain of the killer as “riders”. Once a rider is in residence,Continue Reading
Be Like Bill
Bill may be a supercilious a88hole but he is also funny! I was prepared to dislike this book because I’ve read many books based on Internet memes that do not translate well to a book format. I think even Bill’s platitudes would be better one per day rather than allContinue Reading
The Quiddity of Delusion
Stream-of-Consciousness Literary Short Novella (or long short story) When telling an anecdote at a cocktail party, it is natural to embellish it to increase the entertainment value. The narrator of this short story is trying to determine why he is not entertaining and further, why he is not believed. HeContinue Reading
The Woman Without a Voice
Every Family has a Story. The author writes the history of her family from the 1890s until 1925 based on family and historical records and pictures. It begins with a drought in Nebraska forcing an entire farming family including their grown children to move to free land in Oklahoma. SomeContinue Reading
Murder Mysteries
Beautiful Artwork and a Compelling Plot I picked up this graphic novel because it combines two of my favorite genres: graphic novels and mysteries. Am I ever glad I did! A British man visiting Los Angeles has his flight back home canceled. While waiting, he visits an old friend beforeContinue Reading
If My Dogs Were a Pair of Middle-Aged Men
Laugh-out-loud funny book! The book is the story of the author’s two dogs pictured as two middle age men. It doesn’t sound funny but it is totally hilarious! I’m sure the people at work were wondering why I was first giggling and then laughing out loud at some of theContinue Reading
Downward Dog: Very Serious Haiku from a Very Serious Dog
Perfect for fans of the series, like me, this book contains about 35 haikus written by Martin the dog on the show. The haikus vary from funny to frightening to romantic. Not only will you see your dog’s feelings in them (the horrible ending after a car ride to theContinue Reading
Vicious Circle (A Joe Pickett Novel #17)
This book is a sequel to Endangered (Joe Pickett #15) so it would be much better if that book was read first. I read it when it came out in 2015 so the amount of back story explanation was perfect but would probably not be enough for someone reading thisContinue Reading
Eggs Benedict Arnold (A Cackleberry Club Mystery)
Not For Armchair Detectives Like Me This book is a light mystery. I read the previous book in the series so I picked this one up to read next. This book was poorly plotted. The mystery was solved almost on the last page without any clues to the murderer’s identityContinue Reading
500 Ballparks: From Wooden Seats to Retro Classics
Beautiful and Informative Book This book is the perfect gift for the baseball fan in your life. The book is beautiful and big enough to also work as a coffee table book. In addition to the large quantity of pictures, the text explains the history of each park too. IContinue Reading
Profit from Happiness: The Unity of Wealth, Work, and Personal Fulfillment
This is a short book well worth a read for its many good ideas. The author provides ideas for how to make your life and the lives of those with whom you interact better. While the ideas seem simple at first, they get more complex as the book continues. IContinue Reading
The Red Bandanna: A life, A Choice, A Legacy
Good tearjerker story Good tearjerker to read on 9/11. However, some of the text seemed stretched out to make a book-length story from an excellent NY Times article, which I read after the book. Still a tragic story about how terrorism impacts more than just the immediate victims but alsoContinue Reading
Repo Madness: A Novel (Ruddy McCann)
Humorous Mystery with Believable Characters–Just a Great Book! I absolutely adored this book. The characters seem like old friends but their attitudes change over the course of the three books in this series–just like real people do. My favorite part of this book is that Alan is back! Is AlanContinue Reading
The Midnight Plan of the Repo Man: A Novel (Ruddy McCann)
Wonderfully Different Read! I really enjoyed the characters within this book. I won the third book in the series in a Goodreads giveaway but wanted to read the first two books first. I actually listened to the first hundred pages on audiobook, while wading through jam-packed traffic during California’s blueContinue Reading
The Midnight Dog of the Repo Man (Ruddy McCann)
Good Short Prequel to Series After reading the first book in this series, The Midnight Plan of the Repo Man, and absolutely loving it, I wanted to read the next book in the series. This is actually a short story that took me less than an hour to read onContinue Reading