I’ve finally decided to start working through all the books I’ve bought myself over the years that have been sitting on me shelf untouched. This novel by M.T. Edvardsson, like most of my other purchases, have been bargain bin finds, with blurbs intriguing enough for me to purchase. A Nearly Normal Family fit that mold, with its unsettling mystery at the center.
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Book Review: Zero Days by Ruth Ware
I still don’t know if anything will beat In a Dark, Dark Wood for me, but Ruth Ware has continued to release strong novels ever since her debut in 2015. That’s no exception for her latest, Day Zero.
Read moreBook Review: The Only One Left by Riley Sager
I had the great honor of meeting the great Riley Sager, one of my favorite authors, at the beginning of the month where he was promoting his new book, The Only One Left.
Read moreBook Review: The Midnight Witness by Sara Blaedel
Sometimes you win with bargain book purchases, but sometimes you find mediocre ones. This was one of those times. Again, I’m not saying anything was outright bad with Sara Blaedel’s novel, The Midnight Witness, but I’d say if you ask me next month what this was about I couldn’t tell you much of anything.
Read moreBook Review: Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston
There’s been talk over the last year or so about the screen adaptation of Casey McQuiston’s insanely popular novel Red, White & Royal Blue, and I just couldn’t remember for the life of me if I read this or not. The premise sounded familiar, but with the now promise of a film hitting Amazon Prime in mid-August I decided now was the best time to find out if I had.
Read moreBook Review: Understatement of the Year by Sarina Bowen
I gotta say, I don’t know why it took me this long to seek out more work from Sarina Bowen. She wrote two excellent novels back in the day (Him and Us, if you’re curious), and Understatement of the Year is no exception.
Read moreBook Review: The Minds of Bill Milligan by Daniel Keyes
I don’t know that this non-fiction book by Daniel Keyes is something I would have ever read in the past were it not for an intriguing trailer for a new Tom Holland-led show on Apple+. But I am thankful to that trailer, because it led me to one of the most whacky true stories I have ever heard! The Minds of Billy Milligan captured me in a similar way to the fictionalized Chernobyl storytelling did.
Read moreBook Review: Tender is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica
Three books in now and I have to say that my friend has some really dark taste. And yes, I see the pun in that first sentence. It should make sense to you, too, if you’ve read Agustina Bazterrica’s acclaimed dystopian novel, Tender is the Flesh.
Read moreBook Review: The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
I first read Madeline Miller’s debut novel, The Song of Achilles, back in late 2019. I was immediately taken with it, but like most things I don’t usually revisit them so soon. A little while ago I found my gaze landing on my copy of the book more and more, but my trip to Greece last month finally convinced me I needed to read this epic romance again!
Read moreBook Review: Dumplin’ by Julie Murphy
I don’t know that I watched the film adaptation of this when it came out on Netflix back in 2018, but I did eventually watch Dumplin’. Then, so many odd years later I came across the book at a steep discount. Remembering the gist of the film and that I found it in the category of feel-good watch, I decided to pick the book up.
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