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Book Review: The Book of Lost Things by John Connolly

Title: The Book of Lost ThingsAuthor: John ConnollyPublisher: Atria BooksPage Count: 339Publication Date: 2006Category/Genre: Fiction, Fantasy, Horror, Fairy Tales, Adventure, Mystery, Good Reads Rating: ★★★★☆ (3.9)My Rating: ★★★★☆(4.0) High in his attic bedroom, twelve-year-old David mourns the death of his mother, with only the books on his shelf for company. But those books have begun to … Continue reading Book Review: The Book of Lost Things by John Connolly

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November 2020 Reading Challenge: The Romanovs: 1613-1918 by Simon Sebag Montefiore

Title:  The Romanovs: 1613-1918Author: Simon Sebag MontefiorePublisher: W&NPage Count: 657Publication Date: 2016Category/Genre: History, Non-Fiction, Cultural, Russia, PoliticsGood Reads Rating: ★★★★☆ (3.95)My Rating: ★★★★☆(4.0) The Romanovs were the most successful dynasty of modern times, ruling a sixth of the world’s surface for three centuries. How did one family turn a war-ruined principality into the world’s greatest … Continue reading November 2020 Reading Challenge: The Romanovs: 1613-1918 by Simon Sebag Montefiore

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Book Review: The Nocturnal Brain: Nightmares, Neuroscience and the Secret World of Sleep by Guy Leschziner

Title:  The Nocturnal Brain: Nightmares, Neuroscience and the Secret World of Sleep Author: Guy LeschzinerPublisher: St. Martin’s PressPage Count: 368Publication Date: 2019Category/Genre: Non Fiction, Science, Mental Health, Health, Sleep, Sleep Disorders, Case StudyGood Reads Rating: ★★★★☆ (3.98)My Rating: ★★★★☆(3.8) For Dr. Guy Leschziner’s patients, there is no rest for the weary in mind and body. … Continue reading Book Review: The Nocturnal Brain: Nightmares, Neuroscience and the Secret World of Sleep by Guy Leschziner

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Book Review: The Institute by Stephen King

Title: The InstituteAuthor: Stephen KingPublisher: ScribnerPage Count: 561Publication Date: 2019Category/Genre: Fiction, Horror, Mystery, Thriller, ParanormalGood Reads Rating: ★★★★☆ (4.20)My Rating: ★★★★☆(4.0) In the middle of the night, in a house on a quiet street in suburban Minneapolis, intruders silently murder Luke Ellis’s parents and load him into a black SUV. The operation takes less than two … Continue reading Book Review: The Institute by Stephen King

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Book Review: Perfume: The Story of a Murderer by Patrick Süskind

Title: Perfume: The Story of a Murderer Author: Patrick SüskindPublisher: PenguinPage Count: 263Publication Date: 2010Category/Genre: Fiction, Classics, Historical Fiction, Horror, Mystery, Thriller, Crime, European LiteratureGood Reads Rating: ★★★★☆ (4.02)My Rating: ★★★★☆(4.0) In the slums of eighteenth-century France, the infant Jean-Baptiste Grenouille is born with one sublime gift: an absolute sense of smell. As a boy, he … Continue reading Book Review: Perfume: The Story of a Murderer by Patrick Süskind

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October 2020 Reading Challenge: How We Disappeared by Jing-Jing Lee

Title:  How We Disappeared Author: Jing-Jing Lee Publisher: Hanover Square Press Page Count: 350 Publication Date: 2019 Category/Genre: Fiction, Historical Fiction, War, Cultural, Asia, Good Reads Rating: ★★★★☆ (4.18) My Rating: ★★★★☆(4.0) Singapore, 1942. As Japanese troops sweep down Malaysia and into Singapore, a village is ransacked, leaving only two survivors and one tiny child. In … Continue reading October 2020 Reading Challenge: How We Disappeared by Jing-Jing Lee

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Book Review: The Sisters Grimm by Menna van Praag

Title: The Sisters Grimm Author: Menna van PraagPublisher: harper VoyagerPage Count: 448Publication Date: 2020Category/Genre: Fiction, Fantasy, Magical Realism, Retellings, Fairy TaleGood Reads Rating: ★★★☆☆ (3.32)My Rating: ★★★★☆(3.6) Once upon a time, a demon who desired earthly domination fathered an army of dark daughters to help him corrupt humanity . . . As children, Goldie, Liyana, Scarlet, … Continue reading Book Review: The Sisters Grimm by Menna van Praag

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Book Review: Hormonal: A Conversation About Women’s Bodies, Mental Health and Why We Need to Be Heard by Eleanor Morgan

Title:  Hormonal: A Conversation About Women’s Bodies, Mental Health and Why We Need to be HeardAuthor: Eleanor MorganPublisher: Virago PressPage Count: 256Publication Date: 2019Category/Genre: Non Fiction, Science, Mental Health, Feminimism, HealthGood Reads Rating: ★★★★☆ (3.77)My Rating: ★★★★☆(3.8) Hormonal is a familiar label for any woman exhibiting less than maximum self-control. Eleanor Morgan dismantles the stubborn … Continue reading Book Review: Hormonal: A Conversation About Women’s Bodies, Mental Health and Why We Need to Be Heard by Eleanor Morgan

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Book Review: The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix

Title: The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires Author: Grady HendrixPublisher: Quirk booksPage Count: 400Publication Date: 2020Category/Genre: Fiction, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller, Horror, VampiresGood Reads Rating: ★★★★☆ (3.89)My Rating: ★★★★☆(3.8) Fried Green Tomatoes and Steel Magnolias meet Dracula in this Southern-flavored supernatural thriller set in the ’90s about a women’s book club that must protect its suburban community from a mysterious … Continue reading Book Review: The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix