Books, Writing and Other Fun Stuff
Title: The Enigma of Room 622Author: Joël DickerGenre: Mystery, Thriller Wow. This book is not like anything I’ve read before. So many threads – no telling where they’ll lead. Never where you think, for sure. It’s nearly 600 pages, but the payoff […]
Essays on Superman, Public Benches, and Other Obsessions Escape into Meaning by Evan Puschak: Essays on Superman, Public Benches, and Other Obsessions Overall, I enjoyed this book of essays from Evan Puschak of Nerdwriter fame. For the most part, the reader’s interests […]
Fun read! Lean into the silliness of everything in the town of Confection being named something sweet. It sets up virtually unlimited possibilities for future books in the series. Lexi runs a bookstore and hosts a book club that sometimes turns into […]
Sometimes funny, often poignant, All Together Now is an account of a tight group of high school friends that soon went their separate ways. Now in their mid-thirties, one member of the group, Robbie, is diagnosed with a terminal illness and asks […]
As a lifelong fan of Lawrence Block, I pretty much grab anything with his name on it. When this collection of short mysteries came along with the Block Seal of Approval, I grabbed it and was not disappointed. I’d wager there is […]
Book Review: The Next Everest by Jim Davidson I listened to this as an audiobook. I don’t listen to audiobooks frequently because my mind tends to wander, but The Next Everest was engaging and easy to follow. In fact, I would recommend […]
Book Review: The Ivies by Alexa Donne This was a fun read, if that’s ever an apt description of murder. I was excited when NetGalley approved me for an ARC, because I follow author Alexa Donne on YouTube, and I enjoyed her […]
Book Review: Leaving Isn’t the Hardest Thing This collection of essays by Lauren Hough doesn’t pull any punches. It doesn’t try to teach a lesson or force a happy ending. It just is what it is. The story of a complicated life. […]
One of my 2021 Goals, along with reading 52 books, is to write a short review of each book on Goodreads. In most cases it’s just a sentence or two, but better than just star ratings. Here are the 9 books I […]
Book Review: The Same River Twice: A Memoir of Dirtbag Backpackers, Bomb Shelters, and Bad Travel by Pam Mandel My Rating: 4 Stars This book captures well the confusion and uncertainty of people in their late teens and early twenties. For the […]