Why is it that every Danielle Steel book has a woman in her 40’s doing some exciting stuff instead of being a housewive? 🙂 In all seriousness, there’s a formula here and one that pays well. But I have to say compared to her previous novels, I feel that the reading grade for her proseContinue reading “Dangerous Games – Danielle Steel Book Review”
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Sons of Fortune – Jeffrey Archer
United in their rivalry, Sons of Fortune is the classic tale of two brothers engaged in a power struggle from international bestselling author, Jeffrey Archer.
The Crooked Staircase * Dean Koontz
I must say I was really excited to pick up Dean Koontz again. I didn’t realize it was the third novel in a series following Jane Hawk, superwoman 🙂 The 4.09 Goodreads rating seemed promising, the synopsis ticked all the boxes and I turned on the audiobook on my daily commute to work.
The Map of Love – Ahdaf Soueif
Last night I dreamed I walked once more in the house of my father’s childhood: under my feet the cool marble of the entrance hall, above my head its high ceiling of wooden rafters: a thousand painted flowers gleaming dark with distance. Short-listed for the Booker prize and acclaimed by critics worldwide, Soueif’s novel certainlyContinue reading “The Map of Love – Ahdaf Soueif”
The Devil’s Triangle – Catherine Coulter
This book made little to no sense. Jumpig from one country to another, scrambled timelines and with a cast ranging from DaVinci and his lover to about 15 interchangeable personalities with generic names like Mick and Ajax, the book left little enthusiasm and kept me hoping for an early finish. And when the dialogue wasContinue reading “The Devil’s Triangle – Catherine Coulter”
Karin Slaughter – The Kept Woman
A body is discovered in an empty Atlanta warehouse. It’s the body of an ex-cop, and from the moment Special Agent Will Trent walks in he knows this could be the most devastating case of his career. Bloody footprints leading away from the scene reveal that another victim – a woman – has left theContinue reading “Karin Slaughter – The Kept Woman”
Spoken from the Heart – Laura Bush
In this brave, beautiful, and deeply personal memoir, Laura Bush, one of our most beloved and private first ladies, tells her own extraordinary story. Born in the boom-and-bust oil town of Midland, Texas, Laura Welch grew up as an only child in a family that lost three babies to miscarriage or infant death. She vividlyContinue reading “Spoken from the Heart – Laura Bush”
Black Mass by Dick Lehr, Gerard O’Neill
Black Mass, the true story of a deal between Irish mobsters and their FBI handlers written by Boston Globe reporters Dick Lehr and Gerard O’Neill. The South Boston neighborhood has long been considered a poor younger sibling to its swanky northern Boston locales. Long populated by generations of Irish immigrants, ties to the neighborhood runContinue reading “Black Mass by Dick Lehr, Gerard O’Neill”
Iron Gold * Pierce Brown – Book Review (Red Rising Novella)
“Change isn’t made by mobs that envy, but by men who dare.” Well, at least the author loved it! I didn’t.
Lie In Wait – Eric Rickstad Book Review
Even in a quiet Vermont town, unspeakable acts of the past can destroy the peace of the present. Mother of two Detective Sonja Test investigates her 1st murder case after a young teenage girl is found bludgeoned to death in the home of the prosecutor in a high profile civil rights case. Read by: Amy Landon
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