BOOK REVIEWS
X (by Sue Grafton)
Almost to the end of the Kinsey Millhone series! X is the 24th installment of the Alphabet Series by Sue Grafton. When a glamorous redhead hires Kinsey to locate the son she put up for…
The Restoration Garden (by Sara Blaydes)
I selected The Restoration Garden by Sara Blaydes during an Amazon First Reads offer. I love gardening, especially growing flowers, so the book title immediately caught my attention. The…
Anyone You Want Me To Be (by John Douglas)
I have long admired John Douglas's work as a criminal profiler with the FBI's Behavioral Analysis Unit through his true crime books. His first book, Mindhunter, was actually influential…
Postmortem (by Patricia Cornwell)
I've been intrigued by Patricia Cornwell's books for ages. I've even picked up a few at discount bookstores over the years, but I've yet to read them. I follow Cornwell on social media and enjoy…
Demon Copperhead (by Barbara Kingsolver)
Despite living in Kentucky for many years now, I had yet to read a Barbara Kingsolver novel. (She's a Kentucky native, if you didn't know.) I was persuaded to read Prodigal Summer after it…
The Deep Dark Descending (by Allen Eskens)
Allen Eskens is an autobuy author for me. I'll never forget being introduced to his first book, The Life We Bury, through my favorite bookish podcast, Books on the Nightstand. (Sadly, they…
How It Happened (by Michael Koryta)
Thanks to a reading challenge I decided to participate in this year on the Litsy app, I am reading beloved authors on my bookshelves that I have drifted from. (Sometimes I wonder if my…
Run Away (by Harlan Coben)
Run Away by Harlan Coben is a fast-paced thriller that follows the desperate father Simon Greene. When Simon spots his estranged, drug-addicted daughter Paige performing music in…
The Quitter’s Club (by Jessica Strawser)
As a huge fan of Jessica Strawser’s novels, I was thrilled when her latest, The Quitter’s Club, was available through Amazon’s First Reads program for May. It was an obvious pick for me…
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