Winterland by Rae Meadows Thank you to NetGalley and Henry Holt & Co. for the chance to review this book. ** In the book, Vera gives Anya chocolate every time she comes to visit. It was forbidden for Anya to eat, but it represented a small escape from her unrelenting life. Try your own chocolate…
Empirical Philosophy…What Now?
The Philosopher’s Flight by Tom Miller Thank you to NetGalley and Simon & Schuster for the chance to review this book. ** I’ve been a little quiet on here lately, and there are two reasons for that. First, I am in graduate school to get my second master’s degree, and my classes are brutal at…
High Tide, but Not My Vibe
The Blackhouse by CarolE Johnstone Thank you to NetGalley and Scribner for the chance to review this book. The author of Mirrorland is back with a mystery that takes place on a rural Scottish fishing island towering over the sea. Maggie Mackay is a lonely young woman who is mourning the recent loss of her…
Book of the Month Predictions– November 2022
Forecasting the Selections for BOTM’s November Box NOVEMBER 2022 Is it just me, or does it feel like Book of the Month has been testing the waters lately? For a while, I feel like BOTM’s picks were relatively predictable. Lately, though, they’ve thrown in a few picks that were completely off my radar. I’m not…
A Life after Loss
A Quiet Life by Ethan Joella Thank you to NetGalley and Scribner for the chance to review this book. It’s not everyday that you find a book that sticks with you. These are the ones that you find yourself thinking about long after you’ve turned the last page. Despite my terrible memory, I will often…
Abusive Past, Modern Murder
The Family Remains by Lisa Jewell Thank you to NetGalley and Simon & Schuster for the chance to review this book. One of my favorite questions to ask other readers is, “What authors are on your auto-read list?” Lisa Jewell has been one of mine for the last couple of years, so I was excited…
The Golden Girls Assassin Remix
Killers of Certain Age by Deanna Raybourn Someone once said, “Health is merely the slowest possible rate at which one can die.” That has never been more true for Project Sphinx, a group of elite all-female assassins who are in their early sixties. After decades of targeting former Nazis, drug and sex traffickers, evil dictators,…
Let the Music Sway Your Heart
Goodbye, Paris by Anstey Harris When I was younger, I was a promising violin player. I was also a military child. At one location, my school had only a band, not an orchestra. My only outlet was with the city’s youth orchestra, which was incredibly intense. The combination of overly-intense youth orchestra and no causal…
Book of the Month Selections– October 2022
Book of the Month Selections are out! October 2022 Book of the Month has released their October 2022 selections! How did I do based on my predictions? Well….it could have been better. I only guessed one actual selection, Hester, but some of my other predictions are add-ons! Those include The Kissing Curse and Spells for…
Therapist Thrillers
The Golden Couple by Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen I’m making “therapist thrillers” a new genre. As soon as you hear it, you can think of a book that fits, right? As thrillers continue to probe the boundaries of mental health, more therapists are taking on main character roles. Following in the footsteps of The…
Baking Through Book Club 