I was all set to recommend this book wholeheartedly, but it falters in the last five pages or so, which is SO unfortunate. It was SO GOOD up till then. I will definitely check this author out again, to see if she can stick the landing, because the writing and the story was grand. The MacBride family is a well-off, well-established academic family: father Rowan the dean of the local prestigious prep school and mother Lydia a local judge. Their children are smart and […]
Män som hatar kvinnor (Men Who Hate Women)
CBR Bingo entry: And so it begins. And BINGO was his name-o! I originally considered reading this novel for the CBR Bingo square “The book was better?” because I have seen both the American and Swedish versions of the film. In fact, I saw them both on the same day. My husband and I went to see the 2011 Hollywood production starring Daniel Craig and Rooney Mara and appreciated it, so we decided to come home and watch the original Swedish version on Netflix. Because nothing […]
Episode 1-34: It’s a Dead Man’s Party, Who Could Ask For More?
https://killingmykindle.com/2018/09/15/episode-1-34-its-a-dead-mans-party-who-could-ask-for-more/ Wherein I review: 134. Johannes Cabal the Necromancer (Johannes Cabal #1) by Jonathan L. Howard 135. The Masked City (The Invisible Library #2) by Genevieve Cogman I fall in love with an evil bastard and our Librarian heroine continues swashbuckling through steampunk fantasticness. And I begin to fall woefully behind in my reading.
James and the giant meh
James used to be a happy boy who loved to play until one day he has to go live with his two Aunts who hate him and make him work way too hard. He never gets to play anymore! One day a mysterious man hands him a bag of magic seeds and tells him that they can make all his wishes come true. James runs home to try it, but oh no! He trips and spills the seeds on the ground. Behold next day there […]