So here’s a slightly different take on the PI lifestyle — Kenzie and Gennaro are quite a bit different than Izzy and the Spellmans. If you haven’t read Gone, Baby, Gone, or seen the fabulous cinematic adaptation, I’m about to spoil the ending, so back off. Gone, Baby, Gone was Lehane’s fourth installment in the Kenzie/Gennaro series (quick aside: everything I’ve ever read by Lehane has been golden. I may reread my collection just for a chance to review them for CBR). In it, the PIs are […]
Revenge of the Spellmans by Lisa Lutz
“The next week she withheld my paycheck until I signed a document (drafted by David) in which I promised not to marry Connor. Ever. I signed the document, took the check, and had David draft another document forbidding all Spellmans to practice any form of blackmail. David tried to explain to me that a contract in which you promise not to break the law is ultimately redundant, but I didn’t care.” Yes, the Spellmans are back, with all of their crazy, backstabbing, surveillance-ridden ways. Izzy […]
Curse of the Spellmans by Lisa Lutz
This weekend, I finished the second and third of Lisa Lutz’s Spellman Files books, and I’m mostly finished with the fourth. Yes, I was on a road trip and had lots of time for reading, but also, they are quick reads. This is not a bad thing however — The Spellman Files are a lot of fun and keep you interested enough to flip those pages as fast as you can. In Curse of the Spellmans, we join Izzy Spellman once again as she fumbles her […]
Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell
Looking for a well-written teenage romance that will make you sob into your coffee at work (and therefore teach you NOT to read under your desk during office hours; this isn’t high school)? Have you already read The Fault in Our Stars, but feel the need to punish your poor heart even further? Then I have the book for you! Eleanor & Park is about two kids who meet on the bus and don’t speak for weeks. Then they fall in love. Then at some point, […]