I discovered Juliana Gray’s Affairs by Moonlight trilogy much like I have any other romance series – on Cannonball, after reading Mrs Julien’s reviews. I probably won’t have much to say that she hasn’t added herself but here goes. Since the books go together I’ll just review them all together here. A Lady Never Lies tells the story of Lady Alexandra Morley, a recently-widowed young woman with a lot less financial stability than people think, and Phineas Burke (aka Finn), a genius bastard (literally, his […]
Models, Vets, Trust Funds and Mysterious Deaths
Unless you’re blissfully out of touch with literary news, which is unlikely considering this blog is for readers, you’re well aware that The Cuckoo’s Calling by Robert Galbraith is actually written by JK Rowling. It’s why most of us have even heard of it, but from what I understand it was getting good reviews even before she was outed as the ‘man behind the curtain,’ so to speak. Since I knew who really wrote it when I picked it up, I admit I am incapable […]
What’s invisible to me are the hours I’ve lost reading this thing.
Damn me and my inability to put books aside! I have finally, after almost a month, finished Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Man. I didn’t like it. But, I find it crazy difficult to stop reading a book and so I finished it. Plus I couldn’t continue over the next few paragraphs to bitch and moan about it on Cannonball if I didn’t really finish it. That would be cheating. Invisible Man was recently banned by a school district in my home state (NC) and for that […]
The Tiger’s Wife
I finished The Tiger’s Wife by Tea Obreht a few weeks ago, but I’ve been so bogged down trying to finish up my book club’s April selection (stay tuned for review) that I haven’t had a chance to write it up yet. What does that mean for you lucky Cannonballers? You’ll be able to read my review in a quick glance, because I’ll have no choice but to be brief. I’ve already forgotten most of my thoughts on the book. Oops. Ostensibly, The Tiger’s Wife […]