"This, then, was a hellfire club: a debating society for alarming ideas." What a delightful way to end the year. I always like K.J. Charles's books, but this one just pushed every single one of my buttons. It's an homage to Georgette Heyer, and a romance, but I've not read anything quite like it … [Read more]
Muskets and magic, and females in disguise, oh my!
The Thousand Names has sat on my 2013 TBR shelf for five years now. Each time I would pick it up I would go, "Eh" and set it back down. There wasn't any real reason for my dislike. My husband had read this and two subsequent books and liked them all. But for some reason each time I picked it up … [Read more]
Good, I suppose? Does this even count as a western? I’m counting it.
And I am once again reminded that most of the time lit-fic is just not my thing. Willa Cather is good with words, but I just don't get her writing. I chose this book as part of the Western challenge for Read Harder, and because I've owned it for years and years and years. It was a quick read, … [Read more]
A Gritty Young Adult Family Drama
The Death of Bees by Lisa O'Donnell My rating: 3 of 5 stars Marnie and Nelly live in a rough neighborhood in Glasgow, Scotland. Their parents are drug addicts, alcoholics, and there's hints that their dad has been abusing the girls. Early on something happens to the parents and the girls cover … [Read more]