The Emperor of Ocean Park

I thought I would try a book that was outside my typical genre and point of view. The Emperor of Ocean Park is about familial intrigue, questioning the character of a parent where the relationship was already imperfect, and all the while trying to hold your own personal life together. I don’t normally read political, […]

The Brothers Karamazov

I participated in an online book course earlier in the year that was led by a pastor I follow on social media. Brian Zahnd is a theologian, leads travel groups to the Middle East where you can learn on-site Biblical history, and loves to read. He has an obsession with Dostoevsky’s The Brothers Karamazov. Besides […]

The Tea Rose

I started another series. This time it was only a trilogy. Fiona Finnegan is a stubborn dreamer of a dock worker’s daughter living in London right before turn into 20th century. Fiona may not be living in even middle class terms, but it’s a good life with a loving family and adoring… the author doesn’t […]

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde & Other Stories

This is the beginning of a trend for me: series or an original text then spin-off. What a way to kick that trend off than with a classic. To explain terribly, Dr. Jekyll is a self-prescribing doctor who shoots up a medication with a result of becoming an entirely different person. Mr. Hyde is that […]

A Question of Guilt

Intrigue. Mary Queen of Scots. Murder. Scandal. Oh my. I read A Question of Guilt earlier this year thinking that this was going to be another royalty book that was more lackluster than excitement. Not to say that books with old royalty storylines do not hold my attention, but eventually they lose their steam with […]

Inferno

Almost to the end of the series. After the low point of The Lost Symbol I do not know if I want to keep going. It was at this point that I took a break to read a completely different book, which I will get to at a later time. Robert Langdon finds himself in […]

The Last Thing He Told Me

Good morning, everyone. I hope you all have had a great summer reading in the great outdoors. I have taken some time to get some reading done so that I can have breathing room to do reviews instead of being on the seat of my pants with anxiety to finish a book because ya’ll are […]

The Undesired

Happy New Year, everyone! It has been a long three weeks, and working retail life does not help with the matter. I hope you were all able to spend time with loved ones, and give and receive many blessings. With the new year come new reviews. I thank you all for the support and follows, […]

The Murder on the Links

Still riding high on the mystery train, with this next pit stop being at The Murder on the Links, another Hercule Poirot mystery by Agatha Christie. This will be a short review, unfortunately, because when you read a series, things to get repeated over and over when reviewed. My husband and I are also currently […]

Parade

As I continue linking books from one to another, I am going to keep riding the mystery train. This book is not so much mystery, but more of a slice-of-life. Parade really was not bad and I would definitely recommend reading it. Four young people live in a two bed/ one bath apartment in Tokyo: […]