The Darkest Part of the Forest by Holly Black Ever since I read The Coldest Girl in Coldtown, I’ve been hankering for more of Holly Black’s magical and scary stories. I love this new tale about Hazel and her brother and the town of Fairfold. “Hazel lives with her brother, Ben, in the strange town …
Now that the Christmas rush and New Years is over I’ve been a reading machine so, I’m going to spread out February’s Bookworm over two posts. Anna and French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins Last year I read the last book of this series (Isla and the Happily Ever After) and loved it! Her characters contain …
The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing by Marie Kondo A much recommended book by just about everyone I know. It’s a short book (only 124 pages) but packed with the how to of Marie Kondo’s (KonMari) method of de-cluttering your home. As a practicing minimalist, I smugly read …
Christmas stories in January? I’m always late reading the ones I pick in December, oh well. Festive in Death by J.D. Robb I love Eve Dallas and Delia Peabody. “Just shut your mouth, you ignorant twat.” “Aw, Dallas, he called me a twat. How come you get to be a bitch, but I only get …
Wild by Cheryl Strayed This book resonated with me strongly. Her childhood, her coping with loss, and the realizations she had while on the trail were ones I had during similar life experience. I also admire outdoorsy people like her and those she met on the Pacific Crest Trail. Alas, the tall spires of trees …
It’s true i’ve been on a bit of a French/Parisian kick, why not dream of the City of Light while winter settles in? Isla and the Happily Ever After by Stephanie Perkins It’s the third in the “Anna and the French Kiss” series, but it’s very much a stand alone story. The descriptions of Paris …
October is the perfect time for a good ghost story! Rooms by Lauren Oliver I devoured this story in a single day. It’s a ghost story that’s truly haunting. The Walker family have returned to the old house on Coral River to put their father, Richard, to rest. The recently departed patriarch was not a …
The Bone Clocks by David Mitchell Many dates in time and many characters move in and out of the story like pieces in board game. The binding character through all of this is Holly Sykes. The book begins with her story of running away from home in 1984 and ends in the year 2043 as …
Mr. Penumbra’s 24 hour Bookstore by Robin Slone A story that joins 21st century tech wunderkids with a 15th century secret society to try a de-code the granddaddy of all code books. One that might hold the secret to eternal life! Clay is an unemployed web designer struggling to get a job in his field. …
Footprints in the Sand by Mary Jane Clark “Not only is Piper creating the sugar-sand-dollar-festooned wedding cake, she’s also the maid of honor. But a cloud seems to be hovering over the whole affair. Shortly after a bridesmaid mysteriously disappears, a kindly neighbor’s car is run off the road and a prospective witness, an innocent …
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