Month: September 2025
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Book Review: The Engraver’s Secret by Lisa Medved
I’m a sucker for art history, and I haven’t read many (if any) books set in this time period and setting. How could I not pick up this book?!…
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Book Review: Pope Leo XIV by Christopher White
I wanted to love this book so much. Given how shortly after the election of Pope Leo XIV this book was published, I hadn’t expected this to be an in-depth biography. I did, however, expect it to be wholly about Cardinal Prevost/Pope Leo XIV…
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Book Review: The Daughters of Edward Darley Boit by Sara Jane Loyster
The Daughters of Edward Darley Boit is one of my favorite paintings. I was ecstatic to see that someone had written a novel inspired by it! Going in, I didn’t realize it would be a time travel story. While those are hit or miss for me, I enjoyed how this one was done. It worked well…
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Book Review: The Secret War by Stacy Lynn Miller
For once, I was aware that I would be starting in the middle of a series. The synopsis was too intriguing to pass up. Unfortunately, within a couple of chapters, I realized that this is a series that absolutely needs to be read from the beginning. I was missing a lot of the backstory, and…
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Book Review: The View From Lake Como by Adriana Trigiani
I don’t think any modern-day author can capture the idea of Italy better than Adriana Trigiani. There is something enchanting about the country. Although I have only spent a week of my life there, I still speak about it as though it were a significant era. Watching Jess ‘come home’ was such a treat…
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Book Review: The Caine Mutiny by Herman Wouk
After reading The Winds of War duology by Herman Wouk over a year ago, I was curious to read more by him. Although his writing is slow to build, it does not disappoint…
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Book Review: What We Can Know by Ian McEwan
I have been chasing the literary high I felt when I read The Child in Time, being especially drawn back to Ian McEwan. I thought the premise of this sounded interestingly different than other books/synopses of his books that I’ve read, and was excited to read it…
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Book Review: Big Fish by Daniel Wallace
I’ve been intrigued by this story for a long time. I’ve seen clips of the movie adaptation and I’ve listened to the Broadway musical soundtrack, but I wanted to hold off on fully watching the movie or looking into the musical until I read the book…
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Book Review: Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo
Because of Winn-Dixie was one of my favorite movies growing up. I’ve probably had the book sitting on my shelf since childhood, and I know I attempted to read it at least once, but it took until adulthood to finally sit down and give it a proper read…
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Book Review: The Clinic by Cate Quinn
I feel like it’s been a long time since I’ve read a true thriller. This was a good book to reintroduce me to the genre. It ran long, but at least it was a page-turner…