Category: book club
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Book Review: Agent Sonya by Ben Macintyre
I somewhat blindly picked this book up after reading Operation Mincemeat by Ben Macintyre. Though it was quite interesting, the subject, Ursula Kaczynski codenamed ‘Sonya’, covered so much of the WWII-era Europe that I struggled to keep track of it all…
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Book Review: Yellowface by R.F. Kuang
After reading Babel a while back, I had assumed Yellowface would follow a similar style. Though it hadn’t been a book I loved, I liked the writing enough to give this one a go when it was selected for a group read. I was so excited when I realized this book is more of a thriller…
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Book Review: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
Thanks to random YouTube rabbit holes, I was somewhat familiar with Henrietta Lacks and HeLa cells going into this book. Had I realized there was a book at the time, I would have read this a lot sooner…
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Book Review: In a Holidaze by Christina Lauren
Normally with group reads I try really, really hard to find something to convince myself to bump up my rating for a book I didn’t enjoy, but I can’t with this one. To everyone I read this with who enjoyed this, I apologize!…
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Book Review: Dracula by Bram Stoker
I never had much interest in reading Dracula until I read Frankenstein earlier this year. Much like my experience with that book, I was braced for campiness rather than genuine source material. I was pleasantly surprised with how much I ended up enjoying it…
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Book Review: My Life in France by Julia Child
I’ve been watching Julia on HBO and have been thoroughly enjoying it. When this book was selected for a group read, I was super excited to read Julia Child’s own words. I was moderately familiar with her growing up coming from a PBS family on both sides, but I never thought much about her on…
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Book Review: The Day Kennedy Was Shot by Jim Bishop
I’ve read a number of books discussing the assassination of John F. Kennedy over the years and this book has been mentioned in a number of them. I was eager to begin given the date of publication. Unfortunately, it didn’t take long to realize it was going to be a long 700+ pages…
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Book Review: Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone by Benjamin Stevenson
As the title suggests, this book is chaotic. An oddly fun kind of chaotic, but chaotic all the same…
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Book Review: Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree
Though I’m not much of a fantasy reader, I was drawn to this one, especially after hearing what a cozy book this is. I probably would have enjoyed this more as a fantasy reader, but I did find it cute…
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Book Review: Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
I tried reading Frankenstein several years ago but didn’t get past the first few pages. Attempting it again, I was surprised at how absorbed I became. Not so much in the story itself, but the questions pondered, particularly involving the ‘being’…