Category: book review
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Book Review: Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes
After years of feeling intimidated by this book, I finally felt I was in a place where I wanted to pick up this book and give it a try. My grandmother loved this book and toward the end of her life, we connected a bit through books. I regret not picking up Don Quixote in her lifetime,…
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Book Review: The End of the Affair by Graham Greene
Even though this book is a mere 160 pages, I took months to get through it — in a good way! I read Graham Greene’s The Power and the Glory last year and the experience hadn’t been what I’d hoped it would be. I lowered my expectations this time and tried not to make any assumptions about…
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Book Review: The Secret Pianist by Andie Newton
I read A Child for the Reich last year and I appreciate this author’s use of lesser-discussed nuances of the WWII time period. In The Secret Pianist, the use of carrier pigeons is one of the main focuses in correlation to Resistance work which I found intriguing…
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Book Review: After the Worst Thing Happens by Audrey Vernick
After losing her beloved dog, Maybe, Army isn’t sure how to go on in this ‘new normal’. What makes everything worse is that she knows the accident could have been avoided and that she only has herself to blame…
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Book Review: One Giant Leap by Charles Fishman
Out of all of the space race books I’ve read, this one has been the most unique. It offers a look beyond the general facts that have become prevalent in the media/the typical narrative of the story…
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Book Review: The Echo from Dealey Plaza by Abraham Bolden
I’ve heard Abraham Bolden mentioned in a couple of books I’ve read about JFK (one of them even recommended this book which is where I learned of the title). Now that I’ve finally read it, I wonder even more why this man isn’t widely discussed (aside from certain reasons that can be assumed by many)…
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Book Review: California Golden by Melanie Benjamin
One glance at this book and I was sold on the summer vibes. The vibes delivered. As for the story itself, I was left with mixed feelings…
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Book Review: The Queens of Crime by Marie Benedict
I’m always excited to see which female in history Marie Benedict decides to write about. This time around, she’s writing about a group of women, namely Dorothy Sayers, Agatha Christie, Margery Allingham, Ngaio Marsh, and Emma Orczy…
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Book Review: The Mythmakers by John Hendrix
I’m more familiar with C.S. Lewis than Tolkien but I never realized that the two of them were friends until I saw this book. I was immediately intrigued…
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Book Review: Husbands & Lovers by Beatriz Williams
It’s been a while since a prologue gripped me as much as the beginning of Husbands & Lovers. 10/10 hook for sure. Had this book solely followed the modern storyline I think this could have been a five-star read…