Length: 432 pgs / 12 hrs 50 min audio Overall: π’π’π’ Storyline: β β β Writing Style: β β β β Character Development: β β β Enjoyment: β β β β "We are all, men and women, creatures of desires both good and bad. But everything has a price, and the price of indulging in that which is bad for us is often guilt; and … Continue reading Book Review – The Deep by Alma Katsu
Book Review – Liquid Shades of Blue by James Polkinghorn
Length: 208 pgs / N/A mins audio Overall: π’π’π’ Storyline: β β β Writing Style: β β β Character Growth: β β β Enjoyment: β β β β "This was a perfect example of the now-frequent problem at the swimming hole... Locals usually try to work things out, while hard-partying tourists tend to do their own thing without much concern for anyone not in … Continue reading Book Review – Liquid Shades of Blue by James Polkinghorn
Book Review – Leaving by Kanchan Bhaskar
Length: 249 pgs / N/A mins audio Overall: π’π’π’π’ Storyline: β β β β Writing Style: β β β β Personal Growth: β β β β Enjoyment: β β β β β "You have played enough games with me. You thought you won in your game every time I returned to you, but each time I was back, I became stronger." Leaving by Kanchan Bhaskar The Story: Raised … Continue reading Book Review – Leaving by Kanchan Bhaskar
March’s Monthly Reading List
It is the 3rd month into the year and spring is in the air, Finally! This winter was crazy cold. One of the coldest seasons I can remember at least. Plus, with it flipping back and forth between hot and cold this past month, I am so ready for it to stick with one side … Continue reading March’s Monthly Reading List
February’s Monthly Reading List
Another one bites the dust! No joke, going into February and that song was playing around in my head nonstop as the first few days went by. That happen to any of you guys? I've recently picked up a new puzzle that I have been working on. I don't know if any of you have … Continue reading February’s Monthly Reading List
Book Review – Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders
Length: 343 pgs / 7 hrs 25 mins audio Overall: π’π’ Storyline: β β β Writing Style: β β Character Growth: β β Enjoyment: β β "Everything was real; inconceivably real, infinitely dear. These and all things started as nothing, latent within a vast energy-broth, but then we named them, and loved them, and, in this way, brought them forth. … Continue reading Book Review – Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders
Book Review – Retribution by Robert McCaw
Length: 336 pgs / N/A mins audio Overall: π’π’π’π’π’ Storyline: β β β β β Writing Style: β β β β β Character Development: β β β β Enjoyment: β β β β β "I ulu nΕ ka lΔlΔ i ke kumu. Without our ancestors, we would not be." Retribution by Robert McCaw The Story: In the back alley of a bar on Hawaii Island, a young man is found … Continue reading Book Review – Retribution by Robert McCaw
January’s Monthly Reading List
Welcome to the year 2023! I still get a bit surprised whenever the new year shows up because it seems like time just flies by sometimes. I also spend a majority of the first week remembering NOT to write the previous year down. I have some good feelings about this upcoming year. But that could … Continue reading January’s Monthly Reading List
December’s Monthly Reading List
Well we are well into the new month and I am a tad behind. Does anyone else start to mentally check out when a vacation is just around the corner? I tend to start already thinking myself on vacation about two days before it starts and everything else that needs to be done starts to … Continue reading December’s Monthly Reading List
Book Review – Shampoo & Condition by M.L. Ortega
Length: 101 pgs / N/A mins audio Overall: π’π’ Storyline: β β β Writing Style: β β Character Development: β Enjoyment: β β "'Morgue shots don't bother you?'" Shampoo & Condition by M.L. Ortega The Story: If Janet Evanovichβs signature character were a single mom, sheβd answer to the name Maggie Chessman. In Shampoo & Condition, Vivian, Maggieβs soon … Continue reading Book Review – Shampoo & Condition by M.L. Ortega