February 2018

    The French Girl by Lexie Elliott

    Promos call it “I Know What You Did Last Summer meets the French countryside.” For me, it was more like…maybe The Big Chill meets Ghost Story? (showing my age here). In any case, it sounded intriguing and potentially a good story, so I was pleased to have the opportunity to read Lexie Elliott’s The French …

    Not That I Could Tell by Jessica Strawser

    Just about a year ago, I read and reviewed Almost Missed You, the debut novel by Jessica Strawser (whose day job is Editorial Director for Writer’s Digest magazine, so expectations were high) . I liked it.  A LOT. Five stars, although noting it was more a beach read than “literature.” I hadn’t quite decided whether Jessica …

    Into the Black Nowhere by Meg Gardiner

      Last year, I read and reviewed UNSUB by Meg Gardiner, and had a few challenges (ended up not being 100% positive about it). But I generally like Gardiner’s books, so I was pleased to receive a copy of Into the Black Nowhere, the second book in her new series featuring Caitlin Hendrix (thanks to PENGUIN …

    Better Off Dead by Michael Fleeman

    OK, guilty pleasure time! For fans of my guilty reading pleasure, True Crime. Not to be confused with “literature” but DEFINITELY entertaining!!! This story revolves around some truly disgusting people, whose level of hypocrisy is unmatched. Sabrina Limon is a young wife and mother living in Helendale (a town in the high desert of Southern …

    The Punishment She Deserves by Elizabeth George

    It has been too long since I read/reviewed an Elizabeth George Novel (since August, 2015, in fact, for the release of A Banquet of Consequences). Some things don’t change: as I said then, “I LOVE Elizabeth George, and have been reading the Inspector Lynley novels (or, as I prefer to call them, the Lynley-Havers novels) …