Synopsis: Clarissa is a 60-something year old author living in Paris who has recently left her second husband and is desperate to find an apartment. Several years previously Paris, London and Venice had been the victim of attacks and landmarks such as the Eiffel Tower, the Sistine Chapel and Big Ben no longer exist. Climate... Continue Reading →
Netgalley – 50 Reviews Badge Received!!
Since I am responsibly social distancing, I will just have to pat myself a bit on the back but I wanted to share the good news I received today! Today I posted my 50th book review with Netgalley and received my badge which I can now add to each blog posting. A little while ago... Continue Reading →
Things You Save in a Fire by Katherine Center – Book Review
Synopsis: Cassie is a fire fighter in Texas and loves her job and her co-workers so when her estranged mother requests that she move home to Boston for a year to help her with a medical issue, Cassie really doesn’t want to. However, when Cassie refuses to apologize for assaulting a representative from the mayor’s... Continue Reading →
The Last by Hanna Jameson – Book Review
Synopsis: First Washington DC is hit with a nuclear bomb, then New York, London, Berlin and Glasgow. Even if you were not in the bomb zone but were downwind, you were probably dead from radiation. In the woods of Switzerland lies a hotel called L’Hotel Sixieme which has a morbid history of suicides and murders. ... Continue Reading →
Zorrie by Laird Hunt – Book Review
Synopsis: Zorrie was born in Indiana but when her parents die, it falls to her only living relative, an aunt to finish raising her and when the aunt passes, Zorrie is once again orphaned and must look for work. It is the time of the Depression and work is hard to find. She drifts west... Continue Reading →
Whisper Island by Carissa Ann Lynch – Book Review
Synopsis: Four female friends take advantage of using a private island for free to have an opportunity to work on their art, however, the reader soon finds out that each woman is there to escape something in their life. Shortly after they arrive at the island, things don’t go as they had planned and soon... Continue Reading →
Snow by John Banville – Book Review
Synopsis: It is 1957, a few days prior to Christmas, and a parish priest has been murdered at Ballyglass House, an estate owned by the Osborne family. Detective Inspector St. John Strafford (pronounced Sin-jin) is heading up the case. He quickly determines that the priest did not die from a fall down the stairs and... Continue Reading →
His & Hers by Alice Feeney – Book Review
Synopsis: Anna Andrews is a tv newscaster with the BBC. She grew up in Blackdown, a small village outside of London, and has worked hard climbing the corporate ladder. When she goes back to Blackdown to cover a murder, she discovers that the victim is one of her friends from when she was a teenager.... Continue Reading →
The Sea Gate by Jane Johnson – Book Review
Synopsis: Rebecca’s mother has recently died and while sorting through her personal belongings, she finds a letter from her mother’s cousin, Olivia who is elderly and requesting assistance. Feeling at loose ends with her mother gone, Rebecca decides to go and meet Olivia to see if she can assist. She arrives in Cornwall to find... Continue Reading →
The War Widow by Tara Moss – Book Review
This is the first installment in the Billy Walker historical fiction series set in Sydney, Australia. When Penguin Random House reached out to me in November to see if I would be interested in reading and reviewing this book, my initial thought was “but I’m so behind reading my review books” but then I realized... Continue Reading →