First of all: what a title! I'm so impressed, from a marketing standpoint. Automatically I know that I can expect a clean romance set in modern times, and the cover reinforces that nicely. Bravo, Julie Wright (or whoever was responsible for title and cover!) The story itself reads like the ...
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I think this is the first Mark Twain novel I've ever managed to finish, so I'm proud of myself for that. It's pretty action-packed; we're quickly introduced to Tom Canty the beggar, who happens to bear a striking resemblance to the Prince of Wales, Edward VI (though they're not identical twins ...
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This was one of my absolute favorite movies growing up, yet I'd never read the original story. It was shorter than I expected, and decidedly a children's tale in the way it is told; there are really no nuances. Everyone is very straightforward and action-oriented. I noticed quite a few deviations ...
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This is probably my third or fourth time reading "Jane Eyre," but my second time in the last couple of years--and I also just finished the miniseries on Amazon with Timothy Dalton concurrently as I listened. Man. Definitely up there with my top five books of all time, if not #1 (though I would ...
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I love Rhys Bowen's "Royal Spyness" mysteries, and I also really enjoyed "In Farleigh Field," which was a much more serious historical novel set in the WWII era. So I'm now pretty much just following her as an author. "The Victory Garden" is also a serious novel, though it is set in WWI. It's also ...
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There are certain books that I'm proud to love, and others that seem like just one step above reading a fashion magazine, or watching a soap opera, just because of the associations. Superheroes are never considered great literature--they're more like mindless pop culture. Yet the only real ...
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Absolutely fascinating, all the more so because the story is true! Jho Low grew up in privilege in Malaysia, idolizing American pop culture and obsessed with gaining prestige. His combined audacity and financial genius enabled him to first make connections with powerful people (Middle Eastern ...
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Review of the Great Hunt: I love Wendy Higgins! While I've never yet read a series by her that rivals the "Sweet Evil" series, this was still quite engaging, and I ripped through it quickly. In a fictional country that's nevertheless basically medieval Ireland (the words are Irish, the main ...
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I've always been intrigued by the biblical story of Queen Esther, so it was really neat to see it brought to life in this novelization. The story in the Bible is pretty short, so the author necessarily had to take license in order to pad it out in novel format, but everything added seemed consistent ...
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I'm not usually a big crime drama fan, but this one sucked me in right away with a unique and intriguing premise. Rachel Holloway works at a floundering newspaper with the bright idea to boost readership by starting a podcast focused on a true unsolved crime story: what happened to little Molly ...
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