Growing up in an Italian family, the percentage of lineage of no consequence whatsoever; it’s going to start loud and get louder. The food will be abundant, the cooking will be nonstop, the debates about meals will be heated and you had best bring a hearty appetite. Or suffer the “Look”. Tucci gets it!
Read MoreIf you’ve been a faithful follower of Cracking The Spine, you are undoubtedly aware that I love a reimagining of a classic story, especially fairytales. In this tale, our protagonist is fully aware that she is stuck inside a version of Sleeping Beauty. Which, any way you slice it, is the worst of the fairy tales.
Read MoreWhile I didn’t love this book as much as his first, I will say this about Mr. Michaelides, he has a way with the shocking twist. Seriously, you can be just be naively turning pages, thinking you have a notion of what’s to come and then BAM! A knockout punch you never saw coming.
Read MoreIt’s rare that you are just humming along in your daily consumption of the written word and get gob smacked by something that just happened in the book you are holding in your unsuspecting hands.
Read MoreIt is widely believed that this series launched the Urban Fantasy genre, no small feat and worth a read still to this day. It follows a vampire and a private investigator over the course of several books as they face foes of the supernatural kind. With biting wit and a little heart!
Read MoreThere is nothing I can say that will do this book justice, no grouping of words that can embody how I felt at its conclusion. This is a staggeringly beautiful and powerful story; it will imbed itself in you, it will linger long after the final page is turned, and it will break you a little. If you are lucky. If you allow it to.
Read MoreIf you are looking for a mystery that is not a full-frontal assault on your intellect, look elsewhere! This stellar contribution to the genre is a mystery within a mystery, a nesting dolls level of unpacking will be required.
Read MoreSamantha Irby is a black lady with a white wife living in a red state. She is a self-described middle-aged depressed lady with chronic diarrhea and a snarky voice. That is a lot of fodder for saucy and hilarious musings on the mundanities of life.
Read MoreMind. Blown. This tightrope of a novel accomplishes one of the things that I love the most. It plucks you up from the humdrum banality of your day to day life and drops you smack into a big ol world of what the f*ck is happening and where the f&ck am I?
Read MoreFirst off let me tell you that Aisha and I have a lot in common. Book nerd, brassy, sassy, foul language aficionados, high ranking members of the out crowd and mentors of the linguistics of sarcasm. I may have a girl crush. We might even be soul mates…
Read MoreOften when I read, I find passages that take up residence in my head. Buried among all the wonderful research here was the following. Feminism is a trick mirror that carries the illusion of flawlessness as well the self-flagellating option to constantly find fault.
Read MoreIt’s been said that the science fiction works of Becky Chambers are not only considered gentle, heartwarming stories that seek to sooth our troubled souls, they also aim to blow up the entire genre. She in fact has defined a new subcategory, hopepunk. She is an author not to be missed!
Read MoreWhile I may sob uncontrollably at mushy commercials, I don’t emote much when it comes to my books. But I know that readers are always searching for a good tearjerker, one that can leave them with an appropriately weighty book hangover. While these books didn’t move me to a full-on snotty cry, I definitely felt them deeply. Somewhere in the vicinity of my heart.
Read MoreCinderella is tired of being trapped in a bad marriage and seeks out a witch for a resolution. While you might expect that she asks for a love potion to win back her Prince Charming, that is not the case in this fairytale twist!
Read More“No one ever wakes up thinking, I’m going to die on a dark road tonight, but that’s the thing, we don’t always know what awaits us.” This is just a snippet from the chilling prologue, narrated by an as yet unidentified young woman. And it’s only the beginning.
Read MoreGiven that the road to publishing is wrought with vulnerability and potential rejection, you would think that writers would afford their fellow authors a certain level of generosity. Well, think again. A hilarious and fun little read!
Read MoreEthan is granted a furlough release to attend his murdered sister’s funeral. With a clock running down and no tracking devices or guards trailing his every move, Ethan is supposed to avoid trouble. Easier said than done. Jam packed with action!
Read MoreClever, witty, gripping and vulnerable to varying degrees, this is one of the best books I have read in the last year. Keep the title in mind, it’s not for naught.
Read MoreThis is a book about the stories we live, the stories we tell ourselves and each other and those we want to leave on record. It’s about race and class, perception and power and the uncompromising pursuit of acceptance. This is an author who packs a punch in every word, and you don’t want to miss them landing.
Read MoreIf our bodies have four secrets, only three will ever be revealed. This book demonstrates that to understand such mysteries, we must understand the narrative around them, and shred the prejudices we have of psychosomatic disorders.
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