The latest offering from Hendrix embraces all the elements fans of his books have come to love. Deeply creepy, gleefully campy, slightly cheeky, and unexpectedly touching. There is something magical about books where you can tell the writer was having a blast while writing, and this is true of all this author’s books. Don’t miss out on this trippy rollicking ride in the ultimate house of horrors!
Read MoreFirstly, can we talk about that cover? Brilliant. Secondly, can we talk about the premise? Mystery set during a baking competition? Also brilliant! Honestly, I’m surprised it took so long to have a fictional tale of murder and mayhem surrounding the cutthroat world of culinary competitions, but I’m just glad it’s finally arrived!
Read MoreEthel is used to being underestimated. At seventy-five years old, she looks like a loving grandma who bakes cookies. But Ethel has never married or had children and she buys cookies premade, like God intended. And simply put, she’s a badass! A secret agent, crime solving kinda badass!
Read MoreNew Delhi, 3 a.m. A speeding Mercedes jumps the curb and in the blink of an eye, five people are dead. It’s a rich man’s car, but when the dust settles there is no rich man in sight, just a shell-shocked servant with no explanation of how he came to be there. This opening scene is the pivotal moment that changes everything for our characters; the servant at the wheel, the one who placed him there, the one with blood on their hands and the one who witnessed it all.
Read MoreThis ingenious novel takes place in a world not unlike our own, with one rather significant, and potentially alarming, difference. People can choose to have memories removed. Either with the vague understanding they have chosen to do so, or having it entirely expunged. This story follows several people who start having traces that they cannot make sense of. A brilliantly crafted speculative sci-fi that will give you lots to ponder!
Read MoreI’m a planner in every way you could imagine, a particular quirk that benefits my reading life. And now you dear reader, will reap the rewards with my new monthly post that will feature three of the most interesting books coming out in the next month as well as a few extra just for fun. Happy Reading!
Read MoreA powerful goddess has had her displeasure roused and as a result, unleashed a curse that caused many to crave blood. Since the incarnation of these vampires, their world has not known peace. Will Isolde’s marriage to the Vampire King stop the bloodshed or will her own appetites overcome them both. Romance is not my bag but vampire stories are irresistible to me in all forms!
Read MoreThis story follows two sisters, Meredith and Nina, who as adults are living vastly different lives. When their father falls ill, they find themselves pulled together, all the more so when he makes a last request of them. Persuade their cold and distant mother to retell the fairy tale she started when they were children one last time. And this time, all the way to the end.
Read MoreA wild romp of a thriller starring a cast of four fierce and feisty sixty something lady assassins who go on the offensive rather than hide when they find themselves juggling threats from every direction. Think Golden Girls meets James Bond! An absolute blast!
Read MoreAfter a break-up our main character, Joel, flees to a luxury resort in the Swiss Alps, intent on rest and relaxation. He never imagined that he would be spending his vacation unraveling a crime committed in the hotel many years earlier. In a room that no longer seems to exist. In this book about a writer writing a book, prepare to off balance in all the best ways.
Read MoreThis novel is a love letter to the fairytales and storybooks of our childhood, the ones that left the deepest impression and endure the most retelling. The ones that assured us our happily ever after. That is what King has given us in his latest, Fairy Tale. With a twist of course. King takes the curses we imagined from those youthful treasures and gives them teeth. Inflicting new horrors on beloved characters and then giving them a savior, Charlie. TOP PICK #1 OF 2022!
Read MoreWhen the Aurora, a luxury space ship disappeared, it was assumed all souls on board were lost. No one ever expected it to be found, and if it was everyone would most certainly be dead. When a salvage team locates it they are woefully unprepared for what shape they find the bodies in. Dying is one thing, dying very badly is another thing entirely! TOP PICK #2 OF 2022!
Read MoreGrowing 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! TOP PICK #3 FOR 2022
Read MoreI’m a planner in every way you could imagine, a particular quirk that benefits my reading life. And now you dear reader, will reap the rewards with my new monthly post that will feature three of the most interesting books coming out in the next month as well as a few extra just for fun. Happy Reading!
Read MoreThis book about the unexpected joy that can be found in friendships packs an emotional punch, the author drops in these bittersweet arrangements of words along the way that will have the tears flowing even as you laugh out loud. To be read with an open heart and a full box of Kleenex!
Read MoreWhen Bird notices small red hearts appearing in strange places; on tree trunks, on sidewalks, on the spines of library books…he wonders if it’s a message from his mother. When words begin appearing alongside the hearts, he knows it is. A love letter to words written on the page and those that protect them.
Read MoreWhile you are taking sustenance from this sumptuous collection of food writing you will asking yourself…what is my most poignant memory surrounding food? I still haven’t found my answer, although the image of pop tarts keeps flashing in my brain. So many amazing stories shared by so many!
Read MoreNot sure what is says about me that I love an edgy and snarky serial killer, but when this one describes death as “a rather pretty palette”, I was a goner! How Kitty discovers her path in life is for me to know and you to find out reader. Way more entertaining than is probably polite!
Read MoreA thought provoking read about what we choose to keep from our past, and what we choose to leave behind. Jodi Picoult’s books cover a broad spectrum of moral and ethical issues, shattering the surface of a topic by digging into the heart and soul of the characters. She will wreck them and patch them back together and leave the reader with no regrets for going along for the ride.
Read MoreBeing a spy isn’t what you think. It’s boring. Not boring as in dull, but mind-crushingly, ass- clenchingly, teeth-grindingly tedious. At least that’s what our unnamed narrator, rogue operative and world’s most feared assassin would have you believe. It’s more like John Wick meets Deadpool on the page! An absolute blast from start to finish!
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