Momfluencers

What kind of word is THAT? Ask Jesse Q. Sutanto, author of the thriller You Will Never Be Me. The book is set in the worst cliché-ridden version of Los Angeles (as a 52-year resident of this city,… Read More

Category: Chick lit, Relationship Fiction, Satire, Socially engaged fiction, SuspenseTags: ,

Horse

Although I started out as a little girl who liked dolls, as I got older I turned into a horse fan(atic). (My mother continued to collect Madame Alexander dolls on my behalf long after my interest waned.) I… Read More

Category: Coming of age, Historical, Socially engaged fictionTags:

Reimagining

I just read James, by Percival Everett. Despite being 300 pages, it was a quick read, unlike the story from which it was taken, which took me twice as long to reread. I think there were two reasons… Read More

Category: Adventure, Classics, Historical, Literary FictionTags: , ,

Breaking a curse

I picked up Abby Jimenez’s book Just for the Summer from Kindle Unlimited thinking it was written by Abbi Waxman, whose books I have enjoyed twice before. I later figured it out, but the plot sounded sufficiently appealing… Read More

Category: Relationship Fiction, Romance, Socially engaged fictionTags: , ,

Presumption

I recently watched the 2024 miniseries revamp of Presumed Innocent, based on the 1987 book by Scott Turow. I had seen the original movie, made in 1990, starring Harrison Ford, Raul Julia, and Greta Scacchi, so I was… Read More

Category: Legal thriller, SuspenseTags: , ,

Read the blurb!

After my foray into depressing post-apocalyptic water-world, I didn’t feel quite up to broaching a new nonfiction book about politics that my friend Marya told me it was essential that I read. I am dreading the takeover of… Read More

Category: Realistic Fiction, Relationship FictionTags: ,

Rare books and romance

Looking for something a little more lighthearted after my foray into a post-apocalyptic flooded world, I eagerly picked up a special on Kindle, written by Jenny Colgan and billed as a short story. The Christmas Book Hunt seemed… Read More

Category: Chick lit, Relationship FictionTags: , ,

Water, water everywhere

I love dystopian and post-apocalyptic novels. I have a fairly long list on Goodreads of those I have already read, and I continue to look out for others amidst all the book recommendations I see online. Included in… Read More

Category: Adventure, Dystopian, Post-apocalyptic, Speculative fictionTags: ,

Harking back

Somebody on Friends and Fiction (Facebook group) asked for a list of time travel books and, amidst the ones by Connie Willis, Diana Gabaldon, and Bee Ridgway that I have cataloged, I saw an old favorite from the… Read More

Category: Alternate History, Science Fiction, Time travelTags:

One last book

I managed to fit in one more before the artificial barrier that is New Year’s Eve divides us from our past and pushes us into the future. Don’t we as humans have weird customs? I mean, I understand… Read More

Category: Mainstream fiction, Realistic Fiction, Relationship FictionTags: ,

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