A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness I’d heard about this book, and more to the point, seen in on the bookshelves of people who share my taste, so I was excited to get the audiobook from audible. It’s a huge tome, something like 27 hours to listen to, so it’s a time investment of …
Jan 29
Book Review: A Bottle of Lies
Bottle of Lies: The Inside Story of the Generic Drug Boom by Katherine Eban I love science books that are relevant to everyone and rely on first-hand research. This is one of those. Eban takes the story of a whistleblower working at an Indian pharmaceutical manufacturing plant and uses his narrative to lead you through …
Jan 02
Book Review – The Iron King
The Iron King by Julie Kagawa One can tell by picking up the cover of this book that Iron King will involve a beautiful teen and some hot, probably supernatural boys. Imagine if someone combined Labyrinth with Midsummer Night’s Dream and added some sexy boys. If that sounds good to you, stop reading this review …
Dec 30
Book Review – The Summer Before the War
The Summer Before the War by Helen Simonson Silly me for thinking that this book would be a lighthearted and feel-good romance in the same vein as Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand. Simonson draws the time and place so well that one cannot imagine living in that time and place with anything other than a sense …
Dec 26
Book Review – Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine
Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman I almost quit this book in the first fifty pages because I found the main character so fussy and deeply unlikeable. She’s aggressively bright but socially awkward, reading like an autistic person. It seemed that she didn’t have any friends and didn’t want any friends and felt …