TITLE: The Feather Thief AUTHOR: Kirk Wallace Johnson PUBLISHED: 2018 GENRE: Non-fiction MY RATING: 3.5/5 *Synopsis taken from Goodreads* On a cool June evening in 2009, after performing a concert at London's Royal Academy of Music, twenty-year-old American flautist Edwin Rist boarded a train for a suburban outpost of the British Museum of Natural History.… Continue reading A book review: The Feather Thief
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A book review: Fifty Fifty
TITLE: Fifty Fifty AUTHOR: Steve Cavanagh PUBLISHED: 2020 GENRE: Crime Thriller MY RATING: 5/5 *Synopsis taken from Goodreads* Two sisters on trial for murder. Both accuse each other.Who do YOU believe?Alexandra Avellino has just found her father's mutilated body, and needs the police right away. She believes her sister killed him, and that she is still… Continue reading A book review: Fifty Fifty
A book review: The Blinds
TITLE: The Blinds AUTHOR: Adam Sternbergh PUBLISHED: 2017 GENRE: Thriller MY RATING: 5/5 *Synopsis taken from Goodreads* A blistering thriller from the Edgar-nominated author of Shovel Ready—a speculative modern Western with elements of Cormac McCarthy, Jim Thompson, and the Coen brothers that is wickedly funny, razor-sharp, and totally engrossing Imagine a place populated by criminals-people plucked… Continue reading A book review: The Blinds
A book review: Knight in Paper Armor
TITLE: Knight in Paper Armor AUTHOR: Nicholas Conley PUBLISHED: 2020 GENRE: Dystopian MY RATING: 4/5 I received a complimentary electronic copy of this title from the author in exchange for my honest review. *Synopsis taken from Goodreads* Billy Jakobek has always been different. Born with strange and powerful psychic abilities, he has grown up in… Continue reading A book review: Knight in Paper Armor
A book review: My Dark Vanessa
TITLE: My Dark Vanessa AUTHOR: Kate Elizabeth Russell PUBLISHED: 2020 GENRE: Adult Fiction/Contemporary MY RATING: 3/5 *Synopsis taken from Goodreads* Exploring the psychological dynamics of the relationship between a precocious yet naïve teenage girl and her magnetic and manipulative teacher, a brilliant, all-consuming read that marks the explosive debut of an extraordinary new writer. 2000.… Continue reading A book review: My Dark Vanessa
