We Have Always Lived in the Castle

I am a huge scaredy-cat. HUGE. I can’t read or watch scary books or movies because otherwise I can’t sleep afterwards. When I finally really do need to sleep, I can’t be alone and the lights need to be on and there must be music. And even then...I ruined a CD of traditional Celtic music…

I Let You Go

This is not really my normal genre, the whole crime thriller thing (even though between this one and my Agatha Christie post last week, it might be hard to tell recently...). In any case, I once again must thank book club for taking me a little outside my comfort zone. And even though I can…

Murder on the Orient Express

Confession time: this is my first Agatha Christie. Yup. I’m almost 30 and reading is my self-professed favorite way to spend time, but I have never read the Queen of Mystery before. It took this most recent screen adaptation to get me to pick one up. I’m a little embarrassed, BUT better late than never, I…

Dark Matter

Picture this: it’s New Year’s Day after a very fun, but super busy, Holiday week. I, finally, have a chance to sit down and read (pretty much what I’ve wanted to do all break) and this book is due back at the library soon. So, I make some coffee, grab a small reading snack (of…

The Book of Speculation

In a very convenient circumstance, this book, which has been on my TBR list for a few months, was also chosen as the January book for one of my book clubs. I love when things like that work out. Also, since it wasn’t towards the top of my list, I was unlikely to get to…

The Watchmaker of Filigree Street

This one has been on my TBR for a while, over a year for sure, and I’m not sure what made me finally pick it up. I’m also not sure what I thought it was about when I added it to my TBR, because after starting to read it, I realized it was absolutely nothing…

The Readymade Thief

“What do you do when the one true thing in your life turns out to be a lie?” This quote turns up about a third of the way through the novel and, for me, really represents Lee’s story from start to finish. It is by no means a happy story, but somehow, you still come…

Slow Horses

Slow Horses is definitely not from a genre I normally read...most clearly evidenced by the fact that I do not even have a mystery/thriller "shelf" on Goodreads and that it had to be added to contemporary lit. But it was chosen as this month's book for one of the book clubs I am in, which…

Amberlough

This was a phenomenal book - definitely in my "Top 5" so far this year. Dazzling. Full of sex, love, intrigue, danger, secrets, and a political coup, this is an atmospheric read at it's best, drawing you into a world you'll never want to leave. I'm not at all sure what genre this would be…