Author: velveetahead

Saga, Volume 8

The eighth volume for Saga was way more light-hearted than volume seven, which was extremely dark and sad. I remember having to step away from the story a bit after finishing that volume. Saga, Volume 8 by Brian K. Vaughn and Fiona Staples Pages: 146Genre: Graphic Novel, Science FictionPublished:...

Behind Closed Doors

I don’t understand any of the reviews that compare this book to Gone Girl or The Girl on the Train. Besides those books and this one being thrillers, they don’t have much in common. Those books both deal with unreliable narrators. I never felt that the protagonist was unreliable....

The Witches of New York

I loved the feminist angle of this novel and the time period of 1880s New York. I did struggle with the pacing of the book in the middle, but really enjoyed the beginning and end of it. The Witches of New York by Ami McKay Pages: 545Genre: Historical Fiction, Magical...

Battle of the Sexes

The 1973 true story of former tennis champ, Bobby Riggs, saying he could beat the women’s number one tennis player, Billie Jean King....

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

This was a fun story to read during October. I don’t believe I have ever actually read the story of the Headless Horseman and Ichabod Crane before, even though I knew the story well. I had watched the old Disney cartoon many times as a child, and images of...

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo

Going into this book, I wasn’t sure if reading about an old Hollywood star that had been married multiple times would hold my interest, but it did. It is about so much more than that. The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid Pages: 400Genre: Historical Fiction, RomancePublished: June...

Kisscut (Grant County #2)

I found the first Grant County book (Karin Slaughter’s debut, Blindsighted) decent, but I could tell that her storytelling improved by already reading some of her later works. It felt like a good first novel and wondered how long until her writing was where I had seen it later...

A Faint Cold Fear (Grant County #3)

In the previous two books in this series, there was a good balance between the cases and the relationships of the main characters in Grant County — Dr. Sara Linton, Chief Jeffrey Tolliver, and Lena Adams. In A Faint Cold Fear, the cases almost seem secondary to the character study...

Blindsighted (Grant County #1)

  It was interesting to go back and read Karin Slaughter’s debut novel after reading a few other more recent books by her. I could tell this was a first novel since the plot twists were a little more obvious than I have read in her other books, but...

The Walking Dead, Vol 20: All Out War Part 2

The Walking Dead, Vol 21: All Out War Part 2 by Robert Kirkman Pages: 136Genre: Graphic Novel, HorrorPublished: July 29, 2014 Purchase: Amazon | Powell’s 3/5 stars I liked most of how this war played out until the end. I didn’t buy the ending of this arc. Rick gives another long speech and then...