Category: Book Reviews

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...

The Walking Dead Vol. 22: A New Beginning

The Walking Dead Vol. 22: A New Beginning by Robert Kirkman Pages: 136Genre: Graphic Novel, HorrorPublished: November 11, 2014 Purchase: Amazon | Powell’s 4/5 stars Even though parts of this volume drove me crazy because Robert Kirkman keeps turning Rick into a celebrity that everyone fawns over, I was still interested...

The Likeness (Dublin Murder Squad #2)

The Likeness is the second book in the Dublin Murder Squad series. It isn’t necessary to read the first one in the series (In the Woods) because this novel follows a different detective from the first book. It does reference the case in the first book and the other...

The Walking Dead, Vol. 20: All Out War Part 1

The Walking Dead, Vol 20: All Out War Part 1 by Robert Kirkman Pages: 136 Genre: Graphic Novel, Horror Published: March 11, 2014 Purchase: Amazon | Powell’s 5/5 stars This was intense with almost non-stop action. There was a bit of a calm start before one attack after another happened. The plans...

The Walking Dead, Vol. 19: March to War

The Walking Dead, Vol 19: March to War by Robert Kirkman Pages: 136 Genre: Graphic Novel, Horror Published: November 13, 2013 Purchase: Amazon | Powell’s 4/5 stars Most of this volume was getting plans in place for war, hence the title of the volume. I knew something major was going to happen...

The Walking Dead, Vol. 18: What Comes After

The Walking Dead, Vol. 18: What Comes After by Robert Kirkman Pages: 136 Genre: Graphic Novel, Horror Published: June 5, 2013 Purchase: Amazon | Powell’s 4/5 stars Carl, Carl, Carl. This kid can’t stay put. It seems every volume he has gone missing because he loves to jump into vehicles leaving Alexandria...