by Siân Evans Alright Sian Evans, I'll give you 4 out of 5 birds for Maiden Voyages. The title alone sucked me in. I love reading history of women that is often not talked about. I was given this book for free from Netgalley in exchange for my honest review. I thought the stories of these... Continue Reading →
The School for Good Mothers by Jessamine Chan
Hey Jessamine- I'll give you 4 out of 5 birds for The School for Good Mothers. I love books that are messed up, I will admit that this one did cause me a lot of anxiety- probably because I am a mom of three young kids. Overall, I liked the concept and how the author... Continue Reading →
The Mermaid from Jeju by Sumi Hahn
Hey Sumi! I will give you 4 out of 5 birds for The Mermaid from Jeju. Last year I read The Island of Sea Women and fell in love with the superhuman women divers. So when I saw that there was another book on Netgalley, I jumped at the opportunity. I listened to the audiobook... Continue Reading →
The Wife Upstairs by Rachel Hawkins
by Rachel Hawkins Hey Hey Rachel Hawkins! Wow- I'll give you 5 out of 5 birds for the Wife Upstairs. I mean I'd probably even hide some birds in the attic for this one. I was given this audiobook for free from Netgalley in exchange for my honest review. I couldn't stop listening. I downed... Continue Reading →
Five Little Pigs (Hercule Poirot, #25) by Agatha Christie
Agatha has all the tricks up her sleeve! I'll give Five Little Pigs 4 out of 5 birds. I was intrigued by this novel because it was opening up a SUPER old case... Which is something I'm implementing into my own novel. I wanted to see how Agatha threaded the information in and thought she... Continue Reading →
I’m Thinking of Ending Things by Ian Reid
Okay Iain Reid, wait WHAT JUST HAPPENED???? You get a medium fried 3 out of 5 birds for I'm Thinking of Ending Things. When I finished this book I thought this was the literal worst. Started out strong and then it was butchered.... because I had no idea what had happened. Then I did some... Continue Reading →
Harriet Tubman: The Road to Freedom by Catherine Clinton
Catherine Clinton deserves 5 out of 5 birds for her biography Harriet Tubman: The Road to Freedom. At the beginning of the year I watched the movie about Harriet and fell in love with her. I wanted to know more about her and so I picked this book. I enjoyed it and thought it was... Continue Reading →
In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
Dear Truman Capote you deserve 4 out of 5 birds for In Cold Blood. This book covered such a bizarre crime. A crime that really had no motive, just pure idiocy... In my opinion. I thought some of the facts were dragged out and that in the end something was still missing. How do you... Continue Reading →
Call Me God: The Untold Story of the DC Sniper Investigation by Jim Clemente
Okay Jim Clemente I give you 5 out of 5 birds for Call Me God! I might be the only one in America who didn't know about this? Okay I was young when it happened, but still. How terrifying to know there was a shooter out there with no pattern and could be anywhere at... Continue Reading →
Bind, Torture, Kill: The inside Story of the Serial Killer Next Door by Roy Wenzl
Roy Wenzl deserves five out of five birds for covering this psychotic story. Seriously Dennis deserves more than prison... I don't recommend reading In Cold Blood and BTK in tandem. There's no way in hell I'll move to Kansas now. I was fascinated with the facts of the case and how it played out. He... Continue Reading →