December 2024
Abandon - Blake Crouch *** - I wanted to like this as much as I did the Wayward books, but not even close.
Margot’s Got Money Troubles - Rufi Thorpe **** Good premise. I don’t want to have to think this much.The Man in the High Castle - Philip K Dick **** Wordy, but best premise.
A Thousand Wasted Sundays - Victoria Vanstone **** Pee your pants funny, meh writing.
Starter Villain - John Scalzi ***** Please cast Ryan Reynolds when they make this a movie.
November 2024
A Thousand Ships - Natalie Haynes ***** - Great research of what had to be some boring ass material.
The Domestic Revolution - Ruth Goodman ***** - I love anything Ruth Goodman has a hand in. Fills in the places women had been written out of history and tries to live in their shoes.
A Fatal Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum - Emma Southon ***** Almost peed my pants. Who knew murder was this funny.
The Shining - Stephen King - ***** Never gets old
The Mysterious Affair at Style - Agatha Christie **** Minus one star for Agatha Christie being a racist old bat.
Normal Women - Philippa Gregory ***** This book is more important that it gets credit for.
Anne Boleyn - Hayley Nolan *** A little heavy handed in painting Anne Boleyn as a misunderstood saint.
Trial by Ambush - Marcia Clark - *** Good but did not need to be this long. TMI
October 2024
Needful Things - Stephen King *****
Usher, A Short Story - Joe Hill *****
A Visitor’s Guide to Victorian England - Michelle Higgs ***
House Love - Patric Richardson ****
The Billionaire’s Vinegar - Benjamin Wallace ****
Interview with the Vampire - Anne Rice ***
Jane Austen at Home - Lucy Worsley *****
The Housekeepers - Tessa Boase ***
The Forest of the Lost - Deane Koontz **
Behind Closed Doors - Amanda Vickery ***
The Real Queen Charlotte - Catherine Curzon ****
A Visitor’s Guide to Jane Austen’s England - Sue Wilkes ***
Carrie - Stephen King *****
September 2024
A Halloween Tradition - BP Christy *****
Verses for the Dead - Preston and Child ***
You Like it Darker - Stephen King *****
Sleeping Beauties - Owen King *****
The Other Boleyn Girl - Phillipa Gregory *****
The Other Queen - Phillipa Gregory ****
The King’s Curse - Phillip Gregory ****
The Last Tudor - Phillip Gregory ****
Micro - Michael Crichton w. Richard Preston **
The Cast Against Sugar - Gary Taubes ***
The Boleyn Inheritance - Phillip Gregory ****
August 2024
Catherine deMedici - Leonie Frieda ****
The Rose Code - Kate Quinn ****
Daughters of the Winter Queen - Nancy Goldstone ***
Crooked River - Preston & Child *****
Bloodless - Preston & Child *****
The Cabinet of Dr. Leng - Preston & Child **** Cliffhanger, Damn it!
Angel of Vengeance - Preston & Child *****
Crimson Shore - Preston & Child ****
The Obsidian Chamber - Preston & Child ****
City of Endless Night - Preston & Child ****
July 2024
Gorky Park - Martin Cruz Smith ***
Bag of Bones - Stephen King *****
The Boys from Brazil - Ira Levin *****
Fast Food Genocide - Joel Fuhrman **
Fat Chance - Robert H. Lustig ****
Pride and Perjury - Alice McVeigh ***
Dream Catcher - Stephen King *****
Misery - Stephen King ****
June 2024
THE INMATE - FRIEDA MCFADDEN **
NOS4A2 - JOE HILL - *****
THE STEPFORD WIVES - IRA LEVIN *****
THE WOOL OMNIBUS - HUGH HOWE ****
DR.SLEEP - STEPHEN KING *****
THE WEIGHT OF SILENCE - HEATHER GUDENKAUF ***
THE PRINCES IN THE TOWER - PHILLIPA LANGLEY *** FOR RESEARCH ** FOR LOOOONG AND DRY
WHAT SHE LEFT BEHIND - ELLEN MARIE WISEMAN *
FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING - J.R.R. TOLKIEN (AGAIN)*****