Books are a gateway drug…
We’re just all hooked on different Sh#t. So take the number of stars after the titles with a grain of salt. It might not be my cup of tea (strain of weed, etc), but it may be yours. It’s all just a matter of taste.
Are you the one and done type, or like me, do you return to your favorites year after year? Some of these titles will pop up year after year.
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.
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)*****
