Book Reviews

Wherein a Bookworm Ponders the Benefits and Ill Effects of the Holiday Season

Wherein a Bookworm Ponders the Benefits and Ill Effects of the Holiday Season

The holidays are here.  The most stressful time of the year for many people is here. I mean, it is a beautiful season where we celebrate the festival of lights, the birth of an ancient baby, the longest night of the year, and the Gregorian 

Review: The Man Who Died

Review: The Man Who Died

Antti Tuomainen seamlessly blends a subtle combination of classic, no-nonsense Nordic noir with macabre humor punctuated with shocking staccatos of grim violence.

REVIEW: Chemistry Lesson Series

REVIEW: Chemistry Lesson Series

which I review the first two books in the Chemistry Lessons Series by Susannah Nix. 

REVIEW: Crossing the Line

REVIEW: Crossing the Line

Review for the US publication release of “Crossing the Line” by Kerry Wilkinson.

REVIEW: Blackmail, Sex, and Lies: A Victorian True Crime Murder Mytery

REVIEW: Blackmail, Sex, and Lies: A Victorian True Crime Murder Mytery

Blackmail, Sex and Lies: A Victorian True Crime Murder Mystery By: Kathryn McMaster Overdue Book Reviews is participating in a blog tour Blackmail, Sex and Lies: A Victorian True Crime Murder Mystery.  Yesterday, I posted a Q&A with Kathryn McMaster on my blog.  Today’s post 

Q&A and GIVEAWAY: Blackmail, Sex and Lies

Q&A and GIVEAWAY: Blackmail, Sex and Lies

Hello and happy weekend to my readers!  I have the great pleasure of welcoming Kathryn McMaster to my blog to talk to her about her upcoming nonfiction book, Blackmail, Sex and Lies, an accounting of Madeleine Hamilton Smith and her dead french lover, Pierre Emile L’Anglier.  Midcentury 1800’s 

Ten Stupid Bookish Things I’ve Done This Month So That You Don’t Have To

Ten Stupid Bookish Things I’ve Done This Month So That You Don’t Have To

I do a lot of stupid things related to books. Here are ten of the most recent ones.

REVIEW: Dark Matter

REVIEW: Dark Matter

Title: Dark Matter Author: Blake Crouch Published by Crown (2016) Paperback, 340 pages Genre: sci-fi, alternative reality, mind fuckery, speculative fiction “Are you happy with your life?”   Those are the last words Jason Dessen hears before the masked abductor knocks him unconscious. Before he 

Top Ten Tuesday: Thankfulness

Top Ten Tuesday: Thankfulness

In light of the American holiday Thanksgiving, I have a top ten list of book categories I am thankful for.

MINI REVIEWS: Contemporary Romance

MINI REVIEWS: Contemporary Romance

Mini review for five contemporary romance books.