Book Review
The Witch of Hebron by James Howard Kunstler My rating: 4 of 5 stars Technically a “listen to” and not a physical read, as I’ve had this on audio in my studio while I work on ceramics. I downloaded this and “World Made by Hand” at the same time, but totally had a brain fart [...]
Talking God by Tony Hillerman My rating: 4 of 5 stars Clearly I’m skipping around in this series. But that’s kind of the mark of a good writer, right? One who doesn’t make you feel as if you’ve necessarily missed anything, but also doesn’t do that thing in the first chapter where they recap every [...]
The Joe Leaphorn Mysteries: The Blessing Way / Dance Hall of the Dead / Listening Woman (Navajo Mysteries, #1-3) by Tony Hillerman My rating: 4 of 5 stars Technically a re-read, as I first picked them up in my late teens/early twenties on the recommendation of my father. I’m happy to say that while time [...]
Black Coffee by Agatha Christie My rating: 3 of 5 stars Chose in a pinch as I was in between other books, and as I hadn’t read any Agatha Christie in years I’m glad I picked it up. It was definitely a quick read. Based on one of her plays, and brought into literary form [...]
It felt a little unfair for me to review this book. BUY THIS BOOK! MY UNCA WROTE IT! (I was afraid anything I might say would sound like that, no matter how I phrased it.) Plus, all I could really think about while reading the book is hard it was for our family while he [...]
A Clash of Kings by George R.R. Martin My rating: 4 of 5 stars Again, a re-read… or should I say a “re-listen” since I have it on audio in the car. Perhaps it’s having seen the HBO show, but I like Tyrion a lot more this time around. Last time I read the series [...]
At Home: A Short History of Private Life by Bill Bryson My rating: 3 of 5 stars The overwhelming though I had while reading this book is that I am surprised, as a species, that we have not all died out. The way he wrote about the flu, and cholera, and just the lack of [...]
A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail by Bill Bryson My rating: 4 of 5 stars I was buying another Bill Bryson book, having had him recently recommended to me, and my friend ringing me up (what, you’re not friends with the people who own your locally owned book store? You [...]
Little Men by Louisa May Alcott My rating: 3 of 5 stars Have you ever re-read a book that you loved as a child, a book that made each character seem real and alive and someone you’d want to spend time with? And then seen it in a completely different light, a worse light, a [...]
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott My rating: 5 of 5 stars I recently re-read this, needing something light and wanting to revisit a book I used to love, and I was pleased to note that it held up very well. I will always want to be Jo, and I will always get frustrated with [...]
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