Book Reviews

It’s becoming a recurring theme that I forget how I came into possession of certain books. My Name is Memory by Ann Brashares falls into this category. Thanks to my Book Jar, it was my next read. I certainly was not expecting to love My Name is Memory as much as I did. Ann Brashares is the […]

Let me just say that this book was originally published in 1985…1985! The Handmaid’s Tale has been more publicized courtesy of Hulu and Alexis Bledel. I don’t subscribe to Hulu, so I didn’t jump on the bandwagon series. However, The Handmaid’s Tale was a free option with Kindle Unlimited, so I thought I’d give it a shot. […]

Lucky by Alice Sebold literally wrecked me. I purchased this book many years ago. Likely, after I read The Lovely Bones (because I LOVED it). However, it has taken me many years to read it. Thank you, Book Jar for picking for me. I want the synopsis to come straight from the book, not from my […]

I’m going into this review knowing full and well that I have an unpopular opinion on I’ll Be Gone in the Dark. I’ll just go ahead and kick it off here: I did not really enjoy it. I love true crime. Seriously. It’s so interesting. Michelle McNamara was me at heart. She completely lost herself […]

I’m not super certain what Matthew Pearl’s “thing” is, but it’s good. I read The Dante Club about this time last year. Matthew Pearl manages to take classic authors, and pull them into fictional stories. It’s just so interesting to pull classic authors into more than just their writing. This time, The Poe Shadow. Initial Thoughts I’ve […]

Some people obsess over the roaring 20s. Others prefer the 60s or the 70s. For me, I’m obsessed with Ancient Rome and Ancient Greece. I just think it’s so interesting! The culture and religion and wars. Come on, there was an entire war over one woman. Man…what it must have been like to be as […]

House of Sand and Fog by Andre Dubus III was an Oprah Book Club pick from many years ago. Seriously. I looked it up, and this book was selected in November 2000! Oprah.com even went so far as to name it one of the most addictive books of the last 25 years. Both my sister […]

If you recall (or if you’re new to Adventures In Nonsense), it was a resolution of mine to read two new books every month in 2018. My goal for 2017 was to read one new book a month, and I kind of blew that one out of the water. What can I say? I love […]

A book hasn’t grabbed me this immediately in a long time. I think the last book to do this was The Good Girl (still one of my favorites, and you should definitely read it). However, I think The Couple Next Door by Shari Lapena may be the best book I’ve read in 2018 (So far. There’s still […]