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Review: Never Coming Home by Hannah Mary McKinnon

June 28, 2022 by Ann Marie Leave a Comment

Do you enjoy books with characters you just love to hate? Me too! And that's only one of the reasons why I have such high praise for NEVER COMING HOME. Lucas Forester is just a guy who has done what he needed to in order to meet his goals. Taking the hit out on his wife, Michelle, was never personal. Sure, she had a few annoying characteristics but don't we all? Lucas is not a man with no ...

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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: ARC, blog tour, book blogger, Book Review, Family Dynamics, Fiction, mystery, NetGalley, Psychological Thriller

Review of Lily and the Octopus by Steven Rowley

January 25, 2017 by Ann Marie 14 Comments

Lily Octopus

Lily and the Octopus opens on a Thursday evening. Ted knows it was a Thursday because that's the day he and Lilly, his beloved dachshund, reserve for talking about boys they think are cute. (They don't always agree but they do tend toward younger men.) He suddenly notices the octopus. On Lily's head. He's not sure how or when it came to reside there and he clearly feels some guilt over not having ...

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Filed Under: Fiction, Literary Fiction, Uncategorized Tagged With: #ownvoices, ARC, dog book, NetGalley

Review of The Sleepwalker by Chris Bohjalian

January 16, 2017 by Ann Marie 6 Comments

Sleepwalker

After reading and enjoying The Guest Room, I was excited to begin reading The Sleepwalker. The disappearance of a woman who sleepwalks is certainly an original concept. I've read stories of people who do some pretty outrageous things in their sleep; from making sandwiches to killing a spouse. (Honest, officer, I dreamt I was wrestling a deer!) But nothing could have prepared me for Annalee's ...

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Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery/Thriller Tagged With: ARC, Chris Bohjalian, NetGalley, parasomnia, sleepwalking

Review of The Wonder by Emma Donoghue

January 11, 2017 by Ann Marie 1 Comment

Wonder

I had high hopes for The Wonder based on the reviews I'd read in addition to my own experience reading Room. Unfortunately, this book did not live up to my expectations. First, and foremost, I found the pacing to be unbearably slow. The first 50% of the book could have been written in far fewer pages without compromising the details of the story. The chapters were frustratingly long. I'm not a ...

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Filed Under: Fiction, Historical Fiction, Uncategorized Tagged With: Emma Donoghue, Fiction, Historical Fiction, NetGalley

Review of “I’m Thinking of Ending Things” by Iain Reid

November 8, 2016 by Ann Marie 2 Comments

I'm Thinking of Ending Things

I read I'm thinking of Ending Things a few weeks ago while my blog was being redesigned. As you will read below, I had a strong  negative reaction to it. I wrote this review for Goodreads and was hoping I might have warmed a little to this book with some time and a few good reads in between. This has not happened and so the review stands as originally written: This was a very quick read and it ...

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Filed Under: Book Review, Fiction, Mystery, Thriller, Uncategorized Tagged With: ARC, Book Review, Fiction, Iain Reed, NetGalley, Thriller/Suspense

Review of “The Last Days of Night” by Graham Moore

August 10, 2016 by Ann Marie 2 Comments

I do not care so much for a great fortune as I do for getting ahead of the other fellows.  - Thomas Edison Until I read this book, I had an impression of what it would have been like to see the night lit for the first time. It was terribly romantic. It was surreal, ethereal, and peaceful. (Sort of like this book's beautiful cover.) There were scientists and engineers of all sorts slapping each ...

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Filed Under: ARC, Book Review, Fiction, Random House, Uncategorized Tagged With: ARC, BEA16 Book, Fiction, George Westinghouse, Graham Moore Book, Historical Fiction, NetGalley, Nikola Tesla, Paul Cravath, recommended for book club, Thomas Edison, War of Current

Review of “Stranger, Father, Beloved” by Taylor Larsen

August 1, 2016 by Ann Marie Leave a Comment

  The book begins with Michael seeing his wife, Nancy, talking to another man at a party. He decides that this is the man who should be married to Nancy. He promptly begins working on his plan to make this man Nancy's new husband. This is a strange book in the sense that a decent writer (clean, articulate language, etc.) has written a bad story about mostly bad, unlikable characters. My ...

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Filed Under: ARC, Book Review, Fiction, Gallery Books, Uncategorized Tagged With: ARC, Family Dynamics, Fiction, NetGalley

Review of Sober Stick Figure: A Memoir by Amber Tozer

July 29, 2016 by Ann Marie 2 Comments

  Amber Tozer is super-funny, brutally honest comedian who has bravely chosen to share her story of alcoholism and recovery with the world. If you're thinking this is another super-heavy memoir that will leave you feeling  nothing but depression and pity, just take a look at the cover. That sick figure version of Amber makes frequent appearances throughout the book... In a very real ...

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Filed Under: ARC, Book Review, Memoir, Nonfiction, Uncategorized Tagged With: Amber Tozer book, ARC, Book Review, Family Dynamics, NetGalley, Nonfiction, one-day read, overcoming alcoholism book

Review of “We Could Be Beautiful” by Swan Huntley

July 4, 2016 by Ann Marie 2 Comments

Catherine West is a wealthy trust fund (43 year old) kid living the good life in Manhattan. Like many wealthy people, she seems to have it all from the outside. Her days are spent bag shopping and lunching (though she doesn't actually eat anything). Her nights are filled with gallery openings other society events. Somehow she manages to squeeze in massages on Sundays. She barely has time for ...

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Filed Under: ARC, Book Review, Fiction Tagged With: ARC, beach read, Book Review, Family Dynamics, Fiction, NetGalley, Women's Fiction

Review of The Girls by Emma Cline

June 29, 2016 by Ann Marie 1 Comment

The Girls , Emma Cline's highly-anticipated debut novel, is the story of 14 year old Evie, growing up in 1960's  California, and how she becomes entangled with a violent cult. Evie is now an adult who has, for the most part, moved on with her life. The story toggles back and forth between the two timelines in a well-paced and seamless manner. The parallels with the Manson killings of that time ...

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Filed Under: ARC, Book Review, Mystery Tagged With: ARC, Book Review, Family Dynamics, Fiction, NetGalley, recommended for book club

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