The Near Witch Winner!

So, I may have teared up just writing the title of this book. Because, you know, I have problems. Two young women from totally different backgrounds are thrown together during World War II: one a working-class girl from Manchester, the other a Scottish aristocrat, one a pilot, the other a wireless operator. Yet whenever their…

I’ve been reading a lot of Very Serious Books lately. Heavy issues, heavy prose, and heavy thoughts. These reads are wonderful and can teach us so much and give us insight into experiences that we would never be able to experience otherwise. They can also be very taxing on you after awhile and that’s where…

I mentioned in an earlier review that I really enjoy books set in England. When I was looking at titles on Netgalley and saw The Poisoned House by Michael Ford, it was not only set in London, but Victorian London AND it was a ghost story. Also, super creepy cover art. I had to request…

Confession time: I wanted to read this book since it was an indie published under the title “Good Oil”. I was thrilled when I learned it was going to be published in the states under a new name and then it showed up on NetGalley several months ago and I was absolutely ecstatic  Of course I…

At this very moment I can feel my shelf of to-reads staring me in the back. Making me feel all guilty and horrible for just leaving them sitting there. Do you have this problem? Are your books keeping you up at night with please of, ‘Read me! Read me!” Do you pass over pretty hardcovers…

I really, really, really liked Anna and the French Kiss. Despite the fact that I still like to blame it for the fire in my house. And I was afraid I wouldn’t like Lola and the Boy Next Door nearly as much. I was afraid it follow the same sort of template, just with different…