It’s still November, thankfully, and that means another nonfiction post is coming your way. There are three ways to join in this time. “You can either share three or more books on a single topic that you have read and can recommend (be the expert), you can put the call out for good nonfiction onContinue reading “The American West”
Author Archives: Rory
The Clockmaker’s Daughter // Kate Morton
I’ll make this short and sweet. The Clockmaker’s Daughter is not a groundbreaking novel, but it is a good one. It features many of the elements that I’ve come to expect and enjoy in a Kate Morton novels – multiple timelines, intricate mysteries, and an evocative location. The summer of 1862 is a pivotal yearContinue reading “The Clockmaker’s Daughter // Kate Morton”
Lately
Making: Green Chili Chicken in the slow cooker. Drinking: Ice water. Reading: I just finished The Clockmaker’s Daughter, another good one (but not the best) by Kate Morton. Organizing: Travel plans. We’re heading to Campobello Island in Canada soon. It should be cold… But fun, right? Coveting: This bag from Josefina. Not a practical price point. Listening:Continue reading “Lately”
Like This? Read That.
This is, by far, the week I am most excited about for Nonfiction November – pairing a non-fiction book you love with a fiction book of equal measure (I have a whole feature dedicated to the idea of “Like This? Read That.”). Nonfiction November is run by Katie at Doing Dewey, Rennie at What’s Nonfiction?, Julie at Julz Reads, Kim at Sophisticated Dorkiness, andContinue reading “Like This? Read That.”
Literary Mixtape | The Library at Mount Char
As an alternative for a review, synopsis, or anything of the like, I decided to create a soundtrack for the book. Please note that quite a bit of this is intended to be playful and irreverent. I’m rarely serious and this post is no exception. The Library at Mount Chair by Scott Hawkins is an…unusualContinue reading “Literary Mixtape | The Library at Mount Char”
I Hate the Way I Don’t Hate You
There’s not much more terrifying than that image. The full list is older (image borrowed from there), but worth a gander. Choosing the worst of the worst is HARD. Because Voldemort is bad, no doubt, but Umbridge may be worse. Sauron is pure evil. Hannibal is not only a cannibal, but a snob! There isContinue reading “I Hate the Way I Don’t Hate You”
In the House in the Dark of the Woods // Laird Hunt
“Once upon a time there was and there wasn’t a woman who went to the woods.” In this dark fairy tale set in colonial New England, an unnamed puritan woman sets out in the forest to pick some berries for her husband and little boy. She does not return. Perhaps she’s lost. Or perhaps she’sContinue reading “In the House in the Dark of the Woods // Laird Hunt”
The Witch of Willow Hall // Hester Fox
(It always starts with a Bishop, does it not?) Boston, 1811. What if your temper got the best of you, to disastrous results? What if you didn’t know what happened, only to find a boy beaten and bloody at your feet? What if you were only 8 and told it was best to never speakContinue reading “The Witch of Willow Hall // Hester Fox”
Honor Roll
I’m certainly not one to declare the book review dead (says the person who wrote a stellar Agatha Christie review that I’m pretty sure no one read), but I do think it’s the type of post that’s less engaging, less likely to be clicked on, less likely to be read… You get the idea. And,Continue reading “Honor Roll”
And Then There Were None // Agatha Christie
“Be sure thy sins will find thee out.” Agatha Christie was not verbose, and And Then There Were None may well be one of her most spare, yet it may also be one of her most compelling. The novel is relentlessly paced and unsentimental, as it hurdles from one disaster to the next. Tick, tick,Continue reading “And Then There Were None // Agatha Christie”
flannel and folklore 