Category Archives: Reviews

Nearly everyone has read and loved The Martian – including me! Finally. I won’t review it, because, as of right now, there are 236,949 ratings on Goodreads alone (thanks for the recommendation Maria Helena). You don’t need to know that I’d give it 4.5 out of 5, even though I would. What I loved aboutContinue reading “The Martian by Andy Weir”

#30Authors is an annual event connecting readers, authors, and bloggers. Throughout the month of September, 30 authors review their favorite books on 30 blogs in 30 days. The event has been met with incredible support from and success within the literary community. In the six months following the event’s inaugural launch, the concept was publishedContinue reading “#30Authors: Chris Holm recommends Those We Left Behind by Stuart Neville”

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. I’m fairly certain that most of my fears can beContinue reading “Literary Mixtape | Christine by Stephen King”

If you’ve never had the pleasure of reading Amy Stewart’s nonfiction, you’re missing out. The Drunken Botanist and Wicked Plants are two of the most charming and hilarious books about plants ever written. I say this as a horticultural librarian, so the range of plant-based literature I’ve read is actually quite large (for better or for worse). NeedlessContinue reading “Girl Waits with Gun by Amy Stewart”

Source: Doubleday Books Length: 336 pages Publication Date: August 4, 2015 It was a dark and stormy night… It’s not, and it wasn’t when I read Jennifer McMahon’s latest novel The Night Sister, but the book was so darkly atmospheric that it made me feel like it was. Or wish it was. Sort of theContinue reading “The Night Sister by Jennifer McMahon”