Northanger Abbey (1817) by Jane Austen – Fiction Rating: 4/5 Northanger Abbey is my least favorite Austen novel. It only receives this distinction because it is the book I have read the least. Northager Abbey was the first completed novel by Austen but published posthumously along with Persuasion. Keeping that idea in mind, it makes…
A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness (2011) – Fiction Book One of the All Souls Trilogy Rating: 4/5 I have a soft spot in my heart vampires. I was a freshman/sophomore when Twilight first came out and of course I became attached. Prior to that, as a middle schooler who preferred books to people,…
The Jane Austen Society by Natalie Jenner (2020) – Fiction Rating: 4/5 I tend to reread books and rewatch movies a lot. I have always been like that. I rewatched The Lion King so often when I was a kid that I soon learned all the lines, saying them out loud while I would watch…
Bad Kansas by Becky Mandelbaum (2017) – Fiction – Short Stories 4/5 This book was recommended by the Raven Book Store in Lawrence, Kansas. If I can have a moment to plug local bookstores, please patronize these wonderful establishments. I know it is hard to escape the ease of Amazon and I utilize a Kindle,…
The Boy From the Woods by Harlan Coben (2020) – Fiction 3.5 Sustenance. Readers need books to survive and like eating food, sometimes you just need something quick to get you by. The Boy From the Woods is a quick thriller. The characters are intriguing and unique, all damaged in some way or another.…
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