Crunch Time by Diane Mott Davidson My rating: 3 of 5 stars Diane Mott Davidson‘s “Goldy Bear Culinary” mystery series is one of my early favorites, and I’m sad that the author isn’t writing anymore. There were about 20 books in total, but this review is for #16, Crunch Time.Continue Reading

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling My rating: 4 of 5 stars “OMG — Not another book review on Harry Potter.” *or* “OMG — I LOVE HARRY POTTER” I bet you just said something along those lines… Me too. But I have to do this forContinue Reading

My rating: 3 of 5 stars to I, Lucifer by Glen Duncan, a fiction novel with some elements of fantasy buried about. Sometimes I don’t know how books fall into my lap, sometimes I do. With this one, it flew in the wind, also known as a former book club, andContinue Reading

The Cat Who Ate Danish Modern by Lilian Jackson Braun My rating: 4 of 5 stars Background The summer after I graduated from college, I started missing regular reading… during school, I had less personal choice and recreational reads, as all the college textbooks and novels were the priority. IContinue Reading

All That Remains by Patricia Cornwell My rating: 4 of 5 stars The “Kay Scarpetta” mystery series by Patricia Cornwell was one of the first adult mystery book series I began reading. I also started these very young, around 13 or 14, which may not be the best thing forContinue Reading

Alice in Wonderland written by Lewis Carroll and adapted by Jane Carruth My rating: 4 of 5 stars Lewis Carroll‘s Alice in Wonderland is one we are all familiar with at some point in our lives. Many of us have read an abridged version, heard the basics of the tale from friendsContinue Reading

Beowulf by Unknown My rating: 4 of 5 stars Beowulf is thought to have been written around the year 1000 AD, give or take a century. And the author is the extremely famous, very popular and world renowned writer… Unknown. Got you there, didn’t I? LOL Probably not… if you’reContinue Reading

The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie My rating: 4 of 5 stars If you’ve read my reviews before, you know I love mystery fiction, and in particular, the classics. Agatha Christie died in 1976, and I was born the following year. Two things come to mind… (1) It’sContinue Reading

The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe My rating: 4 of 5 stars First… you must read the introductory stanza from Edgar Allan Poe‘s famous poem, The Raven. And then I’ll provide a short review: Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary, Over many a quaint andContinue Reading

The Witches by Roald Dahl My rating: 4 of 5 stars Roald Dahl is in my top 3 of favorite children’s authors. I had read a few of his books as a child, but most of my exposure occurred as a young adult and while in college. The Witches wasContinue Reading