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Allow me to list all the compliments that come to mind when I think of Stephanie Garber’s Caraval. When the review said “spellbinding” they weren’t lying. That book was magical. I haven’t felt this way about a book since Red Queen. Why do all of the good books need sequels? It’s like fantastic and intricate plots require installmentsContinue Reading “Caraval.”
I met the character Hamish Macbeth late in his career as a lazy, romantically doomed police constable in Scotland. Having become familiar with M.C. Beaton’s Agatha Raisin series, I had an idea what to expect, but also no clue. The reasons I loved Agatha Raisin just couldn’t transfer across genders: Agatha Raisin is middle-aged yetContinue Reading “Death of a Liar (A Hamish Macbeth Mystery).”
In college, I needed an excuse to study people and their behaviors so I minored in sociology. Now, I read books like The Power of Habit and go, “That’s fascinating” in the nerd voice that lives inside my head. I immediately knew I would like this book when it started to remind me of Malcolm Gladwell’s books. IContinue Reading “The Power of Habit.”
Apparently I’ve got money on my mind. After finishing Rich Dad, Poor Dad I jumped into Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill and the first thing I need to say is whoa. There’s a whole lotta shit going on here. Let’s dissect. Hill starts the book with a very compelling story. Twenty years before theContinue Reading “Think and Grow Rich.”
