Review: Inside the Sun

Inside the Sun by Alexis Marie Chute
My rating: 5 of 5 stars



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Review: The Paris Mysteries

The Paris Mysteries by Edgar Allan Poe
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

I love the atmospheric feel that an Edgar Allen Poe story brings to any mystery. This is an intriguing collection of three of Poe’s finest. I love this edition. I first read Poe in elementary school and have loved his writing ever since. This is a wonderful way to reread some of his best.
Highly recommended.
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Review: Ruthless Gods

Ruthless Gods by Emily A. Duncan
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

I enjoyed Emily A. Duncan’s first book in this trilogy, Wicked Saints but this second book is definitely superior. I love the gothic, dark writing. The characters are more developed in this second book as well. If you like a dark, YA series, keep these in mind.
Now I have to wait, impatiently, for book three!
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Review: Hello I Want to Die Please Fix Me: Depression in the First Person

Hello I Want to Die Please Fix Me: Depression in the First Person by Anna Mehler Paperny
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

I was very interested in reading this because it is a personal account of dealing with a mental health illness and navigating the psychiatric services. I work in this field on the clinical side so it is always interesting to see how someone utilizing services feels. This was an honest and insightful account of what it is like to live with mental illness and to have your life disrupted by the treatments. It’s an intimidating system that often puts patients privacy low on the agenda due to possible safety concerns.
I completely appreciated this account and highly recommend it for those who are dealing with an illness, as well as family and caregivers who want greater insight into the system of care.
Thank you for the early copy.
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Review: The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz

The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz by Erik Larson
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Erik Larson knocks another one out of the park. I’m not sure there are many writers that do historical works as brilliantly and make them pleasantly readable as Larson. This is yet another work that lives up to the hype. This is an intriguing and informative book about Winston Churchill during the time when he was forced into being a wartime leader. This book gives a perspective of who Churchill was and why he was the type of leader that he was.
Brilliant book!
Thank you for the early copy.
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Review: She Has a Broken Thing Where Her Heart Should Be

She Has a Broken Thing Where Her Heart Should Be by J.D. Barker
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

I had no idea how massive of a tale this was when I first picked it up. Wow! Not only is it a tome of a book but it a saga of a story. It is centered around Dickens’s Great Expectations and the two main characters are Jack/Pip and Stella. As Barker weaves the story around an early meeting between these two as young children on August 8th and then almost yearly thereafter, you get the story of each of their lives throughout childhood and into adulthood.
This is a fantastical story that is also a romance and thriller and suspense in one. There is something for almost every reader and it is brilliant and intriguing throughout.
I highly recommend this. It is entertaining throughout and keeps you guessing.
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