Category: Mystery

Title: Origin Author: Dan Brown Date Purchased: 7/30/2018 Price Paid: $3.17 Date Finished: 6/30/2021Rating: 3/5 One of my favorite bands of all time is AC/DC, and many years ago Angus Young (the lead guitarist for the band) was interviewed by Guitar World magazine on the eve of a new album release. After talking about the new album and getting through the various normal questions asked […]

Title: Since We Fell Author: Dennis Lehane Date Purchased: 7/2/2017 Price Paid: $5.29 Date Finished: 3/16/2021 Rating: 4/5 As I work through my backlog and come here to write about the books I’ve read, I find myself looking at books in a bit of a different way than I used to. It’s nothing groundbreaking, but more of a deeper analysis into what the book is […]

Title: Gone GirlAuthor: Gillian FlynnDate Purchased: 4/23/16Price Paid: $5.34Date Finished: 2/21/21Rating: 4/5 I’ve read a lot of books in my life, and I’ve seen a lot of movies. As you might imagine, some of the movies I’ve seen were based on, or adaptations of, books that I’ve read. The “was the book better than the movie” debate is one that I’ve engaged in many times. […]

Title: JoylandAuthor: Stephen KingDate Purchased: 2/10/2016Price Paid: $1.06Date Finished: 2/14/2021Rating: 3.5/5 I have always had an interesting relationship with Stephen King’s books. As a teen growing up in the 1990’s (and a New England teen at that) many of my friends sunk themselves into King’s novels. They were always waiting for the next book, and spent many hours talking about how good they were. My […]