The Tenant
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The Tenant

Translated to English and taking place in Copenhagen, this was a new experience for me- I don't think I've read any Nordic/Scandinavian Noir as many reviewers have categorized this. Good luck pronouncing…

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The Face of a Stranger
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The Face of a Stranger

I’m not sure how I feel about this one. The writing style took a bit to get used to, taking place in Victorian England and often involving the Cockney accent. It was a book where I felt like…

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On the Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness
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On the Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness

When the story began by describing the world's first man as Dwayne and the first woman as Gladys, and that the first sentence spoken 'Well, here we are' was repeated and handed down until the world became known as 'Aerwiar'- I knew I was going to like this book.

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The Line Between
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The Line Between

“frighteningly believable," as written in the book's summary is an accurate takeaway after reading this. Especially after also reading the author's note detailing the real-life inspiration to the story, I kinda freaked out for ten seconds and planned my own doomsday bunker with…

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Memory Man
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Memory Man

In short: well-done suspenseful read! I didn’t read this book because I expected to be shocked by its ingenious and never-before-seen-characters-and-story as apparently some people did. Sure, the main character had the memory and deduction of Sherlock Holmes and the backstory of…

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The 49th Mystic
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The 49th Mystic

The main biblical concepts found in the book include: perfect love casts out fear, having a right view of who God is, seeing events and people the way God sees them and not through our sinful earthly filter, & knowing suffering and our earthly bodies are temporary and we are made for more than this…

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Chains
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Chains

I finally read it and I'm glad I did! It was a great book! I've read a lot of WWII stories lately, so it was really fun to read something from New York during the Revolutionary War period.

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The Choosing
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The Choosing

It challenges you to reflect on where you have your identity and what lies you are believing. And on top of all of that, it was a great story! It has a lot of elements similar to her dad’s writing but…

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