Book Reviews

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What You’ll Find in My Book Reviews

  • General Publication Information
  • Third-Party Ratings
  • The Setup
  • Why I Picked the Book Up
  • Noteworthy Elements
  • My REST (Reaction, Experience, Summary, Thoughts)

What You WON’T Find in My Book Reviews

  • Pros and Cons
  • A Rating
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WHY I DON’T RATE BOOKS

I honestly believe there is an audience for any book, and I want to help facilitate that magic.

If I cannot in good faith recommend a book, then I won’t review it.

book cover of a Woman from the neck down in vintage asymmetrical black dress holding a stack of old hard cover books all with a faint cursive writing overlay
The Book of Speculation
End of Story
The Death of Mrs. Westaway
Backlit photo of a woman's face in shadow with wisps of hair hanging down with the words the couple next door superimposed on her shadow face.
The Couple Next Door
Illustrated book cover of a blonde white woman in overalls and a white shirt and a taller dark haired white man with a tattoo sleeve and dressed all in black are leaning against a floral shop door. The whole background is stylized pink with alternating rows of white and orange flowers in containers.
Practice Makes Perfect
An illustrated, retro stylized book cover with a full gray moon in a reddish pink sky background. A white picket fence runs across the bottom with three monochrome colored women behind the fence on the left and turquoise house wiht evil yellow eyes on the right. In the foreground a gray hand with black fingernail polish and gold wedding band erupts from the ground.
Suburban Hell
A Ferris wheel backlit by a cloudy gray sky and one spot of light behind the center of the wheel.
FantasticLand
Black, backlit background with assorted liquor bottles in muted shades of brown, beige, tan, and green living the top and bottom shelf, all framed by a gold art deco frame and lettering last call at the nightingale.
Last Call at the Nightingale
Outline of a female face with flowing hair filled in with color gradation from orange on the top to fuchsia to violet on the bottom; the change is written in white across where the eyes would be
The Change