Book Reviews
This is the main category for my book reviews. Every book I've reviewed will be listed in this category. If you wish to fine-tune your search, try searching by a specific category, such as cookbooks, fantasy, historical fiction, etc. (the category list is at the bottom of this page).
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Book Review: A Guide to Film and TV Cosplay
A Guide to Film and TV Cosplay by Holly Swinyard My rating: 5 of 5 stars Fan conventions can be daunting, even for people like me who have been to more than a…
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Book Review: Manners and Monsters
Manners and Monsters by Tilly Wallace My rating: 5 of 5 stars It’s the height of the season in Britian’s Georgian Period, and people are turning up dead. No, we don’t mean those…
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Book Review: From Port to Rigor Morte
From Port to Rigor Morte by J.C. Eaton My rating: 3 of 5 stars Screenplay writer Norrie Ellington is babysitting her sister and brother-in-law’s business, the Two Witches Winery, while they travel the…
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Book Review: The Complete Works of Beatrix Potter
After watching Miss Potter recently on Amazon Prime, I found my interest in Beatrix Potter's artwork rekindled. And now my Kindle is rekindled, too
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Book Review: The Cookie Bible
Every cook's bookshelf should have at least one volume dedicated to cookies.
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Book Review: Bittman Bread
For over twenty years I've baked all of our loaf bread, English muffins, flatbreads and more using a potato flake starter. I've stuck with that simplistic, easy to maintain starter for so long…
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Book Review: Wining and Dying
Author Daryl Wood Gerber deftly juggles red herrings while weaving together complex plot threads into a rich story of romance, revenge, and murder, while treating us to scrumptious food, tasty wine and breathtaking…
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Book Review: The Secret History of Food
The Secret History of Food: Strange but True Stories About the Origins of Everything We Eat by Matt Siegel My rating: 5 of 5 stars Written in a lush conversational style, this is…
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Book Review: The Tiny Kitchen Cookbook
The Tiny Kitchen Cookbook: Strategies and Recipes for Creating Amazing Meals in Small Spaces by Annie Mahle My rating: 5 of 5 stars One of my first apartments—in a converted 1920s era hotel—had…
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Book Review: The House of Dust
The House of Dust by Noah Broyles My rating: 3 of 5 stars First, let me qualify my three star rating. The book is well-written, and loaded with absolutely luscious descriptive phrasing. The…
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Book Review: Blood of the Pride
Blood of the Pride by Sheryl Nantus My rating: 5 of 5 stars It’s easy to believe that this story is real, thanks to well thought out worldbuilding, fully developed characters, engrossing conversations…
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Book Review: The Road Trip Survival Guide
The Road Trip Survival Guide: Tips and Tricks for Planning Routes, Packing Up, and Preparing for Any Unexpected Encounter Along the Way by Rob Taylor My rating: 5 of 5 stars It’s been…
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Book Review: Fate, in the Dungeon of Doom
“An intuitional interpretation of what a man's fate exhibits amidst impediments, endurance, abnegation, innocence, and most importantly, doom. It is a fatalistic poetry collection.”
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Book Review: How to Forage for Mushrooms without Dying
How to Forage for Mushrooms without Dying: An Absolute Beginner’s Guide to Identifying 29 Wild, Edible Mushrooms by Frank Hyman My rating: 5 of 5 stars I’m a forager by nature, and take…
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Book Review: A Stitch in Time
A Stitch in Time by Susette Williams My rating: 4 of 5 stars This is a charming romantic adventure that employs a sweet and simple method of time travel. I won’t give the…
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Book Review: Draw Dead (Aces High, Jokers Wild Book 5)
What unfolds is a story that—as sensationalist media might say—is ripped from today’s headlines.
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Book Review: Inspector Hobbes and the Blood
Inspector Hobbes and the Blood by Wilkie Martin My rating: 3 of 5 stars Downloading Inspector Hobbs and the Blood, to my Kindle, I read the first few pages, laden with uppity gerunds,…
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Book Review: Samuel Sloan P.I. Suspicions and Returns
Michael Staub has just published the second book in his Samuel Sloan P.I. series. These stories combines cyberpunk with classic noir gumshoe adventures. Take a spin around a retro-future Los Angeles with Sam…
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Book Review: A Side of Murder
A Side of Murder by Amy Pershing My rating: 5 of 5 stars New York chef Samantha Barnes is an unintentional YouTube star, thanks to an argument that got way out of hand…
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Book Review: Double or Muffin
Double or Muffin by Victoria Hamilton My rating: 4 of 5 stars So you think you know what reality television is really like? Step inside Wynter Castle, where Opera DivaNation has stormed the…
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Book Review: How to Market a Book
How to Market a Book: Overperform in a Crowded Market by Ricardo Fayet My rating: 5 of 5 stars As the Brits say, “It does what it says on the tin”. There’s dozens…
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Book Review: There’s No Ham in Hamburgers
There’s No Ham in Hamburgers: Facts and Folklore About Our Favorite Foods by Kim Zachman My rating: 5 of 5 stars What a fun book! Young readers will gobble up lots of surprising…
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Book Review: Antoni: Let’s Do Dinner
Antoni: Let’s Do Dinner by Antoni Porowski My rating: 5 of 5 stars As a longtime fan of Antoni Porowski’s uplifting foodie advice on the Queer Eye television series, I knew right away…
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Book Review: Old Man’s War
Old Man’s War by John Scalzi My rating: 5 of 5 stars I used to read a lot more science fiction than I do these days. I keep nudging book recommendations aside, telling…
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Book Review: Book Title Generator
Book Title Generator: A Proven System in Naming Your Book by Scott Lorenz My rating: 5 of 5 stars I had low expectations for this book, but it exceeded all of them. Just…
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Book Review: The Preserving Answer Book
The Preserving Answer Book: Expert Tips, Techniques, and Best Methods for Preserving All Your Favorite Foods by Sherri Brooks Vinton My rating: 3 of 5 stars The Preserving Answer Book isn’t just for…
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Book Review: Gardening to Eat
Gardening to Eat: Connecting People and Plants by Becky Dickinson My rating: 5 of 5 stars Gardening to Eat is a charming, informative book. It starts by teaching us about various types of…
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Book Review: The History of Sweets
The History of Sweets by Paul Chrystal My rating: 5 of 5 stars Two decades ago, I created a chocolate and coffee resource website. Searching for interesting facts and information about my two…
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Book Review: Everything Is Free
Everything is Free by Adele Ward My rating: 4 of 5 stars I’ve always felt that shopping malls were little self-contained worlds. Author Adele Ward really drives that concept home as her protagonist,…
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Book Review: The Last of the Moon Girls
The Last of the Moon Girls by Barbara Davis My rating: 4 of 5 stars Nine generations of Moon women have lived and worked on Moon Girl Farm in the small town of…
