Nonfiction and Nonsense

  • The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides

    I picked up this book because when I saw the cover, it haunted me. It’s just a simple washed out picture of a woman, but the one strip of paper ripped in front of her mouth left me with an eerie feeling that I wanted to go away but at the same time craved to…

  • Death in Her Hands by Ottessa Moshfegh

    I have to say, I was expecting a murder mystery when I read the title of this book and the blurb on the back. I was not expecting an existential tale of a woman losing her mind in three days. It starts off insidiously enough with an older woman finding a note on a secluded…

  • Skye O’Malley by Bertrice Small

    The O’Malley saga is what I consider to be Bertrice Small’s greatest collection of stories, and the first book in the series is titled after the incredible woman herself. We are taken on the amazing adventure that is Skye’s life beginning in Ireland in the mid 16th century where we are introduced to her and…

  • The Inevitable by Kevin Kelly

    I was once again tricked by a nice cover and a title that grabbed my attention which had me thinking, I have a feeling this is going to be a very enjoyable book. However, the reality is that it took me weeks to read it. I ended up reading a section of a chapter at…

  • Love Wild and Fair by Bertrice Small

    A perfect sequel to The Kadin, the story of Janet Leslies descendants is just as compelling as her own. This follows the life of Catriona Hay and her cousin Patrick Leslie, the earl of Glenkirk, who were matched to marry by their great grandmother while they were both still children. Although Janet planned the marriage…