Games People play , So It Began by Owen Mullen

Sometimes when I am trigger happy, I end up accumulating too many of an author's books without having confirmed my affinity to the writing!This is exactly what happened with this author. I requested and was granted access to four books from three different series. I thought I would start with the one in which I…

My Boring Life by by Kerry Chaput

In the course of my regular reading year, I come across books that are surprising in various ways. Maybe someday, I will make a post that lists the different ways certain books caught me by surprise in both the good and the bad.This was one that fell under the good category. It is a historical…

The Milan Contract by Stephen Franks

The book is still up for requesting on NetGalley When the story began, I was mildly confused. The author plays that confusion well and builds up the situations to make us doubt ourselves. We are alternatively shown the unfolding events in real-time as well as the histories of the people involved at all stages. This…

A Springtime To Remember by Lucy Coleman

I have not written a review with this tone in a while. It should come out as mild as my reactions were. I did not enjoy the book but have no animosity towards it. It had all the ingredients that usually appeal to me, but put together, I was not as invested as I wanted…

Savior (Purple Heart, #1) by Éric Warnauts

Art by Warnauts and Raives I started and stopped this book a couple of times before I actually saw it all the way through. The first time I paused, it was because it was unexpectedly angst-ridden and seemed too heavy. Then maybe because most of the characters were a little too unlikeable. Then, after reminding…

Lake Like a Mirror by Sok Fong Ho

In my attempt to read translated works as well as short stories, I chose this. It is written by a Malaysian Chinese author and shows a window into cultures that I had very little understanding of earlier.As with most short story collections (even by the same author), the standard of stories usually varies wildly. This…

A Necessary Killing (William Constable #2) by Paul Walker

I read and reviewed the first book of this series quite recently: here I somehow missed the fact that I had both the first and the second book of the series. If I had, I would have read or at least reviewed them at the same time. I find it easier to put together my…

Carpe Glitter by Cat Rambo

I had not seen the number of pages before I started the book. It is not a thing I really do anymore, since kindle obligingly tells me how much reading time is left (and is right some of the time). I bring this point up because I thought that it was wrong in its assumption,…