Pirate Latitudes – Michael Crichton The Caribbean, 1665. A remote colony of the English Crown, the island of Jamaica holds out against the vast supremacy of the Spanish empire. Port Royal, its capital, is a cutthroat town of taverns, grog shops, and bawdy houses. In this steamy climate there’s a living to be made, aContinue reading “REVIEW: PIRATE LATITUDES – MICHAEL CRICHTON”
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REVIEW: THE TURN OF THE KEY – RUTH WARE
The Turn of the Key – Ruth Ware When she stumbles across the ad, she’s looking for something else completely. But it seems like too good an opportunity to miss—a live-in nannying post, with a staggeringly generous salary. And when Rowan Caine arrives at Heatherbrae House, she is smitten—by the luxurious “smart” home fitted outContinue reading “REVIEW: THE TURN OF THE KEY – RUTH WARE”
REVIEW: THE BEAST WITHIN: A TALE OF BEAUTY’S PRINCE – SERENA VALENTINO
The Beast Within: A Tale of Beauty’s Prince – Serena Valentino This tale is as old as time: a cruel prince is transformed into a beast. A lovely maiden comes into this monster’s life. He is transformed by her compassion, and the love he feels for her in return. The two live happily ever after.ButContinue reading “REVIEW: THE BEAST WITHIN: A TALE OF BEAUTY’S PRINCE – SERENA VALENTINO”
REVIEW: DRAGON BALL – AKIRA TORIYAMA
Dragon Ball – Akira Toriyama Legend has it that if all seven of the precious orbs called “Dragon Balls” are gathered together, an incredibly powerful dragon god will appear to grant one wish. Unfortunately, the orbs are scattered across the world, making them extremely difficult to collect. Enter 16-year-old Bulma, a scientific genius who hasContinue reading “REVIEW: DRAGON BALL – AKIRA TORIYAMA”
REVIEW: PRACTICAL MAGIC – ALICE HOFFMAN
Practical Magic – Alice Hoffman For more than two hundred years, the Owens women have been blamed for everything that has gone wrong in their Massachusetts town. Gillian and Sally have endured that fate as well: as children, the sisters were forever outsiders, taunted, talked about, pointed at. Their elderly aunts almost seemed to encourageContinue reading “REVIEW: PRACTICAL MAGIC – ALICE HOFFMAN”
REVIEW: UNDER THE DOME – STEPHEN KING
Under the Dome – Stephen King On an entirely normal, beautiful fall day in Chester’s Mill, Maine, the town is inexplicably and suddenly sealed off from the rest of the world by an invisible force field. Planes crash into it and fall from the sky in flaming wreckage, a gardener’s hand is severed as “theContinue reading “REVIEW: UNDER THE DOME – STEPHEN KING”
REVIEW: THE INSTITUTE – STEPHEN KING
The Institute – Stephen King In the middle of the night, in a house on a quiet street in suburban Minneapolis, intruders silently murder Luke Ellis’s parents and load him into a black SUV. The operation takes less than two minutes. Luke will wake up at The Institute, in a room that looks just likeContinue reading “REVIEW: THE INSTITUTE – STEPHEN KING”
REVIEW: JACK & JILL – KEALAN PATRICK BURKE
Jack & Jill – Kealan Patrick Burke When they were kids, Gillian and John used to visit the local cemetery every Sunday after church. It was a curious place for children to frequent, but they had their reasons. The main attraction was the lofty hill that separated the cemetery from the elementary school, and theContinue reading “REVIEW: JACK & JILL – KEALAN PATRICK BURKE”
REVIEW: AN UNWANTED GUEST – SHARI LAPENA
An Unwanted Guest – Shari Lapena It’s winter in the Catskills and Mitchell’s Inn, nestled deep in the woods, is the perfect setting for a relaxing–maybe even romantic–weekend away. It boasts spacious old rooms with huge wood-burning fireplaces, a well-stocked wine cellar, and opportunities for cross-country skiing, snowshoeing, or just curling up with a goodContinue reading “REVIEW: AN UNWANTED GUEST – SHARI LAPENA”
THE BEGINNING…
AAHNN is me. An artist, a book nerd, a fur mom – and soon to be real mom (yikes). Me. I’ve been married to my husband for almost 3 years. We are expecting our first kid in December who will more than likely be just as nerdy as we are. When baby arrives I willContinue reading “THE BEGINNING…”
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