by Judy Penz Sheluk | Apr 18, 2020 | Book Reviews
Something in the Water by Catherine Steadman My rating: 5 of 5 stars Everyone will tell you that opening lines need to hook the reader, and Steadman certainly manages to do that with this entry, dated Saturday, October 1: “Have you ever wondered how long it...
by Judy Penz Sheluk | Apr 10, 2020 | Book Reviews
Bring Me Back by B.A. Paris My rating: 3 of 5 stars This is the third book I’ve read by B.A. Paris in as many weeks, and while it was good, it definitely wasn’t in the same class as Behind Closed Doors (rated 5) or The Breakdown (rated 4). The premise,...
by Judy Penz Sheluk | Apr 6, 2020 | Book Reviews
Behind Closed Doors by B.A. Paris My rating: 5 of 5 stars This is B.A. Paris’s first book, but the second I have read (having finished The Breakdown a few days ago) and I have to agree with most reviewers that it’s better than The Breakdown (4 stars), and...
by Judy Penz Sheluk | Mar 23, 2020 | Book Reviews
House M.D. vs. Reality: Fact and Fiction in the Hit Television Series by Andrew Holtz My rating: 3 of 5 stars This isn’t the sort of book I’d gravitate towards, but my husband gave it to me in my Christmas stocking—something he’d found in a...
by Judy Penz Sheluk | Mar 13, 2020 | Book Reviews
Beating About the Bush by M.C. Beaton My rating: 3 of 5 stars I shall really miss the late M.C. Beaton. Full disclosure: I forgive her things I wouldn’t any other writer — an abundance of exclamation marks, flipping about from “Toni said” to...
