ARC Review: “The Reckless Oath We Made” by Bryn Greenwood

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Title: The Reckless Oath We MadeFind it on: AmazonAuthor: Bryn GreenwoodPublication Date: 20 Aug 2019Genre: General Fiction (Adult) Many thanks to the author, Bryn Greenwood, and publisher, G.P. Putnam's Sons/Penguin Group, for providing a digital ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. Synopsis A provocative love story between a tough Kansas woman on a … Continue reading ARC Review: “The Reckless Oath We Made” by Bryn Greenwood

Review: “The Neuroscientist Who Lost Her Mind” by Barbara K. Lipska

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Title: The Neuroscientist Who Lost Her Mind Find it on: Goodreads | AmazonAuthor: Barbara K. LipskaPublication Date: April 3rd 2018Publisher: Houghton Mifflin HarcourtGenre: Memoir, Nonfiction, Psychology, Mental HealthPages: 208 Synopsis As a deadly cancer spread inside her brain, leading neuroscientist Barbara Lipska was plunged into madness—only to miraculously survive with her memories intact. In the … Continue reading Review: “The Neuroscientist Who Lost Her Mind” by Barbara K. Lipska

ARC Review: “The Pink Bonnet” by Liz Tolsma

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Title: The Pink Bonnet Find it on: Goodreads | AmazonAuthor: Liz TolsmaPublication Date: June 1, 2019Publisher: Barbour Publishing, Inc.Genre: Christian, True CrimePages: 256 Many thanks to the author, Liz Tolsma, and publisher, Barbour Publishing Inc., for providing a digital ARC of this book via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Synopsis (via NetGalley ) … Continue reading ARC Review: “The Pink Bonnet” by Liz Tolsma

ARC Review: “Autism Is the Future” by Marlo Payne Thurman, PhD

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Image via NetGalley Title: Autism Is the Future Find it on: Goodreads | AmazonAuthor: Marlo Payne Thurman, PhDPublication Date: May 1, 2019Publisher: Future HorizonsGenre: Nonfiction (Adult) Many thanks to the author, Dr. Marlo Payne Thurman, and publisher, Future Horizons, for providing a digital ARC of this book via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. … Continue reading ARC Review: “Autism Is the Future” by Marlo Payne Thurman, PhD

Review: “White Fragility” by Robin J. DiAngelo

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Image via Amazon White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism by Robin J. DiAngelo explores what the author calls 'white fragility' and its impact on our ability to have productive, authentic conversations about race and discrimination. The book was originally brought to my attention via recommendation on Amazon/Goodreads and … Continue reading Review: “White Fragility” by Robin J. DiAngelo

ARC Review: “The Lazarus Files” by Matthew McGough

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Image via NetGalley Title: The Lazarus Files Find it on: Goodreads | AmazonAuthor: Matthew McGough Publication Date: April 30, 2019Publisher: Henry Holt and Co. Genre: True CrimePages: 608 Many thanks to the author, Matthew McGough, and publisher, Henry Holt and Co., for providing a digital ARC of this book via NetGalley in exchange for an … Continue reading ARC Review: “The Lazarus Files” by Matthew McGough

Review: “Deranged: The Shocking True Story of America’s Most Fiendish Killer!” by Harold Schechter

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Though the title of this book reads like clickbait, that is quite possibly one of the only remotely negative things I have to say about this book. Deranged by Harold Schechter covers the stories of Albert Fish, notorious serial killer, rapist, and cannibal. Just around 60 years old and deceitfully benign in appearance, Fish hides … Continue reading Review: “Deranged: The Shocking True Story of America’s Most Fiendish Killer!” by Harold Schechter

Review: “The Man from the Train: The Solving of a Century-Old Serial Killer Mystery” by Bill James, Rachel McCarthy James

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Bill James and Rachel McCarthy James take readers headfirst through a winding tale of murder and mystery traversing the country in their recent book The Man from the Train. Appropriately named, the authors draw parallels among a long series of unsolved murders and conclude that a killer known only as the 'Man from the Train' … Continue reading Review: “The Man from the Train: The Solving of a Century-Old Serial Killer Mystery” by Bill James, Rachel McCarthy James