Frankenstein – Mary Shelley
“You will rejoice to hear that no disaster has accompanied the commencement of an enterprise which you have regarded with such evil…”
Cinderella Is Dead – Kalynn Bayron
“Cinderella has been dead for two hundred years. I’ve been in love with Erin for the better part of three years. And I am about two…”
Shadow and Bone – Leigh Bardugo
“The servants called them malenchki, little ghosts, because they were the smallest and the youngest, and because they haunted the Duke’s…”
French Exit – Patrick deWitt
“’All good things must end,’ said Frances Price. She was a moneyed, striking woman of sixty-five years, easing her hands into black…”
Skulduggery Pleasant – Derek Landy
“Gordon Edgley’s sudden death came as a shock to everyone – not least himself. One moment he was in his study, seven words into the…”
Hercule Poirot’s Christmas – Agatha Christie
“Stephen pulled up the collar of his coat as he walked briskly along the platform. Overhead a dim fog clouded the station. Large engines…”
Stormbreaker – Anthony Horowitz
“When the doorbell rings at three in the morning, it’s never good news. Alex Rider was woken by the first chime. His eyes flickered open…”
Book Reviews by Rating
All of my book reviews by rating, from the worst of one-star books to average three-star stories to the best five-star novels!
The Catcher in the Rye – J. D. Salinger
“If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you’ll probably want to know is where I was born, and what my lousy childhood…”