A fascinating piece! A series of vignettes highlight the subject of this play, which is in fact a dining room. It's all dining rooms and it's fascinating how the playwright centers a series of mini-plays (each vignette us a very short play-trust me it works) around a dining room and the reader is enchanted with the dining room, what it represents, how it's used, ignored, cherished, and revered. Quite a stunning piece of theatre.
I learned more about astronauts on the first page of this book than I'd learned in the last 55 years of my life...and that's not even what the book is about! Atmosphere is a beautiful love story, told against the back drop of NASA and the space program. Full of interesting characters and several min-plot lines, it really boils down the fact that love can take you to the stars and back again! Superlative read!
A fascinating play. Poignantly examines a man's relationship to his father, but with some dark humor. Charlie returns to his father's home for his funeral and spends most of the lay chatting with the version of his DA that's in his head, with flashback scenes. Cleverly structured, it subtly examines guilt, our lack of seeing our parents as real people and relationships in general. Quite interesting.
I do love a good thriller...and this is a great thriller! Told from several points of view, this twisty and twisted thriller is faced faced, well plotted and has some fantastic characters! A really great read!
This book was given to me as a bit of a joke-based on the Golden Girls episode where the book is mentioned. It turns out, as Dorothy says "it's a hell of a book". Told simply, with Southern spun wisdom and charm, it is a great little biography. It only covers the first 30 years of Vanna's life and career, but both are quite packed! I think what makes Vanna so interesting to people is that what you see is what you get. She seems unflappable and takes whatever comes her way (good or bad) and processes it and moves on-this comes from her upbringing. The book is quite a sweet look at a sweet woman with "good old fashioned" values-quite refreshing really even if the book is 39 years old!
Re-read this one because it's being revived on Broadway this season and a colleague and I were discussing it. Still don't care for it. Not my favorite Miller play, by a long shot. I know I'm in the minority on this, but I don't care for any of the people in the play. No mater how many times I've read this, no matter what age I am or how much life I've experienced, I just can't find an "in" to this piece.
It is always an absolute jot to spend time with Veronica Speedwell and Stoker and the ever interesting cast of supporting characters in this series. The historical settings, the clever plots and the brilliant sniping between Veronica and Stoker make these mysteries fascinating and fun. A Perilous Undertaking flourishes with the addition of Lady Wellie and some frank discussions of orgies and sexual peccadilloes!
I have to admit, I didn't think I would like this one as I started to read. It was a little too esoteric for my taste at the beginning, however, the more I read the more I realized how brilliant it was. An Every Man tale centered on an island in the Dog Island chain, character's with no names, only named descriptors. A tragedy is discovered, a tragedy is manufactured to cover it up-a tale of corruption, small town mentalities and the good guy getting shafted. It could be set at anytime at any place. Characters that aren't likeable, yet the reader can understand (not empathize) with the decisions they each make, even if we don't agree with those decision. Quite an extraordinary little book!
This was incredibly fun and funny-yet beneath the layers is a thoughtful and insightful look at so many timely topics. Margot is a quirky, smart, snarky, conflicted and deeply feeling character and it was a joy to spend time with her as she navigated life, teen angst, love, cyber stalking, revenge porn and a wounded eye!
Oof! This did not go where I thought it was going to go. This is a stunning read. At times, a brilliant character study, sometimes a bit of a mystery, dystopian, a survival story, and several gut punches of raw emotion. Contemplative in the way its laid out, it is simply brilliant in it's it scope.
An adrenaline fueled thriller with great action, fascinating plot lines and exciting and innovative characters. A fantastic start to this series!
What an utterly creepy, eerie, deliciously malevolent story!! I can't write anything more about this book without giving away plot points. Suffice it to say, if you want a really good read. that will f**k with your mind, this is the book for you!
I didn't know what to make of this book when I tarted reading it. I couldn't tell if it was a family drama; a treatise on finance; and art history book; a European history book; a mystery...and after a while I didn't care what it was...I was having a blast following Roberto around Europe and would go where he went. A mess, in the best possible way, Roberto is charming, a touch evil, sympathetic and someone I enjoyed spending time with. This was a great surprise and a great read.
I have to say that this one, harkened back to the beginning of the series. It was a well plotted mystery that didn't veer off into a bunch of side stories or tangents. Added bonsu with this one, they Hardy Boys and Chet got to visit Australia.
A dark, cold mystery/thriller that takes its time, while gripping the reader. Interesting characters entangled with a a series of crimes and each other. Interestingly told, I'm glad I found You Will Never Be Found!
Fans of this series will LOVE this addition! I'm so thankful that the author trusts me with their book baby!
A fun romp through Zurich and Mexico to look for some missing gold. Add some dangerous animals and a mysterious stranger and you've got a really good time with the Hardy Boys and their friends.
This one lost it's thread about half way through. While the witchcraft angle was interesting and the descriptions of England and Ireland were charming, the mysteries were muddled and the ending was too convenient.
I'm not quite sure what to make of this one. Reading the front flap it sounds like this is a mystery/thriller, yet in reading it, it wasn't really thrilling and there was no real mystery. It was however, beautifully written, endlessly fascinating and the characters are interesting and really well drawn. I enjoyed it, I'm just not sure why.
Where else, but a Hardy Boys Mystery could you get hot air balloons, chess champions, a life size chess king and a trip to Hong Kong?! While VERY dated, this one was great fun!
If you're looking for a kick-ass heroine and intense action, then Russo's latest thriller is your best best! Ophelia finds herself on the wrong end of the agency she used to work for and is running for her life. This quietly intense cat and mouse game will have you on the edge of your seat as you keep checking behind you to make sure no one is getting the drop on you. Russo writes with an efficiency of words that manages to ratchet up the thrills and the danger. A great read!
