Category: Book Reviews

The Brass Verdict by Michael Connelly My rating: 4 of 5 stars I’m pretty sure I read this book already, but I enjoyed reading it again. I like how Connelly brings in the protagonist of his other series and creates tension in the reader to see when the lawyer will figure out the cop, how…

Blind Descent by Nevada Barr My rating: 4 of 5 stars Anna Pigeon is always beaten up so much, one would think she’d be permanently concussed, bruised, and broken. But she’s made in the style of 1970s’ male TV action heroes: gets a lickin and keeps on bouncing back up, albeit limping. I like this…

Until Proven Guilty by J.A. Jance My rating: 4 of 5 stars Borrowed the ebook from the library. Whizzed through it during my staycation, rolling my eyes for some part of it. You see, I thought he was a bit of a twit at first. But Jance is a skillful writer who knows how to…

Death in the Age of Steam by Bradshaw Mel My rating: 3 of 5 stars I acquired this awhile ago, maybe during Toronto’s Word on the Street when publishers have those last-minute fire sales before the festival ends. It’s been sitting on my bookshelf for ages, but the time came that I needed a break…

Please Pass the Guilt by Rex Stout My rating: 3 of 5 stars The rating should be a 4, but I was thinking more about the act of reading than reading the book itself. Let me explain. I had this conversation, not the first, with several members of my brain health care team who said…

Gabriel’s Redemption by Steve Umstead My rating: 3 of 5 stars There’s one tiny problem with rating this ebook: I read it in two time periods. I began and stopped reading it before I started LORETA neurofeedback and direct brain stimulation to help me with my reading. And I picked it up again and finished…

The Lion by Nelson DeMille My rating: 2 of 5 stars Trying to rate these books sometimes requires too much mental work. I really liked the voice of the narrator, his humour, his personality, but I found the repetitive violence soooooo tedious. They say it’s an action book, but I actually found the action flagged.…

The Placebo Effect by David Rotenberg My rating: 3 of 5 stars The problem with writing a review on this ebook (I read the ePub version) is that I got the ebook a year ago, almost exactly to the day, and started it twice at least. I suppose that should be a sign that it…

The Hundred Year Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared by Jonas Jonasson My rating: 3 of 5 stars This book was recommended to me as a good read. It’s certainly popular because after I placed it on hold at the library, I had to wait months and months before an ebook copy…