reviews

Tales in the Time of Covid Author: Ben H. Winters What could be more perfect after a year of quarantine than some timely stories from one of my favorite authors, Ben Winters? Inside Jobs: Tales from a Time of Quarantine first showed up as a free Audible offering, and after reading about gangsters being foiled by a bad Zoom connection in the blurb, I knew I had to read (listen) to it. Inside Jobs is a very short offering, just three stories clocking in at two and a half hours (so not even a full hour per story), but it’s a [...]

A Beautiful Train Wreck Author: Emily Brontë I’d read this broody, gothic story a long time ago, but remembered little about it, other than a general sense of being underwhelmed. Yet, over the years people continued to steadily recommend Wuthering Heights to me, mostly because of my devotion to melancholy horror novels. So, as my classics kick progresses even further, I decided to revisit a classic I barely remembered and see if the second time was the charm. It was . . . and it wasn’t. Wuthering Heights is mistakenly sold as a tragic love story. It’s not. It’s essentially [...]

Every Woman's Fear Authors: Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen Chloe is tired of the high-paced demands of her career and decides to take an exclusive retreat where she can learn to relax and unwind with the help of a personally tailored program. It sounds like the perfect opportunity, but in reality it’s a nightmare that she may not survive. The Getaway was another of my Audible freebies, downloaded years ago and left to languish in my audio library. It’s hard to not download a free book . . . but also difficult to take the time to listen to something [...]