Freida McFadden has been a popular psychological thriller author for the last 5 years. She’s best known for “The Housemaid” series. Given that a movie version of the first book The Housemaid is going to be released in theaters on December 19th, this will be a good time to look at where it all started.Continue reading “The Housemaid Book Review”
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Sisters of the Neversea Book Review
As mentioned in my Darling Girl: A Novel of Peter Pan review, I loved watching Peter Pan while growing up. However, I recognize the problematic elements of the story like the depiction of the native people and the title character being awful. There have been retellings that have tried to reconcile those aspects. The mostContinue reading “Sisters of the Neversea Book Review”
An Adolescent’s Soul Grows in the North Woods Book Review
Full disclosure: The author of the book that I am about to review is a patron at a library that I work at. All of the opinions stated in this review are solely mine. I’ve been reviewing Robert C. Jones’s “North Woods” series for a while now, and I’ve always been curious to see howContinue reading “An Adolescent’s Soul Grows in the North Woods Book Review”
Adapt Me Podcast – She is a Haunting
Hi Everybody! The latest episode of the Adapt Me Podcast is up right now. In it, guest and book lover Hadley and I discuss how we would adapt She is a Haunting by Trang Thanh Tran into a mini-series. We talk about how the book stands out in the gothic horror genre with how it deals withContinue reading “Adapt Me Podcast – She is a Haunting”
She is a Haunting Book Review
I’ve read plenty of horror stories, but not much with a haunted house setting. How did this get away from me? I don’t know. Despite that, I’m glad that I started reading this horror subgenre. There are so many books that use that classic trope, so authors have to find ways to stand out. OneContinue reading “She is a Haunting Book Review”
The Riders Book Review
There are some books that I’ve read in which I had a feeling of where it was going, but then, it went in a different direction. Today’s subject, the 1994 novel The Riders by Tim Winton, did just that. At first, I thought it was going to be Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?Continue reading “The Riders Book Review”
Interview with Joan Cohen
Hello Everyone, We have something special for you all on Book Reviews by a Chick Who Reads Everything today. We have Joan Cohen on today. She is the author of the new book The Deepfake and had a career in sales and marketing at technology companies. You can see my interview with her down below.Continue reading “Interview with Joan Cohen”
The Deepfake Book Review
Full disclosure: I was given a free advance reader copy of this book by Books Forward in exchange for an honest review. Content warning: this review discusses sexual assault. No one can escape artificial intelligence (AI). It has started to affect how we create and perceive content. Many books about AI are usually either nonfictionContinue reading “The Deepfake Book Review”
The Poisonwood Bible Book Review
Content warning: this review contains a major spoiler alert. Since I started this website, many people have recommended various books that I should read. The one that got the most recommendations from those I’ve known was none other than the 1998 novel The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver. Now that I’ve finally read it, IContinue reading “The Poisonwood Bible Book Review”
Adapt Me Podcast – The Poisonwood Bible
Hi Everybody! Grab your Bible errata and take a trip to the Congo because guest Amy Thomasson from the Women InSession podcast and I talk about how we would adapt The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver on the latest episode of the Adapt Me Podcast! Check it out at this link! My review of The Poisonwood Bible will come outContinue reading “Adapt Me Podcast – The Poisonwood Bible”
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