Reviews by Renee P. (Sanford, FL)

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The Imperial Wife
The Imperial Wife
by Irina Reyn
Not sure I liked this one (5/29/2016)
Books that skip back and forth from century to century usually leave me cold. I find it too distracting trying to keep differing story lines straight, especially when I am enjoying one story line but not so much the other. That is what I found happening to me with this book. …more
Girl Waits with Gun
Girl Waits with Gun
by Amy Stewart
Rompin' Stompin' Read of a Book! (3/28/2016)
I loved, loved, loved this book, but I suppose that is pretty obvious by the very short time it took me to gobble this one up. Two days ... shoot I am not sure I ever got through a Longmire novel as quickly as I read this one and that is a really big compliment indeed! …more
I Am Livia
I Am Livia
by Phyllis T. Smith
Its not Colleen McCullough but it is darn good in its own way (1/6/2014)
For me Colleen McCullough's Rome series will probably always be the best books about ancient Rome that I have ever read, but this one, in its own way was a very good read.

While not as scholar-oriented as McCullough's, it made up for that with an underlying sense of drama …more
House of Bathory
House of Bathory
by Linda Lafferty
Connect the blood drops (12/19/2013)
I thoroughly enjoyed this book. The pacing of it, the slow, yet steady, buildup to the final scene was beautifully done. While I have read quite a few vampire stories, the amounts of information this book brought out about Elizabeth Bathory was absolutely intriguing, and, …more
The Disenchanted Widow
The Disenchanted Widow
by Christina McKenna
Breathless in Ireland (8/23/2013)
The first couple of pages took some getting used to, it is written in a rather frenetic fashion that sort of left me breathless at times, and I did not think I was going to like it. But for this book, once I got a little further into it, in this time period of early 1980s …more
The Mouse-Proof Kitchen
The Mouse-Proof Kitchen
by Saira Shah
Profound honesty makes for an uncomfortable read. (6/20/2013)
I have to admit I have really mixed feelings about this book. I found myself admiring the sheer bluntness and candid honesty of Shah's feelings upon learning of the severe disabilities her child was born with. The knee jerk reactions of both she and her husband were at once …more
The Supremes at Earl's All-You-Can-Eat
The Supremes at Earl's All-You-Can-Eat
by Edward Kelsey Moore
Fluff and Stuff (4/15/2013)
Almost all the southerner's I know can tell and enjoy a good story, and when I say tell, I mean t...e...l...l, with all sorts of long-winded side steps and meanderings before getting to the point. It's sort of like we were born with the innate ability of knowing just how …more
The White Forest
The White Forest: A Novel
by Adam McOmber
The White Forest (8/2/2012)
The word "forest" certainly is an appropriate word in the title, because for most of the book I felt like I was, indeed, stumbling around in a dark (or in this case, milk white) forest trying to follow some sort of mythical trail of crumbs.

It always pains me to have to …more
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