I'm in the middle of Karin Slaughter's latest, The Silent Wife. It's a Will Trent novel. If you read In the Woods by Tana French, and if you loved Rob Ryan you will love Will Trent. I think this is probably her best work: it's seamless, funny, brutally graphic, wise. She writes / creates dialog … Continue reading shhhhh…
Author: bookthrasher
Can we talk?
Hi, it's been a while 😦 I'm still getting used to this whole blog thing but I aim to post more frequently, starting now! The library on campus opened a few weeks ago, so I strolled over one lunch break to browse the New Books section. I grabbed two, one that I'd heard of: Front … Continue reading Can we talk?
The Art of Procrastination
I reviewed books for a local magazine, Business in Greater Gainesville, from 2016-2018. This was one of my favorites, published in 2017 (slightly updated). Full disclosure: I procrastinated choosing a book for this review. I submitted it in time, though, so no harm done. And that is precisely one of the points of The Art … Continue reading The Art of Procrastination
Hatemonger in Chief
A vote for Donald Trump is a vote for Stephen Miller. And a vote for Stephen Miller is a vote for that guy in high school who would dump his garbage next to the trash can and refuse to pick it up because 'that's what the janitors get paid to do.' Oink. Stephen Miller, senior … Continue reading Hatemonger in Chief
2020 book roundup
2020 has been a weird year for reading. Some books have taken me months to get through. And there's a chunk of time missing from my tracking notebook - I'm sure I read something the first couple months of quarantine, but I didn't bother writing anything down. Typical pandemic behavior. The Last Mrs. Parrish by … Continue reading 2020 book roundup
Page-a-day books
Are you a page-a-day person? I'm into these kind of books. I don't read each one every single day, though, it depends on my mood. They all provide guidance but in different ways. One of my favorites is Hal Borland's Twelve Moons of the Year. Hal was a staff and editorial writer for the NY … Continue reading Page-a-day books
books to read 2020
This is my running book list going back to January. Every time I hear of a book that sounds interesting I write it down. It's a ridiculously long list, prepare to scroll! I'll never read all of these, I mean first of all I don't read for a living (I wish). And sometimes I look … Continue reading books to read 2020





