reviews

Banjoleles, Kidnappings, and Love Author: P.G. Wodehouse Dim-witted aristocrat Bertie Wooster and his inimitable gentlemen’s gentlemen, Jeeves, are at it again in Thank You Jeeves. Bertie has taken up the banjolele and with it has lost an otherwise faithful Jeeves (as well as his apartment). Alone, yet determined to make the best of things and win this round against his ex-butler, Bertie strikes out for some solitude in the country at his friend Chuffy’s estate where he can practice his new musical instrument to his heart’s content. Nothing is without a price though. Soon Chuffy enlists Bertie’s help in an epic romance. [...]

50 Shades of Murder Author: Laura Levine It’s starting again – that expectant feeling of romance and hope plus a new, lucrative job for Jaine. So inevitably schemes galore, crazy killers, ridiculous parents, and extra ex’s are queuing up for this, the next hilarious disaster in Jaine Austen’s unofficial life as a secret sleuth and Chunky Monkey addict in Death of a Gigolo. It all begins with Daisy Kinkaid, wealthy society dame recently out of hiding. Rumor has it (on very good sources) that after the loss of her dear companion, Daisy decided to shuck away the life of a [...]

“It was love at first sight, at last sight, at ever and ever sight.” Author: Bryn Greenwood *Review title is a quote from Vladimir Nabokov's Lolita. Wavonna “Wavy” Quinn is an ominously quiet child, shuttled between her addicted, mentally unstable mother and her womanizing, meth dealing father. Despite the occasional interference of a middleclass, judgmental aunt, Wavy is mostly on her own and she soon learns that even happy mommy can turn into scary mommy, with her warnings against germs and her bleach. Her father, in a way, is always a safer bet. He’s always cruel, always to be avoided, always [...]