Book Reviews

Sorchia Reviews–Close to Death by Anthony Horowitz

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Worth revisiting! I’m reposting this review with an update at the bottom. So, I am a PBS fanatic—If I could magically become the lady on the Masterpiece Mystery lead-in who faints on the tombstone with a faint “oooo,” I would do it! Recently, I watched Magpie Murders with enjoyment and went in search of more by the author, Anthony Horowitz. Close to Death did not disappoint. Like Magpie Murders, the timeline in Close to Death is not standard. You’ll need […]

Close to Death by Anthony Horowitz
S.K. Reviews The Woman in the Cabin by Becca Day

S.K. Reviews The Woman in the Cabin by Becca Day

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Hold on to your potatoes! This book is quite a ride. Modern Day. Remote cabin in the Scottish Highlands. Let’s call her ‘Mary’ is hard at work, cooking and cleaning for Cal, let’s call him ‘her husband.’ She’s been slaving away for this guy for about ten years, satisfying his every whim and feeling his wrath if she doesn’t. I grew increasingly frustrated with Let’s-Call-Her-Mary. Seriously, a quick slice with the butcher knife in the night would have solved the […]

S.K. Reviews Daughter of the Drowned

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Here’s a chilling read for a hot day! Daughter of the Drowned by Kerry Williams mixes Greek myth with Voodoo and trauma. Take a peek. Daughter of the Drowned is a dark and intense tale about addiction, trauma, and death. The victim of a swimming accident during which she was dead for four minutes, Lovely Timms, is obsessed with death. And, since the accident, the dead clamor for her attention. Her family thinks she’s mad, and she agrees with them, […]

S.K. Reviews The Dresden Files

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I’m going to let you in on a guilty pleasure I’ve been indulging for a few months. Back in the winter, I was trolling around, looking for something to read—something with magic, something with action, something new to me but well-rated that I had missed in previous trolling-for-good-books activities. Honestly, sometimes I wonder where I was for half my life. Oh, yeah. I was working at a soul-sucking job to earn a living. And while I was thusly engaged, I […]

S.K. Reviews A Spell to Wake the Dead

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Do you feel a chill in the air? Do you catch the smell of fallen leaves and pumpkin spice on that cold breeze? Do you sense unfriendly eyes watching you from the forest’s tangled undergrowth? Me, Too! Isn’t it wonderful? If, like me, you are a Halloween refugee 364 days of the year, take respite in A Spell to Wake the Dead. Modern Day. Real World. Two witchlings and their skeptical friend find a dead body on a Cape Cod […]

Sync Your Business with Your Life: Book Review, Giveaway 8 comments

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And now for something completely different! I seldom write nonfiction reviews — mainly because reality scares me. Today’s featured book, presented as part of a Goddess Fish Promotions tour, offers advice for every business owner–and authors absolutely qualify as business owners. See my review and be sure to enter the giveaway. S.K. Reviews Totally out of my so-called area of expertise, but who couldn’t use a jolt of advice now and then? I’m a writer, not a business exec. For […]