Review: I Choose Darkness - Jenny Lawson - September 2022 Currently, I have been doing the Kindle challenge and getting my ribbons and one of the recent mystery challenges was "Great Reads", so I scrolled through the list of what Amazon considered a great read and came across one that jumped out and screamed, "read me". It looked fun and something that I would enjoy. A blogger that I have followed for a few years is Jenny Lawson aka The Bloggess - Like Mother Theresa, but better is her tagline over on her site https://thebloggess.com/ . She is funny and reminds me of other comedian-type writers I love like Jen Lancaster, Kaz Cooke, Samantha Bee, Laurie Notaro, and Chelsea Handler. If you ever want memoirs but funny ones that leave you LOL'ing then these are females you need to add to your reading lists. I know there has been a lot lately about strong female role models, but to me, these women kick arse as they make you view life through a lens that everyone ca...

Review: Exhume - Book #1 Dr. Schwartzmann Series - Danielle Girard - October 2016 The past few months as it's been summer in the States, Kindle started an Epic Summer Reading challenge where you can earn ribbons. One of the latest ones called TopShelf had you reading a book from their list. As I was scrolling through, I had most of the ones I was interested in already on my Kindle or read, and then Exhume caught my attention with the blue cover and the yellow flowers. As a thriller, it also sounded like something that I would enjoy. I was in two minds about the book as it started great with us meeting the new coroner Anna and learning that she is on the run/ in hiding from her ex-husband Spencer who has been stalking her and tracking her down. We learn that he is a narcissistic monster and mentally and physically abused Anna. When Anna rocks up to a crime scene, she is shocked as the victim looks like her, was holding yellow flowers, and to make matters worse has the same necklace ...