Ms. Wordopolis Reads

Eclectic reader especially fond of crime fiction

  • The Quarry by Johan Theorin

    The Quarry by Johan Theorin Book 3 in the Oland Quartet Translated by Transworld Publishers, 2011 Originally published as Blodläge, 2008 Source: I bought the book. The Quarry is a moody book that delves into new and old residents of the island of Oland near a quarry. Gerlof, who has appeared in the earlier books,…

  • Anatomy of a Scandal by Sarah Vaughan

    Anatomy of a Scandal by Sarah Vaughan Emily Bestler Book, December 2017 Disclosure: I received a review copy. Anatomy of a Scandal is a courtroom thriller more than anything. James Whitehouse, a member of Parliament is on trial for raping a young staff member, and the story switches between Kate’s(the prosecutor) and Sophie’s (his wife)…

  • The Killing Doll by Ruth Rendell

    The Killing Doll by Ruth Rendell Pantheon, 1984 Source: I bought this book. While my local library has reopened in a limited capacity, I am still plugging away at my project to clear my bookshelves. I picked this Rendell because of the creepy cover, and because I figured a book from the 80s would have…

  • The Mill on the Floss Readalong, Book 1, Chapters 1-3

    I’m reading The Mill on the Floss for the first time, and instead of leaving scrawled notes in my book as I slowly make my way through, I’m stopping to write my thoughts here in hopes that I remember more. Today’s installment covers the introduction to Dorlcote Mill and the Tulliver family, minus Tom. Mr.…

  • Two Swedish Crime Novels

    I read a couple Swedish crime novels this month in succession, and writing this post takes me back a few years when I used to read a lot of them. Today’s post is about The Abominable Man and Firewall, a dash of Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö and Henning Mankell. The Abominable Man is a…

  • A Rare Benedictine by Ellis Peters

    Source: My bookshelves Project: Read-from-by- Bookshelves continues since I was last able to check books out from my library on March 14. I picked up A Rare Benedictine: The Advent of Brother Cadfael, a collection of short stories that are prequels to the Brother Cadfael series, on the recommendation of someone at a library sale…

  • What I Read This Week

    I finished something short and something long this week: Mario and the Magician, a novella by Thomas Mann; Doc by Maria Doria Russell First off, I read Thomas Mann along with an online reading group/program called #MutuallyMann. There were a series of short videos and articles from Mann experts to help ground me in this…

  • Checking In

    Hello, everyone. Hope everyone is well and staying safe, and I hope that just maybe reading is working as a solace for you. I’ve been pretty distracted– I can focus for about 30 minutes max on what I’m reading– but I hope I can read and blog more in the coming days. Here’s a selection…

  • The Right Swipe by Alisha Rai

      I expect great things from an Alisha Rai book, and I really liked The Right Swipe even though I think I preferred the angst-heavy Hate to Want You a little more. I was worried by the cover that it wouldn’t be angsty enough for me, but I was wrong. The story is about Rhiannon,…

  • The Valedictorian of Being Dead by Heather B. Armstrong

    I think I started reading memoirs centered on mental health well over ten years ago because books like The Glass Castle and Prozac Nation were book club picks. I’ve read a few more since then, but I’m by no means an expert in the genre. The Valedictorian of Being Dead centers on Armstrong’s experimental therapy…

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