The British Billionaire's Innocent Bride by Susanne James

Started: 4/22/2021

Finished: 4/25/2021

Year: 2009

Pages: 184

Genre: Romance

Grade: C

Reason for reading: bookcrossing.com book, TBR shelf

Type: mass market paperback

Blurb (from back cover): "When devilishly handsome Theodore Montague meets Lily Patterson in Rome, he is quite taken by this pure English beauty. Theo's not looking for a wife, but he needs annoy for his three motherless children and Lily's the perfect candidate!

"Lily might feel completely out of her depth in Theo's glamourous world, but from the moment they're under the same roof the spark between them ignites into a passion neither of them can ignore..." 

Opinion: It's a Harlequin.....probably don't need to say more than that. Not the best, not the worst.

Rage Becomes Her: The Power of Women's Anger by Soraya Chemaly

 Started: 4/17/21

Finished: 4/21/21

Year: 2018

Pages: 296

Genre: Nonfiction, Psychology

Grade: B+

Reason for reading: Goodreads.com giveaway

Type: ARC

Blurb (from Amazon): "As women, we’ve been urged for so long to bottle up our anger, letting it corrode our bodies and minds in ways we don’t even realize. Yet there are so, so many legitimate reasons for us to feel angry, ranging from blatant, horrifying acts of misogyny to the subtle drip, drip drip of daily sexism that reinforces the absurdly damaging gender norms of our society.

In Rage Becomes Her, Soraya Chemaly argues that our anger is not only justified, it is also an active part of the solution. We are so often encouraged to resist our rage or punished for justifiably expressing it, yet how many remarkable achievements would never have gotten off the ground without the kernel of anger that fueled them? Approached with conscious intention, anger is a vital instrument, a radar for injustice and a catalyst for change. On the flip side, the societal and cultural belittlement of our anger is a cunning way of limiting and controlling our power—one we can no longer abide."

Opinion:  It is very evident that this was heavily and thoroughly researched. Anger is looked at from many different points and how it has effected women across all boards.  Definitely insightful and enjoyable.

Hot Six by Janet Evanovich

 Started: 4/10/21

Finished: 4/15/21

Year: 2001 (this edition)

Pages: 336

Genre: mystery

Grade: B

Reason for reading: rereading series to catch up, booklender.com

Type: Mass Market

Blurb (from back cover): "Bounty hunter Stephanie Plum is faced with her most daunting task yet: bring in the mysterious former Special Forces agent Carlos Manaso (aka Ranger). He's the man who taught her everything about fugitive apprehension, and Stephanie knows she will be testing her skills against the master. But if she does catch him, she's not so sure she could turn in her friend-even if he's wanted for murder...

"And if this isn't enough to keep her up at night, Grandma Mazur is crimping her sex life by moving in with her and keeping her from getting any action from her cop boyfriend, Joe Morelli. Now, with her love life messing with her head, two threatening goons on her tail, and three corpses-so far-it's getting a litter too hot for Stephanie, whose search for Ranger is bringing her dangerously close to the wrong side of the low..."

Opinion: Another fun read. The antics that Stephanie gets into is silly but makes it fun.

Die, Grandpa, Die by Dale Hudson

 Started: 4/2/21

Finished: 4/9/21

Year: 2006

Pages: 383

Genre: True Crime

Grade: B

Reason for reading: grabbed off TBR pile

Type: mass market paperback

Blurb (from back cover): "On November 28, 2001, in Chester County, South Carolina, police made a grisly discovery. Joe Pittman, 66 and his wife Joy, 62, had been brutally slain with a .410 shotgun and their house set afire with the bodies inside. Their black Nissan Pathfinder was missing. So was their 12-year-old grandson, Christopher Pittman. What had become of the boy? Was he still alive-and if so, for how long? The clock was ticking and time was running out.

"Christopher was found safe and sound in a neighboring county. But relief turned to suspicion as he told an improbable tale of a black man who'd killed his grandparents and kidnapped him. Eventually, Pittman confessed to the slayings and to fleeing in the SUV. In February 2005, he was tried as an adult. Defense lawyers claimed Pittman had been unhinged by the prescription drug Zoloft. It would be up to a jury to decide whether the boy who killed would have to face a man's punishment..."

Opinion: I have always enjoyed Hudson's books and this one is no different. The book goes into the crime and the trial thoroughly.  Did Zoloft affect Christopher so much to the point of murder? Hard to say as medication effects everyone differently. Overall a sad story about the cycle of abuse (alleged) and the possibility of medication effects that led to a horrendous murder.

Overnight Delivery by Raymond Parish

 Started: 3/27/21

Finished: 4/1/2021

Year: 2020

Pages: 339

Genre: Mystery

Grade: B

Reason for reading: review for Reader's View

Type: Trade paperback

Blurb (from back cover): "Small of stature but big of heart, psychotherapist Hank Anderson has a gift for helping clients face serious issues and heal life-altering traumas, but this talent intersects with darker truths, an insatiable curiousity that will soon threaten to violently shatter every aspect of Hank's life."

Opinion: A fun adventure when a psychotherapist meets the client with a threatening truth. A more complete review will be posted on Reader's View in the upcoming future.