January 2023 – Joy's Book Blog

Demon Copperhead

January 25, 2023 by Joy

“Demon Copperhead” was loaned to me by a close friend to read. It was a nominee for Goodreads 2022 Best Fiction book, so I knew it had to be good. And it was good…HOWEVER, this book is a modern take on Dicken’s David Copperfield, so like that book, there are a lot of hard truths …

It Ends With Us | It Starts With Us (two books)

March 6, 2023 by Joy

“It Ends With Us” and “It Starts With Us” are two books by Colleen Hoover that have gained a lot of attention lately. The first book is actually “It Ends With Us,” so you need to read that one first. “It Starts With Us” is the sequel and I’m not sure you’ll really be able …

Daisy Darker

January 2, 2023 by Joy

“Daisy Darker” by Alice Feeney is hard to classify: it’s a ghost story wrapped up in a who-dun-it wrapped up in several murder mysteries, so I guess a fantasy/paranormal/mystery/thriller. What I do know is that the mystery part draws strongly from Agatha Christie’s “And Then There Were None,” and since that is one of my …