Weekly Update for August 31, 2025 - Introverted Reader
Check out what I've been reading, reviewing, posting, and doing on Introverted Reader in my weekly update for August 31, 2025!| Introverted Reader
Check out what I've been reading, reviewing, posting, and doing on Introverted Reader in my weekly update for August 31, 2025!| Introverted Reader
Book Reviews Archive - Introverted Reader| Introverted Reader
Welcome to my weekly update for August 10, 2025! Why, hello there! I have disappeared for five months, as seems to be my habit in the summer. We get busy exploring wherever we are and other things, including my blog, fall by the wayside. When I last posted on March 23, we were near San Diego [...] The post Weekly Update for August 10, 2025 is copyright © 2025 by Jen G at Introverted Reader.| Introverted Reader
4 Stars. John Wesley Powell caught my attention when my husband and I visited the Grand Canyon in 2013. I would periodically think that I should read a book about him and then I would forget about it. When we visited Lake Powell and Horseshoe Canyon in Page, AZ a few months ago, I decided that it [...] The post Down the Great Unknown by Edward Dolnick: Book Review is copyright © 2025 by Jen G at Introverted Reader.| Introverted Reader
Welcome to my weekly update for March 23, 2025! It was a fairly quiet week. We went to the Cherry Blossom Festival at the Japanese Friendship Garden and Museum in San Diego last weekend. It was way more crowded than we would have liked but the garden is always beautiful. Then on Thursday evening we [...] The post Weekly Update for March 23, 2025 is copyright © 2025 by Jen G at Introverted Reader.| Introverted Reader
4 Stars. I dinged book two of this series for being a little too reminiscent of Harry Potter. I still see direct parallels between a lot of the plot points in this book and The Wizarding World but I must not have cared as much this time around. It’s been two years since I listened to Amari and the Great [...] The post Amari and the Despicable Wonders by B. B. Alston: Book Review is copyright © 2025 by Jen G at Introverted Reader.| Introverted Reader
4 Stars. It is absolutely amazing to me that the author and her team tracked down this man who had evaded capture for 40-some years in 63 days. Days. She is quick to point out that the officers, medical examiners, forensics workers, and others kept this cold case alive and laid the groundwork for [...] The post I Know Who You Are by Barbara Rae-Venter: Book Review is copyright © 2025 by Jen G at Introverted Reader.| Introverted Reader
Welcome to my weekly update for March 16, 2025! I’ll keep this as apolitical as possible, but I wanted to let you know that I recently used the 5 Calls app to contact my Congressman and Senators about an issue. I cannot adequately express how much I hate calling strangers but I decided that I need [...] The post Weekly Update for March 16, 2025 is copyright © 2025 by Jen G at Introverted Reader.| Introverted Reader
Every time I read a book by Ann Patchett, I wonder why I don’t read her work more often. She’s a thoughtful, beautiful writer. I guess I’m spreading out the love by reading her books slowly. This book is an exploration of family relationships and the bonds between siblings and between parents and [...] The post The Dutch House by Ann Patchett: Book Review is copyright © 2025 by Jen G at Introverted Reader.| Introverted Reader
4 Stars. I’m digging up this review from 2009. So much more than just a “murder” mystery, this is really a story of Christopher’s personal growth. He knows that he’s different, he just doesn’t know how to be any other way. He can’t read people’s faces or body language. He says “I think prime numbers are [...] The post The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon: Book Review is copyright © 2025 by Jen G at Introverted Reader.| Introverted Reader
3 Stars. Hmmm. It’s hard to write reviews of memoirs that don’t exactly work for you, isn’t it? I don’t want to discount someone else’s life experiences. But I personally felt there were some serious issues with the writing. Enjeela and her family experienced a terrifying journey when they left Afghanistan [...] The post The Broken Circle by Enjeela Ahmadi-Miller: Book Review is copyright © 2025 by Jen G at Introverted Reader.| Introverted Reader
Read my book review of The Kamogawa Food Detectives, the first book in the series by Hisashi Kashiwai, translated by Jesse Kirkwood and read by Hanako Footman| Introverted Reader
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