Shiri Sondheimer 11/17/25 Shiri Sondheimer 11/17/25

I Watched GDT’s Frankenstein and Now My Cat is Obsessed with Oscar Isaac

My cat is now obsessed with Oscar Issac, which is only tangentially related to books, but I thought you should know. Also, I read some stuff…

Shiri Sondheimer 11/3/25 Shiri Sondheimer 11/3/25

I Was Absent Last Week But I Have a Note

Big dragons, big memoirs, and a manga rundown, this week in reviews.

Shiri Sondheimer 10/20/25 Shiri Sondheimer 10/20/25

Our power went out at 0130…

Serial killers, big questions about gender, cheating death, and why you can’t look away from that beheading. All in this week’s reviews.

Shiri Sondheimer 10/13/25 Shiri Sondheimer 10/13/25

Cults, Carnage, and Creatvity

Cults, carnage, and creativity, today on the blog. Shiri gets back into it after a few days in NYC with The Penguin Book of Cults, Shusterman’s MindWorks: An Uncanny Compendium, and Christina Henry’s The Place Where They Buried Your Heart.

Shiri Sondheimer 9/22/25 Shiri Sondheimer 9/22/25

Yo.

A quick one this week because what I thought was a three migraine was actually a three month one and my cycle breaker meds killed my reading focus. Two great reads, though, one of which shifted my entire universe.

Shiri Sondheimer 9/1/25 Shiri Sondheimer 9/1/25

Flyby…

It’s a bird… it’s a plane… it’s two full reviews and a bunch of flybys because I’m in the middle of making a Black Forest Cake with the kid.

Shiri Sondheimer 8/18/25 Shiri Sondheimer 8/18/25

Ghosts, Vampires, and a Murderer

History, ghosts, vampires, and more ways in which we’re failing the rest of the world, today on the blog.

Shiri Sondheimer 8/6/25 Shiri Sondheimer 8/6/25

Wishes, Waiting, and War

Lots of swords and sorcery in this week’s batch, along with a little bit of wishes granted.

Shiri Sondheimer 7/21/25 Shiri Sondheimer 7/21/25

Magic, Marvels, and Mayhem

Magic, marvels, and mayhem, this week on the blog. One for the back catalog and two upcoming for your eyeballs to feast upon.

Shiri Sondheimer 7/8/25 Shiri Sondheimer 7/8/25

A Quick Flyby

Possession, devotion, and second chances, this week in reviews.

Shiri Sondheimer 6/30/25 Shiri Sondheimer 6/30/25

Moving on…

More danmei, a new number one, ADAM AND VIC ARE BACK, and some required economics.

Shiri Sondheimer 6/16/25 Shiri Sondheimer 6/16/25

I Am Glad There Are A Lot of Books In The World Because It Is Never Going To Stop Raining

In which I have things to say about danmei and other works of BL, small horrors, and an unexpectedly deep romance.

Shiri Sondheimer 6/9/25 Shiri Sondheimer 6/9/25

Busy Week

We have horror! We have romance! Coming of age! Memoir! Disability rep! Kaiju! More horror! All in this week’s reviews!

Shiri Sondheimer 6/2/25 Shiri Sondheimer 6/2/25

I Would Love to Call this The Summer of Horror…

Two horrors and a sweet romance, this week in reviews…

Shiri Sondheimer 5/26/25 Shiri Sondheimer 5/26/25

Short And Not So Sweet

Just one today, y’all but it’s a good one as my Warhol obsession continues unabated…

Shiri Sondheimer 5/12/25 Shiri Sondheimer 5/12/25

I Didn’t Skip Last Week…

Plants, anti-paladins, and psychopaths in this week’s reviews.

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I am tired and not very clever and I haven’t had coffee yet…

In which I like a lot of things and also, rant once again about an issue I have with one of my otherwise favorite genres.

Shiri Sondheimer 4/21/25 Shiri Sondheimer 4/21/25

Revenge, Reincarnation, and Ratings

Reincarnation, reforestation, redemption, reanimation, this week in book reviews.

Shiri Sondheimer 4/14/25 Shiri Sondheimer 4/14/25

Springing Horror

It was all horror, all the time at Chez Sondheimer this week. Spring may have sprung but we’re here for eternal spooky season.

Shiri Sondheimer 4/8/25 Shiri Sondheimer 4/8/25

Hat Trick

This week: impossible creatures, a new spin on vampires, and cross-wired neurons.

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