The BookFetish Blog

Kevin Roose’s The Unlikely Disciple was the very first book I reviewed when I started TheBookFetishBlog.  I liked his style and so was glad to pick up Young Money when it was released just a few weeks ago. From the book description: Becoming a young Wall Street banker is like pledging the world’s most lucrative and soul-crushing fraternity. […]

I enjoy the Netflix series “Orange Is The New Black” but the best thing I can say about Piper Kerman’s memoir Orange Is The New Black is that it bears little semblance to the series. One of my favorite things about the TV series is that we get the backstories of the other prisoners. We […]

Pauline Wiles’ Saving Saffron Sweeting, a 2013 Quarterfinalist for the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award, is a charming tale of a woman who steps out of her own grief to find herself and make an impact bigger than she ever expected on her adopted community. From the book summary: Grace Palmer’s British friends all think she’s […]

For the first time, I am reviewing two books in one post.  Unknowingly, I chose to read two books dealing with a similar premise in close succession.  I found myself comparing the actions and reactions of the characters in the two books when placed untenable situations.  I’m afraid this post may be a little spoiler-y […]

Join me today for a review if Timothe Davis’ Sometimes Ya Gotta Laugh and keep reading for a Q and A with our author. The risky thing about agreeing to a blog tour, especially a review, is that you’re agreeing before you actually read the book. So you’re taking a leap of faith on the synopsis of […]