Poems and Poets

                                                              Publication Date: February 28th, 2017 Genre: Young Adult, My Goodreads Rating: 5/5 Source: Own Copy Starr Carter attends a fancy suburban prep school. She has friends who live in suburbia and spend hundreds of dollars on clothes and makeup. Starr can't afford that. Starr goes home to a poor neighborhood, where tragedy seems to be the norm. The balance she's managed to strike between her two worlds is shattered when tragedy befalls her community again. Starr witnesses a policeman shoot her childhood friend, Khalil. He was unarmed. Now his death is making headlines around the country. People are calling him a drug dealer, a gangbanger and so many other things. The cops try to intimidate Starr. The local drug lord tries to intimidate Starr's family. All the while, sh...

Publication Date: August 1st, 2017 Genre: Young Adult, Thriller My Goodreads Rating: 3.5/5 Source: Publisher (Through Edelweiss) Lee has just broken out of juvenile prison after taking the fall for her perfect friend. On the run, she encounters a homeless shelter called the "Crystal Castle" where she takes up refuge for a few days. Suspicious of the "too good to be true" environment, Lee discovers that the groups of homeless children disappearing have some inexplicable link to this secret society. After moving away from the shelter, she finds an unexpected ally. Tomi is a young artist and hacker- who has deep knowledge of the cities abandoned buildings and the dark web. Using these skills, Lee and Tomi find perfect hide-out spots to unravel the mystery of the secret society. The further Lee gets from them, the worse damage the society does to the outside world. Is there anything Lee is supposed to be doing to stop it? Can she stop it? Will she risk her...

Publication Date : March 1st 1997 Genre: Adult Fiction, Mystery-Thriller My Goodreads Rating: 4/5 Source:  Own Copy Susanna Miller has just lost custody of her beautiful eleven-month-old son, Tyler, but there is no way she is giving him away. Her ex-husband Jimmy and his new wife, Peggy, may be able to offer Tyler financial stability, but they will never be able to replace her motherly lvoe. Susanna leaves Boulder, Colorado as a fugitive, who has defied the law to stay close to her son. She doesn't say goodbye to anyone, including the man she has always loved.  Linc Sebastian has been her neighbor and confidante since she was a school-girl. She realized her love for him after her divorce. But confiding in him now poses too much of a threat to Tyler's safety. She hides herself in Annapolis, Maryland and finds herself drawn to a troubled artist. When Susanna encounters evidence that could save lives, she debates approaching the police and revealing her identity ove...

Publication Date: June 7th 1946 Genre : Murder-Mystery My Goodreads Rating:  3/5 Source:  Own Copy Hercule Poirot has been invited to Lady Angkatell's weekend house party. Also invited are a few cousins and family friends, who all arrive before the famous Belgian detective. When he does arrive, he doesn't appreciate the elaborate murder tableau that has been set for him.  Dr. John Christow lies near the swimming pool in a large puddle of red paint, and his meek and timid wife stands over him holding a gun. The rest of the party, scattered around the scene look shocked.   What Poirot doesn't realize immediately is, that this is no scene. However fake it may look, Christow is dead and the immediate suspect is his wife, the seemingly simple-minded Gerda Christow.

Publication Date: March 1940 Genre: Murder-Mystery My Goodreads Rating: 3/5 Source:  Own Copy Hello everyone! I recently finished reading "Sad Cypress" by Agatha Christie. I really liked the story, characterization, and the narration, but I can't say that I loved it.  The main character, Eleanor is accused of the murder of Mary Gerrard. It seems that she was the only person with both motive and opportunity. The story is recounted as she sits in the dock at court, from her point of view.  Following this, Hercule Poirot investigates the case, and his final point of view is given through the assessments and inquiries of various witnesses.  Initially, the case is presented as a clear-cut case. Eleanor's motive was jealousy and she had a great opportunity. Eleanor herself seemed to believe that she was guilty. However, its a Poirot novel- there has to be something more to the story than what's being told.