After a devastating accident, Lee Fitts and his family’s life changes forever. In Rich Garon’s uplifting novel, Lee Fitts, the journey of one man’s life is examined along with the people around him. When he finally has a chance to accept and forgive the person who altered is world, Lee is able to embrace a new way of life. Continue reading “Lee Fitts Book Review from @kleffnotes”

Leo M. Rozmaryn creates a complex and tremendously detailed story that finds a way to draw together the ideas of love, self discovery in war through the focus of two young people who connect at a summer camp. Arik and Dahlia are such different people, but as they both discover there is something between them that is stronger than they could have ever expected. Lone Soldier shares their journey and delves into a variety of complex issues including racism, prejudice, and the Arab Israeli conflict, specifically between 1969-1974 with a combination of fictional and true elements. Continue reading “Lone Soldier Book Review from @kleffnotes”

Over the holidays I delved into some fun reading catch up and as you might have already noticed based on my two previous reviews, I sought out the Simonverse books from Becky Albertalli. I did accidentally read the books out of order and wound up reading Simon vs. The Homo Sapiens Agenda and then Leah On The Offbeat before I read The Upside of Unrequited. Reading them out of order isn’t a huge deal, but Upside is set as the second book and there are references that happen in it and Leah that very clearly show that. Even though I read them out of order I still really enjoyed this book and the characters Albertalli created outside of the more main world of Simon and his friend. Continue reading “The Upside of Unrequited Book Review from @kleffnotes”

Hugo is one of a set of six siblings and not just any siblings, a set of sextuplets who happen to be pretty famous in Surrey, England. He and his girlfriend, Margaret Campbell had planned an epic train trip from New York to California as a way to spend some time together before she flew across the pond to go to Stanford. The issue is that before their trip Margaret breaks up with Hugo, but decides he should keep the tickets. While this is very generous it turns out that everything is in Margaret’s name and nothing can be transferred to someone else. What Hugo needs is another Margaret Campbell and it turns out there are a couple of them in American, one who happens to be looking for a bit of adventure in her life. Field Notes on Love is a sweet and wonderful story of what happens when you let yourself experience life. Continue reading “Field Notes on Love Book Review from @kleffnotes”

James Brabazon, journalist and filmmaker, makes his authorial debut with The Break Line. This thrilling read introduces Max McLean, British intelligence officer who happens to be considered something a bit more deadly than your average agent. After leaving his home, Max was trained to become a killer and after twenty-three years he will find himself on a mission that forces him to examine everything that has happened over the course of his life, before and after becoming a government killing agent. Continue reading “The Break Line Book Review from @kleffnotes”

Typically I avoid cursing too much on the site, but you cantc exactly not use the full title of a book in your review without possibly confusing your readers. Space Is Cool As Fuck is literally just that, it is cool af! See I avoided it that time. While this might seem a bit NSFW, the book itself is relatively tame and just happens to have some PG-13 level descriptor words. Okay, and a couple pictures have cartoon breasts, but hey you aren’t going to be taking this coffee table book to work anyway, unless you like hefting coffee table books around. Continue reading “Space Is Cool As Fuck Book Review from @kleffnotes”