There is so much for me to relate to in Love, Me! Rachel is a successful lawyer juggling the pressures of children and family and her demanding law firm job. I finished this book in just a few days (which is quick for me these days!) and throughly enjoyed it. Rachel’s first love from high… Keep Reading
Book Review: The Good Part by Sophie Cousens
Thank you to Penguin Putnam Books for providing me with a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. If you’re in the mood for a thoughtful contemporary romance, you’ll love 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘎𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘗𝘢𝘳𝘵. This is my first book by Sophie Cousens and I throughly enjoyed it! Part 𝘉𝘪𝘨 meets 𝘛𝘩𝘦… Keep Reading
Audiobook Review: Anna O. by Matthew Blake
”I study people who commit crimes when they sleep” I was thoroughly mesmerized by this clever thriller from the very first lines. Anna O. has been asleep for nearly 1,500 days after committing the horrible murders of her two closest friend and business partners. Dr. Benedict Prince, a sleep disorder specialist and forensic psychologist,… Keep Reading
Book Review: Day by Michael Cunningham
A quiet and elegant book, Day visits one family on three separate days in 2019, 2020 and 2021. Although the pandemic is a central theme, the words COVID or pandemic are never actually mentioned. The author has said the he can’t imagine writing a contemporary novel without the backdrop of the pandemic and I… Keep Reading
Release Day Review: The Mystery Guest by Nita Prose
(I actually finished a book!) And what an absolute delight! I am so happy to say that Nita Prose’s new book about Molly the Maid is just as entertaining and warm-hearted as her first book, The Maid. Once again we meet Molly just as there is another murder at the hotel where she… Keep Reading
Book Review: Class: A Memoir of Motherhood, Hunger, and Higher Education by Stephanie Land
Stephanie Land’s first book MAID was a rightfully-deserved bestseller and became a hit Netflix show. CLASS chronicles her struggles to attend college as a single mother, living below the poverty line and constantly fighting a system designed to keep her down. Land writes with brutal honesty about college instructors who casually toss out cruel… Keep Reading
Audiobook Review: The Woman in Me by Britney Spears
Britney Spears’ autobiography is a real-life Southern Gothic tale. I was prepared for the sadness and the rage she rightfully expresses at her family and the various people who have let her down during her life. I was not expecting the generational trauma which explains a lot about her very dysfunctional family. Her early… Keep Reading
Book Review: The Exchange by John Grisham
Because I’m such a fan of The Firm, I was thrilled to read John Grisham’s newest thriller, The Exchange. Did Mitch’s old firm Bendini, Lambert & Locke survive? What happened to the firm partners? I can say that you don’t need to have read The Firm but if you have, all the loose ends are… Keep Reading
Audiobook Review: Being Henry: The Fonz…and Beyond by Henry Winkler
If you look up the word “exuberant” in the dictionary, you might find a photo of Henry Winkler. His autobiography, releasing on October 31st, is a charming, funny and self-deprecating story filled to the brim with anecdotes about his decades in Hollywood. The son of German Jewish immigrants, Henry grew up in Brooklyn and struggled… Keep Reading
Audiobook Review: Just Another Missing Person by Gillian McAllister
What would a parent do to protect their child? That’s the underlying question in this fabulous new thriller from Gillian McAllister. The twists, the red herrings, the surprises! I never expected that conclusion. The story centers around a missing persons case. A young woman named Olivia walked into a dead-end alley one night and didn’t… Keep Reading