This legal thriller “lite” certainly kept me entertained while reading! There’s lots of action and lots of plot twists to keep you engaged. Are there a plethora of over the top characters? Yes, but if you can suspend disbelief for a bit you’ll find this legal thriller to be filled with surprises and a… 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
Audiobook Review: The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
“She was crying for it all at last–for the pain and loss and fear and anger, for the war and what it had done to her and to all of them, for the knowledge of evil she could never shake, for the horror of where she’d been and what she’d done to survive.” What… Keep Reading
Book Review: Death Valley by Melissa Broder
In ‘Death Valley’, the nameless author who narrates the book travels alone to a Best Western hotel in the desert to work on her book. Her father is hospitalized with a severe illness and her husband suffers from a debilitating chronic illness. While all of this could be unbelievably sad and depressing, Melissa Broder… 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
Book Review: The Bird Hotel by Joyce Maynard
“Count the Ways” is one of my favorite books so I had very high hopes going into “The Bird Hotel”. Although the middle part was a bit slow for me, I loved the vivid descriptions of La Llorona, the run-down hotel where the main protagonist Irene travels to try and heal her soul. Though fictional,… 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
Book Review: Amazing Grace Adams by Fran Littlewood
If you’ve ever seen the movie “Falling Down” with Michael Douglas, you’ll get a feel for this book which describes the absolute worst and longest day that a person could possibly experience. There are actually two covers for this book – I am using this one which I think accurately reflects Grace’s personality. This… Keep Reading
Audiobook Review: The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by James McBride
Loved the audiobook of The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store! I want to compliment the narrator Dominic Hoffman who conquered the dialects of both the African-American characters and the immigrant Jewish characters. The book begins with the discovery of both a skeleton and a mezuzah in a well, and then flashes back to the… 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