Iโm not ready to say farewell to summer! (Although it is starting to feel a tiny bit like Fall here in south Florida) ๐ A book that had been on my summer TBR is the dramatic yet poignant LITTLE MONSTERS by the brilliant Adrienne Brodeur. I had loved her memoir Wild Game and her… Keep Reading
Book Review: My Name is Iris by Brando Skyhorse
WHY ISNโT EVERYONE TALKING ABOUT THIS BOOK?! Set in an all-too-real dystopian future in an unnamed border state, this absolutely chilling book explores the dark side of America and the horrific effects of racist immigration policies. Chilling because so many of the terrible events in this fictional book are very real. Our main character… Keep Reading
Book Review: The Breakaway by Jennifer Weiner
โ๐๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ณ๐ช๐ฑ๐ดโ๐ข๐ฏ๐บ ๐ต๐ณ๐ช๐ฑ๐ดโ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ข ๐ญ๐ช๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ ๐ด๐ฑ๐ข๐ค๐ฆ, ๐ข ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ต๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐ค๐ฆ, ๐ข๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ต ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ซ๐ฐ๐ฃ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ข๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ถ๐ฑ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐ค๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ.โ โฃ โฃ I loved this book! Jennifer Weiner has written a character-driven story about mother-daughter relationships, romance, body positivity and so much more! I couldnโt put it… Keep Reading
None of This Is True by Lisa Jewell
What starts off with a seemingly harmless and random meeting in a restaurant (โ๐๐ช! ๐โ๐ฎ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฃ๐ช๐ณ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ข๐บ ๐ต๐ธ๐ช๐ฏ!โ) rapidly takes an unusual turn in this completely engrossing thriller by Lisa Jewell. This book has received overall glowing reviews and I have to agree. This is one of my favorite Lisa Jewell books! I loved the… Keep Reading
Whalefall by Daniel Kraus
What is a whalefall? I held back from delving into this marine biology term and I suggest you do the same until the end of this extraordinary book. Part sci-fi, part thriller, part adventure, this intense story will stay with me for a long time.โฃ โฃ Daniel Kraus has collaborated with Guillermo del Toro and… Keep Reading
Under the Influence by Noelle Crooks
Many thanks to Gallery Books for a copy of Noelle Crookโs book UNDER THE INFLUENCE. I throughly enjoyed this debut novel about the power that social media influencers hold over our everyday lives and what happens when you peek behind the curtain of their carefully curated lives and careers. Harper is a writer who… Keep Reading
Shark Heart: A Love Story by Emily Habeck
This book is fundamentally about a man named Lewis who has a condition that causes him to change into a shark. It is a magical, fantastical, funny and emotional novel that has one of the most original plots Iโve ever read. โฃ The sorry is divided into three parts, each telling the story of… Keep Reading
The Seven Year Slip by Ashley Poston
When I read that this book involved a time slip, I couldn’t resist! Clementine is an overworked book publicist whose beloved Aunt Analea has recently passed away. Analea was spontaneous, exuberant and always ready for the next adventure, all the things that Clementine is most definitely not. Her aunt always had wise words of… Keep Reading
Strange Sally Diamond by Liz Nugent
I knew from the opening sentence that I wouldnโt be able to put this book down: โโPut me out with the bins,โ he said, regularly.โ Sally Diamond is in her 40s and still lives with her adoptive parents in a small Irish village. She canโt quite be described as being on the spectrum, as her… Keep Reading
The Many Lives of Mama Love by Lara Love Hardin
Lara Love Hardin was an unlikely drug addict. A married suburban mother raising children in a blended family, she had a beautiful home and a business. But an addict she was. Nothing, not even the horror of losing her children, could stop her from chasing that next high. (โ๐ ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ฎ๐บ๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ง… Keep Reading