3.2 out of 4 stars. If the “Devil Wears Prada” and “Reconstructing Amelia” had a love child it would be Knoll’s “Luckiest Girl Alive”. A very entertaining story line that…
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“Missoula” – Jon Krakauer
3 out of 4 stars. 80 rapes between 2010 – 2012 just on the Missoula Montana’s college campus. What a tough subject to discuss, research, write about, and not to…
“in a dark, dark wood” – ruth ware
3.6 out of 4 stars. Quick and stimulating read ! I absolutely love crime mysteries and so does Leonora Shaw, the lead character in this book, who is a writer…
“Too Much Happiness” – Alice Munro
3.25 out of 4 stars. Very deceiving title! This book includes ZERO happiness but the writing is absolutely exquisite. This is my first Munro book that I have read and…
“Why Not Me?” – Mindy Kaling
3.5 out of 4 stars. Most cocky but insecure person I have ever read about but somehow it makes me laugh! I LOVE to laugh so it was no surprise…
“Silver Bay” – Jojo Moyes
3.2 out of 4 stars. It is NO “Me Before You”. Moyes toys between a mystery, a love story, and a moral compass plot line in “Silver Bay”. I, myself, was…
“The Secret Life of Bees” – Sue Monk Kidd
3.8 out of 4 stars! “When it’s time to die, go ahead and die, and when it’s time to live, live. Don’t sort-of-maybe live, but live like you’re going all…
“While I was Gone” – Sue Miller
3.35 out 5 stars. Similar plot line to “The Secret History” by Donna Tart. Rough Outline for both While I Was Gone and The Secret History: A person trying to…
“The Three Weissmanns of Westport” – Cathleen Schine
3.1 out of 4. Not quite a sunny beach read but rather a gloomy portrait of reality with doses of soap opera. I noticed that a large portion of people…
“The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time” – Mark Haddon
3.55 out of 4 stars. A must read for anyone who knows anyone autistic or would like to know more about the disorder. Christopher John Francis Boone is 15 years…