3.75 out of 4 stars. We should all wish to meet someone like Olive, at least for the sarcasm! Crosby, Maine is just a little dot on the map. If one…
fiction
“The Sisters Chase” by Sarah Healy
3.5 out of 4 stars. Never heard a story like this before. Mary and Hannah (nicknamed Bunny) Chase are sisters. Same mother but different fathers with a 14 year age…
“Sing, Unburied, Sing” by Jesmyn Ward
3.75 out of 4 stars. I still feel shaken. That is how powerfully strong this book is. I believe it is a sign that I am reading this book, “Sing, Unburied,…
“The Blinds” by Adam Sternbergh
3.6 out of 4 stars. A witness protection (rusty) gated community gone horribly wrong. “The Blinds” in Texas is not a tourist attraction. It is sweltering hot, deserted, and is surrounded…
Incendiary by Chris Cleeve
2.9 out of 4 stars. A suicide bomb, infidelity, and insanity is all too dark a combo for me. A woman loses her husband and son when they attend a soccer…
“Before Everything” by Victoria Redel
3.5 out of 4 stars. A group of friends deal with death. Anna has always been a star able to create a gravitational pull with whomever she meets. She is…
“The Other Alcott” by Elise Hooper
3.6 out of 4 stars. Like “Little Women”? Then you will be obsessed with this one! The black sheep of “Little Women” was Amy March, the sister that was always…
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
3.6 out of 4 stars. Jeeze, some people will do ANYTHING for the lime light. Monique Grant is a journalist that is down on her luck. She is in the…
Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore by Matthew Sullivan
3.75 out of 4 stars. A unique crime novel who had a great cast of characters The Bright Ideas bookstore is a normal place with a peculiar cast of characters,…
“The Weight of Lies” by Emily Carpenter
3.75 out of 4 stars. If this was my real life, I would rather live in a fictional tale. Imagine having your own mother become rich due to the success…