3.65 out of 4 stars. How your own secret to keep at 17 somehow affects your life’s relationships down the line. High school is an absolute miserable experience for most…
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“Circling the Sun” – Paula McLain
3.2 out of 4 stars. A strong send off but a boring descent. I have never read a book based around Africa before. Yes, England is depicted in this story…
“Lily and the Octopus” by Steven Rowley
3.7 out of 4 stars. I love you Lily and I hate you Octopus! Ted is a man who has trouble finding love. He has had one long-term relationship and…
“My Grandmother Asked Me To Tell You She’s Sorry” – Fredrik Backman
3.5 out of 4 stars. A version of Rohl Dahl’s “The BFG” for adults. Elsa is a 7-year-old girl who is not used to an easy life. She gets beat…
“As Time Goes By” – Mary Higgins Clark
3.6 out of 4 stars. Can you believe this is my first Mary Higgins Clark read?! I must have been sleeping under a rock! Most of the reviews I have…
“The Children” – Ann Leary
3.3 out of 4 stars. A run of the mill revenge plot. C’mon people I am getting too good for these “mysterious” story lines! Twenty nine-year old Charlotte Maynard is…
“A Spool of Blue Thread” – Anne Tyler
“snoozefest” 3.2 out of 4 stars. This is the longest piece of thread ever to be spooled. It just keeps going on and on and it is representative of this…
“The Memory Keeper’s Daughter” – Kim Edwards
3.4 out of 4 stars. This book makes you think. Nowadays we have tests that one can take while pregnant to see if their baby will have any birth defects.…
“The After Party” – Anton Disclafani
3.7 out of 4 stars. Marvelous darling! A Texan version of Gossip Girl years before its time. Anton Disclafani’s “The After Party” is full of secrets, scandal, and feelings of…
“A Man Called Ove” by Fredrik Backman
You will fall in love with Ove even though he doesn’t even want you to like him. 3.5 out of 4 stars. Ove is a 59 year old man who…