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…
“a piece of the world” by Christina Baker Kline
3.75 out of 4 stars. “A perspective into what the Andrew Wyeth painting, Christina’s World was all about” Christina Olson lived on the farm in Cushing, Maine that has been…
Woman No. 17 by Edan Lepucki
3 out of 4 stars. “I have come to realize that dark and odd is not my favorite combo” Lady Daniels is a whack job. She is mentally unstable, works…
“Small Admissions” by Amy Poeppel
3.5 out of 4 stars. 100% a guilty pleasure book. Kate Pearson is a nut case. She had her life all set up for her but even though she is…
“The Leavers” by Lisa Ko
3.75 out of 4 stars “I didn’t forget about you, I was surviving” Deming Guo and Daniel Wilkinson are the same person. We are first introduced to Deming by him…
“The Futures” – Anna Pitoniak
3.75 out of 4 stars. “Welcome to New York, we have been waiting for you” Evan is a humble and handsome Canadian hockey player that received a chance to play…
“Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore” – Robin Sloan
Experimented with a fantasy book and liked it! 3.75 out of 4 stars. Clay Jannon just got laid off due to the recession. He is desperate to find something to…
“The Unfortunate Importance of Beauty” – Amanda Filipacchi
3.5 out of 4 stars. I felt like I was in Alice in Wonderland. The reader is introduced to a group of friends that all have artistic interests and live in New…
“Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet” by Jamie Ford
3.3 out of 4 stars. Snooze alert. This book criss crosses from the early 1940s during World War II to the book’s “present day” of 1980s. The main character is…