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…
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“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,…
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…
“American Fire” by Monica Hesse
4.0 out of 4.0 stars. “People do crazy things for love” Accomack County, Virginia had no idea that they would spend months sleepless and scared due to an arsonist being…
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,…
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…