Lost Roses

Title: Lost Roses

Author: Martha Hall Kelly
Publisher: Random House Audio
ISBN: n/a

Why Read?: For Fun

Thoughts:  Interesting story during an interesting time, but unfortunately, I only cared about the characters in very specific settings and situations.

Rating: 3/5

This Time Will Be Different

Title: This Time Will Be Different

Author: Misa Sugiura
Publisher: HarperTeen
ISBN: 9780062473448

Why Read?: For Fun

Thoughts:  Needed a more sympathetic main character.

Rating: 2/5

The House on Mango Street

Title: The House on Mango Street

Author:  Sandra Cisneros
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 97800679734772

Why Read?: For Fun

Thoughts:  A collection of poetic vignettes that have a nostalgic feel.

Rating: 4/5

Stacking the Shelves: 12/8-12/21

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Return to the Altar by Rev. Mathew C. John

The Golden Hour

Title: The Golden Hour

Author:  Beatriz Williams
Publisher: HarperAudio
ISBN: 9780062930255

Why Read?: For Fun

Thoughts:  Intriguing historical fiction about some events that I knew nothing about.

Rating: 5/5

Leaving the Witness

Title: Leaving the Witness: Exiting a Religion and Finding a Life

Author:  Amber Scorah
Publisher: Viking
ISBN: 9780735222540

Why Read?: For Fun

Thoughts:  Very interesting memoir, but the last chapter has a very different tone.

Rating: 4/5

Witch Hunt

Title: Witch Hunt

Author:  Patti Larsen
Publisher: Patti Larsen
ISBN: n/a

Why Read?: For Fun

Thoughts:  Started off slow, but really picked up halfway through.

Rating: 3/5

The Night Fire

Title: The Night Fire

Author:  Michael Connelly
Publisher: Hachette
ISBN: n/a

Why Read?: For Fun

Thoughts:  Fast-paced, enjoyable read, and interesting that all of the cases featured did not relate.

Rating: 4/5

How Could She

Title: How Could She

Author:  Lauren Mechling
Publisher: Viking
ISBN: 9780525559382

Why Read?: For Fun

Thoughts: Very much a slice-of-life story that left me wondering about the title and the point, but not necessarily in a bad way.

Rating: 3/5

Anne Frank's Diary

Title: Anne Frank's Diary: The Graphic Adapatation

Author:  Anne Frank, Ari Foleman, & David Polonsky
Publisher: Pantheon
ISBN: 9781101871799

Why Read?: For Fun

Thoughts: Very true graphic adaptation that honors the original source.

Rating: 4/5

Stacking the Shelves: 11/24-12/7

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The Wedding Party

Title: The Wedding Party

Author: Jasmine Guillory
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 9781984890535

Why Read?: For Fun

Thoughts: Very fun romance with realistic and likeable characters.

Rating: 4/5

Very Nice

Title: Very Nice

Author:  Marcy Dermansky
Publisher: Knopf
ISBN: 97805256555633

Why Read?: For Fun

Thoughts: Enjoyable beach read, but all over the place - and definitely needs a different title.

Rating: 3/5

The Stones, the Crows, the Grass, the Moon

Title: The Stones, the Crows, the Grass, the Moon

Author:  Walter Kirn
Publisher: Amazon Orignals
ISBN: n/a

Why Read?: For Fun

Thoughts: More a personal essay about dealing with his mother's death than anything.

Rating: 3/5