13 Powerful Ways to Pray

 

Title: 13 Powerful Ways to Pray

Author: Eamon Tobin

Publisher: Dynamic Catholic

 
ISBN: 9781942611882

 

Thoughts:  Good guidebook if you are looking to deepen your praying.

 

Rating: 3/5

Death on the Range

 

Title: Death on the Range

Author: Nikki Haverstock

Publisher: Ranch Dog

 
ISBN: n/a

 

Thoughts:  Fun cozy that needed to be longer.

 

Rating: 3/5

Wahala

 

Title: Wahala

Author: Nikki May

Publisher: Custom House

 
ISBN: 9780060384247

 

Thoughts:  Great story about friendship with some major twists.

 

Rating: 4/5

Funny Farm

 

Title: Funny Farm: My Unexpected Life with 600 Rescue Animals

Author: Laurie Zaleski

Publisher: St Martin's

 
ISBN: 9781250272836

 

Thoughts:  A very touching memoir that will strike the heart of any animal lover.

 

Rating: 4/5

Turtles All the Way Down

 

Title: Turtles All the Way Down

Author: John Green

Publisher: Dutton

 
ISBN: 9780525555360

 

Thoughts:  Not a realistic catalyst, but so many realistic relationships and characters.

 

Rating: 5/5

Not That Bad

 

Title: Not That Bad: Dispatches from Rape Culture

Author: Roxane Gay, ed

Publisher: Harper

 
ISBN: 9780062851468

 

Thoughts:  A deep dive into rape and rape culture from many different authors and angles.

 

Rating: 4/5

The Maid

 

Title: The Maid

Author: Nita Prose

Publisher: Random House

 
ISBN: 9780593452684

 

Thoughts:  Tight murder mystery, but a few of the twists, while they did make sense, seemed a little out of left-field.

 

Rating: 4/5

Out of Office

 

Title: Out of Office: The Big Problem and Bigger Promise of Working from Home

Author: Charlie Warzel & Anne Helen Petersen

Publisher: Knopf

 
ISBN: 9780593320099

 

Thoughts:  A lot of amazing ideas and truths in here, but all of society would have to shift to realize any of it.

 

Rating: 4/5

The Arc

 

Title: The Sentence

Author: Tory Henwood Hoen

Publisher: St Martin's

 
ISBN: 9781250276773

 

Thoughts:  I have no clue how to best categorize this book, but it is highly interesting and entertaining and will actually appeal to fans of a variety of genres, even thought it does not really fall into them.

 

Rating: 4/5

The Sentence

 

Title: The Sentence

Author: Louise Erdrich

Publisher: HarperAudio

 
ISBN: n/a

 

Thoughts:  This title has so many meanings throughout the book, but the story meanders, making it feel aimless in parts.

 

Rating: 3/5

The Bear and the Nightingale

 

Title: The Bear and the Nightingale

Author: Katherine Arden

Publisher: Del Rey

 
ISBN: 9781101885956

 

Thoughts:  I really wanted to love this - and there was many parts, especially the mythology, that I did - but some of it was so slow and I had trouble keeping the characters straight at times.

 

Rating: 3/5

Nobody's Victim

 

Title: Nobody's Victim: Fighting Psychos, Stalkers, Pervs, and Trolls

Author: Carrie Goldberg

Publisher: Plume

 
ISBN: 9780525533771

 

Thoughts:  A comprehensive look at the type of sex offenders, especially those brought about by the digital age.

 

Rating: 4/5

Red, White & Royal Blue

 

Title: Red, White & Royal Blue

Author: Casey McQuiston

Publisher: St Martin's Griffin

 
ISBN: 9781250316

 

Thoughts:  This is a fun yet deep rom-com with just the right amount of heat.

 

Rating: 5/5

Too Many Women, Too Little Time

 

Title: Too Many Women, Too Little Time

Author: David William Pearce

Publisher: self

 
ISBN: n/a

 

Thoughts:  This is billed as a mystery, but there is very little mystery but a lot of relationship issues for the main character, who isn't all that likeable.

 

Rating: 2/5

Don't Cry for Me

 

Title: Don't Cry for Me

Author: Daniel Black

Publisher: Hanover Square

 
ISBN: 9781335425737

 

Thoughts: Black deftly handles so many themes in the highly moving novel.

 

Rating: 5/5

Stacking the Shelves: 3/27-4/2

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Glitter Kiss

 

Title: Glitter Kiss

Author: Adrianne Ambrose & Monica Gollagher

Publisher: Oni

 
ISBN: 9781620100820

 

Thoughts:  Very fun fantasy with a lot of too-realistic situations that all girls will recognize and all guys need to understand.

 

Rating: 4/5

Maybe Tomorrow

 

Title: Maybe Tomorrow

Author: Kim Golden

Publisher: Echo

 
ISBN: n/a

 

Thoughts:  Typical well-written romance, but it dragged on twice as long as it could have.

 

Rating: 3/5