Title: This Is Not the Jess Show
Author: Anna Carey
Publisher: Quirk
ISBN: 9781683691976
Thoughts: Very unique concept, but it opens itself up to some major loose threads, but I cannot say more because there is one major twist.
Rating: 3/5
Saturday, July 30, 2022
Friday, July 29, 2022
The Sunset Route
Title: The Sunset Route
Author: Carrot Quinn
Publisher: Dial
ISBN: 9780593133286
Thoughts: Quinn's life is so unlike mine, and that is why I read memoirs; however, a minor anachronism early on left me questioning everything.
Rating: 3/5
Rings on Her Fingers
Title: Rings on Her Fingers
Author: ReGina Welling
Publisher: self
ISBN: n/a
Thoughts: Very fun paranormal romantic mystery, but there was head-hopping some of the explanation had me scratching my head.
Rating: 3/5
Tuesday, July 26, 2022
The Four Winds
Title: The Four Winds
Author: Kristin Hannah
Publisher: Macmillan Audio
ISBN: 9781250317247
Thoughts: Hannah is at the top of her game with this heart-wrenching yet hopeful tale of a family trying to survive the dust bowl.
Rating: 5/5
Monday, July 25, 2022
The Shadows Between Us
Title: The Shadows Between Us
Author: Tricia Levenseller
Publisher: Feiwel & Friends
ISBN: 9781250189967
Thoughts: A very compelling, well-developed fantasy that can easily stand alone.
Rating: 4/5
Friday, July 22, 2022
The Evening Hero
Title: Whisper Down the Lane
Author: Marie Myunk-Ok Lee
Publisher: Simon Schuster
ISBN: 9781476735078
Thoughts: Gripping fiction about a Korean doctor attempting to live the American Dream, but haunted by his past.
Rating: 4/5
Tuesday, July 19, 2022
Whisper Down the Lane
Title: Whisper Down the Lane
Author: Clay McLeod Chapman
Publisher: Quirk
ISBN: 9781683692157
Thoughts: Great premise, but the psychological horror needed to be ramped up a few notches.
Rating: 3/5
Sunday, July 17, 2022
Two Nights in Lisbon
Title: Two Nights in Lisbon
Author: Chris Pavone
Publisher: Macmillan Audio
ISBN: 9781250856302
Thoughts: Decent suspense, but a tad predictable.
Rating: 3/5
Saturday, July 16, 2022
Stacking the Shelves: 7/3-7/16
Bought on Amazon:
Cults by Max Cutler with Kevin Conley
Bought on Powells Book:
Fun Home by Alison Bechdel
Friday, July 15, 2022
Black Cake
Title: Black Cake
Author: Charmaine Wilkerson
Publisher: Ballantine
ISBN: 9780593358337
Thoughts: Beautifully layered novel told in quick bursts.
Rating: 5/5
Tuesday, July 12, 2022
Homegoing
Title: Homegoing
Author: Yaa Gyasi
Publisher: Alfred A Knopf
ISBN: 9781101947135
Thoughts: Intense, beautiful, and sometimes overwhelming saga of a family divided by slavery.
Rating: 5/5
Monday, July 11, 2022
Dolly
Title: Dolly
Author: Rita Mae Brown
Publisher: Bantam
ISBN: 9780553569490
Thoughts: I know Brown was trying to bring Dolly Madison to life, but this was just too dry for fiction.
Rating: 2/5
Sunday, July 10, 2022
Sea of Tranquility
Title: Sea of Tranquility
Author: Emily St John Mandel
Publisher: Random House Audio
ISBN: 9780593552001
Thoughts: Aside from the beginning being a little slow, this is an interesting time travel novel that deals with the paradox is a unique way.
Rating: 4/5
Friday, July 8, 2022
The Shark
Title: The Shark
Author: Mary Burton
Publisher: Montlake
ISBN: 9781503934474
Thoughts: Strong police procedural that did not need the romance.
Rating: 4/5
Monday, July 4, 2022
This Close to Okay
Title: This Close to Okay
Author: Leesa Cross-Smith
Publisher: Grand Central
ISBN: 9781549119804
Thoughts: Very moving story about two people finding each other at the moment they needed to.
Rating: 4/5
Saturday, July 2, 2022
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