Title: That Summer
Author: Jennifer Weiner
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
ISBN: 9781797122106
Thoughts: Not the most original story, but Weiner's writing really draws you in.
Rating: 4/5
Friday, March 31, 2023
Gilded Mountain
Title: Gilded Mountain
Author: Kate Manning
Publisher: Scribner
ISBN: 9781982160944
Thoughts: Despite the tiring overuse of foreshadowing, this novel reads quickly.
Rating: 3/5
Slow Horses
Title: Slow Horses
Author: Mick Herron
Publisher: Soho Crime
ISBN: 9781616954161
Thoughts: Not your typical spy thriller.
Rating: 4/5
Tuesday, March 28, 2023
Miao Dao
Title: Miao Dao
Author: Joyce Carol Oates
Publisher: Amazon Original Stories
ISBN: n/a
Thoughts: Oates can write, but horror, especially YA horror, ESPECIALLY modern YA horror, is definitely not her forte.
Rating: 2/5
Monday, March 27, 2023
The Bird King
Title: The Bird King
Author: G. Willow Wilson
Publisher: Grove Press
ISBN: 9780802129031
Thoughts: I really loved the fantasy elements in this, but towards the end, things became confusing and not fully explained.
Rating: 3/5
Saturday, March 25, 2023
The Talk
Title: The Talk: Conversations About Race, Love, & Truth
Author: Wade Hudson & Cheryl Willis Hudson, eds
Publisher: Listening Library
ISBN: n/a
Thoughts: This collection of essays and other writings will really make you think.
Rating: 4/5
Wednesday, March 22, 2023
Pineapple Street
Title: Pineapple
Author: Jenny Jackson
Publisher: Penguin Audio
ISBN: n/a
Thoughts: Character-driven story of an old-money family living in Brooklyn.
Rating: 3/5
Saturday, March 18, 2023
Stacking the Shelves: 3/12-3/18
Bought at Comic Relief:
Just Pretend by Tori Sharp
Scout Is Not a Band Kid by Jade Armstrong
Bought at Scholastic Book Fair:
Remarkably Ruby by Terri Libenson
Took by Mary Downing Hahn
Received in Wicked Reads Book Box:
I Like You Like That by Kayla Grosse
Friday, March 17, 2023
Sorcery of Thorns
Title: Sorcery of Thorns
Author: Margaret Rogerson
Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Books
ISBN: 9781481497619
Thoughts: Very unique and very engaging, just had a few spots where it felt like something was not fully explained for the reader.
Rating: 4/5
Wednesday, March 15, 2023
The Invisible Husband of Frick Island
Title: The Invisible Husband of Frick Island
Author: Collen Oakley
Publisher: Penguin Audio
ISBN: n/a
Thoughts: Very unique, but many characters stayed two dimensional, even as the story went on.
Rating: 3/5
Tuesday, March 14, 2023
The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax
Title: The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax
Author: Dorothy Gilman
Publisher: Random House Ballantine Fawcett Crest
ISBN: 9780449208281
Thoughts: This is definitely dated, but it is still a ton of fun.
Rating: 4/5
Saturday, March 11, 2023
Wednesday, March 8, 2023
So We Meet Again
Title: So We Meet Again
Author: Suzanne Park
Publisher: HarperAudio
ISBN: n/a
Thoughts: Fun and funny enemies-to-lovers romance that needed a little stronger ending.
Rating: 4/5
Tuesday, March 7, 2023
Practical Magic
Title: Practical Magic
Author: Alice Hoffman
Publisher: Berkley
ISBN: 9780425190371
Thoughts: Good story about family bonds, but it felt like it was mostly exposition.
Rating: 3/5
Monday, March 6, 2023
City Boy
Title: City Boy
Author: Herman Wouk
Publisher: Amazon
ISBN: n/a
Thoughts: This is a classic that still had great appeal, but seems to have been almost forgotten.
Rating: 4/5
Thursday, March 2, 2023
The Summer Job
Title: The Summer Job
Author: Lizzy Dent
Publisher: Penguin Audio
ISBN: n/a
Thoughts: Fun British chick-lit that though predictable in parts, does have some surprises.
Rating: 4/5
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