The Alternatives

Title: The Alternatives

Author: Caoilinn Hughes

Publisher:  Penguin Audio

 
ISBN:  9780593828939

 

Thoughts: None of the four sisters captured my attention or emotions.

 

Rating: 2/5

The Fellowship of Puzzlemakers

 Title: The Fellowship of Puzzlemakers

Author: Samuel Burr

Publisher:  Random House Audio

 
ISBN:  9780593821879

 

Thoughts: Delightful feel-good mystery filled with puzzles.

 

Rating: 4/5

Black Sheep

 

Title: Black Sheep

Author: Rory Scholl

Publisher:  Amazon Original Stories

 
ISBN:  9781542040297

 

Thoughts: Nice tribute from Scholl to his grandmother, both of whom were black sheep.

 

Rating: 3/5

Daughters of the Lake

Title: Daughters of the Lake

Author: Wendy Webb

Publisher:  Lake Union Publishing

 
ISBN:  9781503956346

 

Thoughts: Good modern gothic, but the characters were too excepting of what was happening to them.

 

Rating: 3/5

You Can Run

 

 Title: You Can Run

Author: Rebecca Zanetti

Publisher:  Zebra

 
ISBN:  9781420154320

 

Thoughts: Well-plotted romantic suspense, but some motives felt muddied towards the end.

 

Rating: 3/5

The Woman on the Orient Express

 Title: The Woman on the Orient Express

Author: Julia Alverez

Publisher:  Lake Union Publishing

 
ISBN:  9781503938120

 

Thoughts: Excellent historical fiction with a touch of suspense, but it ramped up higher than it was building.

 

Rating: 4/5

The Mystery of Mrs. Christie

 Title: The Mystery of Mrs. Christie

Author: Marie Benedict

Publisher:  Sourcebooks Landmark

 
ISBN:  9781492682721

 

Thoughts: Knowing how this real-life mystery ends took away from the suspense Benedict was trying to build in "The Manuscript" chapters.

 

Rating: 3/5

The Cemetery of Untold Stories

 Title: The Cemetery of Untold Stories

Author: Julia Alverez

Publisher:  Recorded Books

 
ISBN:  n/a

 

Thoughts: Alverez has a very beautiful and lush writing style, but I had a very hard time following the side stories and keeping all of the characters straight. 

 

Rating: 2/5

The Firefly Summer

Title: The Firefly Summer

Author: Morgan Matson

Publisher:  Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers

 
ISBN:  9781534493360

 

Thoughts: Fun, and funny, summer read about family and full of secrets and treasure.

 

Rating: 4/5

Did I Ever Tell You?

Title: Did I Ever Tell You?

Author: Genevieve Kingston

Publisher:  Blackstone Publishing Inc

 
ISBN:  9781797170701

 

Thoughts: Memoir detailing Kingston's journey into adulthood after her mother's death, guided by gifts left by her mother.

 

Rating: 3/5

tribute.

Title: tribute.

Author: g. c. mckay

Publisher:  Splattered Pretty

 
ISBN:  n/a

 

Thoughts: Raw coming-of-age tale, with a lot of slang I did not quite understand either because I am not British or no a teenage boy, but the message behind the story was powerful.

 

Rating: 3/5

Life, I Swear

 Title: Life, I Swear: Intimate Stories from Black Women on Identity, Healing, and Self-Trust

Author: Chloe Dulce Louvouezo, ed

Publisher:  Harper

ISBN:  9780063072237

 

Thoughts: Empowering collection of short essays from Black women about their lives.

 

Rating: 3/5