Get a Life, Chloe Brown

 

Title: Get a Life, Chloe Brown

Author: Talia Hibbert

Publisher: HarperAudio

 
ISBN: n/a

 

Thoughts:  Very fun rom-com, and it was very empowering to see a main character with a disability, but it was a little steamier than I expected.

 

Rating: 4/5

The Turnout

 

Title: The Turnout

Author: Megan Abbott

Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sos

 
ISBN: 9780593084908

 

Thoughts:  This had such a strong psychological element to it that it could feel the dampness and rot that permeated from the starting catalyst and continued until the bitter end.

 

Rating: 3/5

Forbidden Kisses

 

Title: Forbidden Kisses

Author: Annie Rains

Publisher: Loveswept

 
ISBN: 9780399181122

 

Thoughts:  A cute, sweet romance, even if the "forbidden" part is a tad unnatural.

 

Rating: 3/5

Playing the Enemy

 

Title: Playing the Enemy: Nelson Mandela and the Game that Made a Nation

Author: John Carlin

Publisher: Penguin

 
ISBN: 9780143115724

 

Thoughts:  A look at Mandela's political prowess leading up to a seminal rugby match.

 

Rating: 3/5

Born a Crime

 

Title: Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood

Author: Trevor Noah

Publisher: Speigel & Grau

 
ISBN: 9780399588174

 

Thoughts:  Fast-paced, funny yet biting memoir with an unbelievable ending.

 

Rating: 4/5

The Personal Librarian

 

Title: The Personal Librarian

Author: Marie Benedict & Victoria Christopher Murray

Publisher: Penguin

 
ISBN: n/a

 

Thoughts:  Amazing how the stories of powerful men overshadow the stories of the women under them, and I am thankful for Benedict and Murray for bringing Belle's story to life.

 

Rating: 4/5

The Case of the Missing Adults

 

Title: Nancy Drew & the Hardy Boys: The Case of the Missing Adults

Author: Scott Bryan Wilson & Bob Solanovicz

Publisher: Dynamite

 
ISBN: 9781524111786

 

Thoughts:  This is an incredibly fun graphic novel but feels like it is a parallel universe to cannon.

 

Rating: 4/5