5 star reviews
Review of Riley Sager’s “Survive the Night”
Review of “Good Girl, Bad Blood” by Holly Jackson
Review of “You Have a Match” by Emma Lord
Review of “The Soulmate Equation” by Christina Lauren
Review of “Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus” by Dusti Bowling
Review of “No Time Like the Future” by Michael J. Fox
Review of “The Rural Diaries” by Hilarie Burton Morgan
Review of “The Girl with the Louding Voice” by Abi Dare
Review of “Midnight Library” by Matt Haig
This book sure did have me thinking about my life and decisions. It is a 5 star read for me! Summary: Nora decides that she wants to die. Her life is not what she imaged. She dreams of the “what ifs” in her life. What if she became an Olympic Read more
Review of “Living with Mochi” by Gemma Gene
WOW! This is just like it was written about my life with my own dogs. This is a collection of web comics. The graphics were cute! Some were in black and white while others were colorful. I liked how she mixed the b&w and color throughout. It is about her Read more
Review of “Sitting Pretty: The View From My Ordinary Resilient Disabled Body” by Rebekah Raussig
This book is a 5 star read for me. I learned so much! This book is for all ages to read and is very informative. She is a teacher, and it shows throughout this book. Rebekah Taussig, Ph.D. authored a well written memoir, but it is so much more. She Read more
Review of “The Dry” by Jane Harper
I am rating this book a4.5- 5 star review. This story introduces everyone to Det Aaron Falk. He returns to his hometown to attend the funeral of a murdered family of 3. The possible murderer is the dad. He is thought to have killed his entire family but his baby Read more
Review of “Talking As Fast As I Can” by Lauren Graham
I laughed, I cried, and I enjoyed this book a lot. I really liked how she did a diary, went season by season, etc. She really mixed it up when she discussed her time on the sets of her TV shows. Her jokes were also so funny! I am a Read more
Review of “The Lost Man” by Jane Harper
I am giving this book a 4.5 to 5 star review. What a book!!!! Her characters and mysteries are like no other. I could not wait to see what happened. I loved following the clues and piecing it together with the main character! This story is about family, redemption, survival Read more
Review of “The Survivors” by Jane Harper
I am giving this book a 5 star review! I really enjoyed everything from the characters, mystery, and setting of this book! The story centers around two things that happen in a small town in Tasmania. The one event happened a decade before during a storm where 2 people died Read more
Review of “In A Holidaze” by Christina Lauren
I am giving this book a 5 star review. WOW. I just loved this book! The characters were just fantastic. Enter, Maelyn, who is living with her parents, hates her job, and has no boyfriend in sight. Every year at Christmas, she spends it at a cabin in Utah with Read more
Review of “Malibu Rising” by Taylor Jenkins Reid
All I can say is wow. One of the best books that I read in 2020! Hands down a 5 star read. This novel is about a family of siblings, but so much more. It is set in the 80’s at Nina’s Riva’s annual party at her Malibu house. You Read more
Review of “Starfish” by Lisa Fipps
This novel is a book for all ages. It does not need to just apply for YA. It is written in verse and beautifully tell a story about a young girl who struggles with how other people view her body image. This book is about a young girl who is Read more
Review of “Fangirl” by Rainbow Rowell
Oh wow! This book was good! 5 star easily from me. Cath and Wren are twins. Wren wants a little indepnedance from Cath when they head off to college. Cath is very much a loner only spending her time with Wren. So when she goes to college, she has no Read more
Review of “The Star-Crossed Sisters of Tuscany” by Lori Nelson Spielman
You will fall in love with the setting and characters- guaranteed! I am rating this book a 4.5-5 star review. This story is about a “curse” of the 2nd born women in the family. The curse is that they are never to marry. Emilia, Lucy, and Poppy are all a Read more
Review of “Inside Out & Back Again” by Thanhha Lai
WOW! A 5 star read for me! At first, I thought this book was for smaller children. But I was wrong; this book can be read by any age. It is a wonderful book of poetic verse about a young Vietnamese girl. The Story begins at the end of the Read more
Review of “Greenlights” by Matthew McConaughey
WOW! I really enjoyed reading this novel. Yes, I read it and did not listen to it. It was great! I enjoyed looking at his pictures and his stories! I have always loved Matthew from the time that my sister and I watched “Dazed and Confused” then seen him on Read more
Review of “Fall and Rise: The Story of 9/11” by Mitchell Zuckoff
This novel was hands down one of the most terrifying and hardest books that I have ever read in my life. I am giving this book a 5 star review. I will NEVER forget this book. I had nightmares, shed tears, shocked, horrified, and learned a lot. I will never Read more
Review of “The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue” by V.E. Schwab
I am rating this book a 4.5 star review. What can I say about this book. I adored it. Basically, a girls sell his soul to the “devil,” so to speak. Addie makes a bargain to live forever but is also cursed at the same time to always be forgotten. Read more
Review of “Channel Kindness” by Born This Way Foundation Reporters with Lady Gaga
I am giving this book a 4.5 star review. I just loved it! This book is exactly what I needed. My motto has always been “Be Kind.” To read such inspirational stories really lifted me out of the COVID-19 and political mayhem that we are currently in with 2020. This Read more
Review of “Rebecca” by Daphne du Maurier
I could not put this novel down. The writing was so good! I would consider this novel a physiological thriller. It is about a new young bride who marries an older widow. After their honeymoon, they return to her new house. This is the house that he shared with his Read more
Review of “Four Winds” by Kristin Hannah
WOW! What an awesome story with unforgettable characters! Kristin Hannah never disappoints! This is historical fiction novel. I have been going back and forth between a 4 or 5 star review on this book. I am going with a 4.5 and meet in the middle! This novel is multiple POVs Read more
Review of “The Night Swim” by Megan Goldin
I wanted to give this book a 4.5 star rating. But after thinking about what I did not like about it, I could come up with nothing. I am giving it a 5 star review. Trigger warning: This book contains rape and violence. Rachel has a true crime podcast. She Read more
Review of “Poet X” by Elizabeth Acevedo
I am rating this book a 5 star review! I never thought that I would love this book as much as I did. It is all slam poetry which is a new genre for me is. I was blown away. Even though it is a poetry book, it reads like Read more
Review of the ARC “The Switch” by Beth O’Leary
This is the author of “The Flatshare” which I gave a 5 star review as well. I am giving this book a 5 star review! What a delightful read! After her debut novel “The Flatshare,” I knew that this author was going to slowly become one of my faves! She Read more
Review of “Home Before Dark” by Riley Sager
I am giving this book a 4.5 star rating. Riley Sager did it again! This time with a thriller/horror novel. I had to read this book during the day. It sure did give me the chills. The novel centered around Maggie. Her father passed away and gave her a house Read more
Review of “The Giver:” the graphic novel by Craig P. Russell and Lois Lowry
5 star review! First off, read the novel first! “The Giver” by Lois Lowry is just one of my favorite novels. The novel centers around Jonas a boy in a world of no pain and sameness. He is taken in to be the giver. The giver basically is the mentor Read more
Review of “The Good Girl’s Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson
I am rating this novel a 4.5 star review. Such a page turner. If you want a murder mystery but do not want to read a book about a cop investigating a murder (Blah) then this is the book for you. This book follows the rules of a classic who-dun-it. Read more
Review of “Happiness for Beginners” by Katherine Center
5 star review! WOW! Katherine Center is becoming my favorite author! I laugh, I cry, I smile at her ending every single novel that is written by Center! Basically, a woman who just divorced decides to “re-group” by going on a wilderness hike with a hiking tour. This is not Read more