Review: 3.5 review Summary: Orla just had a baby with her husband. She decides to leave the baby and go on a holiday with her best friend, Kate. Kate is going through a divorce while Kate is struggling with being a new mother. They go on holiday to Lisbon. They are having fun, but then […]
Category: Fiction Reviews
Review of “The Night Circus” by Erin Morgenstern
Review: I have no idea how to rate this book. I still am not sure how I felt about it. I am going to leave this blank for now and think about it. Summary: A circus that arrives without warning. One minute it is not there, and the next it has arrived. A battle between […]
Review of “Project Hail Mary” by Andy Weir
Review: 4.5- 5-star review Summary: Ryland is on a mission. He cannot remember what the mission is, where he is at, or why he is the only person alive. As his memory starts to come back, he must complete a mission to save the world. My Thoughts: The plot was so interesting. I just wanted […]
Review of “The Night Shift” by Alex Finlay
Review: 3-star review Summary: Two timelines: 1999 and 15 years later One of the characters is the survivor of an attack on a Blockbuster. All were left dead except for one girl. A suspect was taken and convicted of the crime. Fast-forward 15 years later, the same thing happens at an ice cream parlor. But […]
Review of “The No-Show” by Beth O’Leary
Review: 3.5-star review Summary: This book follows three women (Siobhan, Miranda, and Jane). They do not know each other but have someone in common0- Joseph. They all three get stood up by the same man on Valentine’s Day. Each relationship with Joseph is different: Siobhan is a casual fling that turns into feelings; Miranda is […]
Review of “Death on the Nile” by Agatha Christie
Review: I usually do not review “Classics” Summary: Hercule Poirot series #17: Can be read as a standalone. Death: Linnet Ridgeway (heiress) Detective: Hercule Poirot Setting: Cruise on the Nile Suspects: husband, husband ex-fiancé, etc. My Thoughts: All of Agatha Christie books seem like the board game clue. A person gets murdered and all the […]
Review of “Float Plan” by Trish Doller
Review: 4.5 stars Summary: Following her husband’s suicide, Anna decides to take their boat and go on their already planned vacation. She knows that she cannot sail a boat through the Bahamas without help. She hires Keane to assist her part of the trip. She tells Keane that there will be no romance. It is […]
Review of “Out of My Heart” by Sharon M. Draper
Review: 3 stars Summary: Book #2 in the “Out of my mind” series. This book takes place about a year after book #1. We see Melody wanting to go away to camp like her other friends from school. She researches what camps she would be able to attend. And her mother agrees to take her. […]
Review of “The Paris Apartment” by Lucy Foley
Review: 3.5 stars Summary: Jess decides to leave her life behind and move with her half-brother in Paris. He has an apartment there. She goes to his place only to discover that he is not there. The neighbors in the apartment complex are all acting odd. What happened to her brother? With a slew of […]
Review of “The Suite Spot” by Trish Doller
Rating: 4 star review Summary: Book two of a series. A single mother loses her job in Florida. In order to get a fresh start, she moves to Ohio with her daughter to work in a hotel. When she arrives, she meets a man who has struggles of his own. He is starting a hotel […]
Review of “By The Book” by Jasmine Guillory (Book #2 in the Meant To Be series)
Rating: 3.5 to a 4 star rating Summary: A modern re-telling of Beauty and the Beast. Part two of the “Meant to Be” series. Each book in the series is written by a different author and a new fairy tale. They are both stand-alone books. This book is about Isabelle who works at a publishing […]
Review of “The Golden Couple” by Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen
Rating: 4 stars Summary: A therapist, Avery, has her license taken away. She now practices as a consultant. She takes on the case of Marissa and Matthew. Marissa cheated on her spouse and would like Avery’s help to help her marriage. As Avery goes through her 10-step processes for her therapy, she starts to uncover […]
Review of “The Unsinkable Greta James” by Jennifer E. Smith
Rating: 4.5 star review Summary: A famous musician, Greta, mother passes away. She is grieving in her own way. Greta and her father really have not bonded. He has always questioned her life choices. Greta and her mother were always close. Her mother always supported her musician lifestyle. Greta’s father and mother were supposed to […]
Review of “Haven’t Met You Yet” by Sophie Cousens
Overall: 4 stars Summary: Laura goes to Jersey for work. She is going to investigate her parents’ love story in the exact locations where they met, proposed, etc. Her believing that every love story has a great meet-cute story starts off this novel. On her trip, she picks up the wrong bag at the airport. […]
Review of “Station Eleven” by Emily St. John Mandel
Overall: 3- 3.5 stars Summary: After a fly pandemic and the fall of civilization, the story follows a group of actors who travel to preform. We follow five people with eh travelling group of actors. My thoughts: I have to admit, the plot was very unique. I picked up this book twice before this. I […]
Review of “The House Across The Lake” by Riley Sager
Overall: 4.5 stars Summary: An actress’ husband drowns in the lake beside her cabin. She falls into drinking and decides to get out of the spotlight and stay at the cabin. She notices a rich couple and begins watching them from across the lake. After rescuing the neighbor in the lake, they start to become […]
Review of “One Italian Summer” by Rebecca Serle
Overview: 4 star review Summary: The main character’s (Katy) mother passes away. After her mother’s death, she decides to think about her happiness in life. One thing is her marriage My Thoughts: When I saw a new book by Rebecca Serle, I knew I wanted to read it. This one did not disappoint! I went […]
Review of “Weather Girl” by Rachel Lynn Solomon
Overview: 3 stars Summary: Ari is a TV Meteorologist loves her job. Her boss is the main meteorologist on the station. But she has not been too nice since divorcing her husband who also works at the station. It is a tense at work between the two of them. She teams up with her co-worker […]
Review of “Something Wilder” by Christina Lauren
Overall: 5 star review Summary: Lily’s father was a famous treasure hunter. She now makes a living from her deceased father’s old journals by taking people on a fake treasure hunt. But Lily dreams of a life buying her family ranch. At one point, she lived there with her ex-boyfriend. Those were her happiest memories. […]
Review of “Night Road” by Kristin Hannah
Overall: 4.5 star review Summary: Told in multiple perspectives. Jude is a mom of fraternal twins, Mia and Zach. Mia gets a new friend in Lexi, who just moved in with her aunt. Lexi’s family situation is complicated, unlike Mia’s. Lexi begins dating Zach and things get complicated. One day, there is a tragedy that […]
Review of “The Collective” by Alison Gaylin
I am FINALLY caught up! Happy reading, Book Nerds! Overall: 4.5 star review Summary: Camille is grief stricken due to the loss of her daughter. Her husband and her are no longer together. She blames a young boy for her daughter’s death. She resents this boy as he does not feel any remorse or guilt […]
Review of “The Holiday Switch” by Tif Marcelo
Overall: 3 star review Summary: Lila is in high school and works for an inn. Her hours are reduced because the owner’s nephew will be working at the inn for Christmas. They immediately do not like one another. They accidently switch phones and discover that both are keeping secrets from their families. As they talk, […]
Review of “Nick and Noel’s Christmas Playlist” by Codi Hall
3 more reviews before I am all caught up!!!!!! Then I promise my reviews will get better! 🙂 Overall: 3.5 star review Summary: Nick just returned from the military to his hometown. He goes to see his girlfriend only to find out she is with someone else. Noel is his best friend and long-time family […]
Review of “One True Loves” by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Overall: 4 star review Summary: Emma marries her high school sweetheart, Jesse. They move away and live a life of adventure and travel. After a year of marriage, Jesse dies in a helicopter crash. Emma cannot handle her grief, so she moves back to her hometown. Fast forward years later, Emma is settled back in […]
Review of “Hamnet” by Maggie O’Farrell
Overall: 3.5-4 star review Summary: This is a story of Agnes who marries and has three children. One of the children dies at 11 years old. The grief has her husband write a play called “Hamlet.” This is a story of grief and recovering from that grief. My thoughts: This book was beautifully written. Her […]
Review of “The Holiday Swap” by Maggie Knox
Only 6 more reviews to go to get caught up! 🙂 Overall: 4.5 star review Summary: Cass and Charlie are twins. Cass lives in a mountain town and is taking over the family bakery. Charlie lives in L.A. working on a baking TV show. Charlie gets a concussion and cannot taste and smell. How can […]
Review of “As Good As Dead” by Holly Jackson (Book 3 in the series)
Overall: 4 star review Summary: Pip is heading off to college. Her true crime podcast is very popular, but also leads to people who hate her too. One of her “fans” is sending her ominous messages that frighten Pip. She is bound and determined to find whoever is doing this to her. My thoughts: You […]
Review of “Under the Whispering Door” by T.J. Klune
Once I get caught up on my reviews, I promise that my reviews will be better. I have 9 more to go! Overall: 4 star review Summary: A corporate man has everything including money and success. He dies but is in denial that he is indeed dead. He is in limbo. He meets people that […]
The Ex Hex by Erin Sterling
Rating: 3 star review Summary: A young witch (Vivienne) has her heart broken. She ends up drunk and placing a curse on her ex-boyfriend, Rhys (who else would love to do this!) Go forward nine years, when Rhys returns to her town. Will they all find out about her hex on him? Their little town […]
Review of “Rock Paper Scissors” by Alice Feeney
Overall: 3.5/5 star review! Summary: Adam and Amelia win a weekend away to Scotland. Their marriage is failing and this trip may rekindle something. Adam has face blindness which adds to the tension some times. Adam is a screenwriter too. He works long hours and never has time to work on their marriage. […]