Overall: 3.5-4 /5 Stars Summary of review: This is a step up from a cozy mystery for sure. If you like cozy mysteries but want something a little less “fluffy,” then this is the book for you! Summary: Finlay is a single mother who is fighting her ex-husband and his fiancé for custody of her child. Read more
Month: April 2021
Review of “We Are Okay” by Nina LaCour
Overall: 3 /5 Stars Summary of review: This book was okay but not great. It was beautifully written and emotionally charged. It just lacked something. Summary: Marin left and quit talking to anyone associated with her old life. No one really can understand the emotions that she is going through. Marin starts to dig deep with Read more
Review of “If The Shoe Fits” by Julie Murphy (Meant To Be series #1)
Overall: 5 /5 Stars Summary of review: I loved this book a lot. The characters, the reality show, body positivity, etc. It was such a cute and modern re-telling of Cinderella. OMG! If this is how the Meant To Be series will be…. I am reading them all! Summary: Cindy just graduated with a degree in Read more
From Book to TV/Movie & Other Book News
I took a little break from doing this, but I am back! I promise that I will keep up this time! This one will have no pictures! But I promise the next one will! 🙂 I am sorry if I repeated any of these. I typed so many of them that I am not sure Read more
May 2021 Celebrity Book Club Spoilers (Reese Witherspoon, Jenna Bush-Hager, BOTM, GMA, Goop)
Review of “The Hunting Wives” by May Cobb
Overall: 3 /5 Stars Summary of review: This book was almost a DNF for me. A “Desperate Housewife” mystery novel is how I would describe this book. Summary: Sophie moves to a small Texas town with her husband and son. She feels as though life is boring for her. She then starts to stalk a socialite, Read more
Review of “The Comfort Book” by Matt Haig
THE COMFORT BOOK is exactly that- a book about comfort. With every Matt Haig book, it makes you think about everything in a much deeper way. This “self help” type of book really makes you think and think hard about your life and a new way to see things in your life. He tells his Read more
Review of “People We Meet On Vacation” by Emily Henry
Overall: 5 /5 Stars Summary of review: What a great read! I wish that I would have read this book sooner than I did! I loved it! Emily Henry did it again! Summary: Poppy and Alex! The are an unlikely pair of friends from a small town in Ohio. Poppy is a city girl at heart Read more
Review of “A Court of Thorns and Roses” by Sarah J. Maas
Overall: 3 /5 Stars (Unpopular opinion- I know) Summary of review: Fantasy is not my favorite genre. Overall the characters were likeable and the story easy to understand. Summary: The main character, Feyre, kills a faerie that is disguised as a wolf. As a punishment, she is forced to leave her family and live in fantasy Read more
Review of Riley Sager’s “Survive the Night”
Overall: 4.5 to a 5 /5 Stars Summary of review: WOW! This book is a nail biter! Summary: Charlie lost her best friend and roommate in college to a serial killer. She feels like it is partly her fault as she left her alone one night. She thinks that she may have seen the killer. Due Read more
ARC Alert!
I am VERY excited to read this one!
Review of “Every Vow You Break” by Peter Swanson
Overall: 2.5 or 3 /5 Stars Summary of review: Summary: Abigail meets a rich man who proposes and sends her away on a lavish bachelorette party. She is drunk and has cold feet. She meets a man at the bar and has a one night stand. She immediately regrets it, but gets married nonetheless. The newlyweds Read more
ARC Alert
I got this arc as a surprise Book Mail from Celadon Books! What a treat! Nothing is better than getting book mail! Follow this to see the review!
Review of “Good Girl, Bad Blood” by Holly Jackson
Overall: 5/5 Stars Summary of review: The 2nd novel in the Good Girl series. I love a great who-dun-it book. *You should read book #1 before this one. You may not understand a lot of the references to the 1st case in this novel* Summary: Pip has all since left her detective ways behind. She now has Read more
Review of “Marriage Game” by Sara Desai
Overall: 3/5 Stars Summary of review: The 1st half of the book was wonderful. The 2nd half fell flat for me. Summary: After having to move back home, Layla is going to start a new career. Her father, puts her on a dating on an online dating website for the chance of her to marry. He even Read more
Arc Alert
I got approved for two ARCs in the last two days!
Belletrist (Emma Roberts) Book Club pick for April 2021
For a check list of all her books, click on this PDF.
Bill Gates’ Book Recommendations
Every once in a while, Bill Gates will tell us what books he is recommending. He is back at it again! He has written a book called “How To Avoid A Climate Crisis.” His 3 book recommendations are: “A Promised Land” by Barak Obama (I am not a political person. This was merely Bill’s recommendation) Read more
Reese Witherspoon- Hello Sunshine Book Club pick for April 2021
Here is a list of all her books to date. It is a check list….click below! It is pdf so it is printable!
GMA (Good Morning America) book club pick for April 2021
For a complete book check list, click above!
Jenna Bush-Hager’s Today Show Book Club pick for April 2021
Click above for a complete check list of all of her books.
ID Book Club April 2021
Here is a list of all their picks from the start: “Last Call” by Elon Green “Killer Triggers” by Jow Kenda “The Better Liar” by Tanen Jones “The Spider” by Barry Levine “Half Moon Bay” by Jonathan and Jesse Kellerman “Pretty Things” by Janelle Brown “The Holdout” by Graham Moore “Natalie Wood” by Suzanne Finstad Read more
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ARC Alert! The Maidens by Alex Michaelides
WOW! I got the postcard in the mail (as seen above) today! I went to a website to become a member of “The Maiden.” You can follow my “journey” here on my blog and/or on my Instagram account (book.nerd.alert). I am VERY excited about this. Thanks to Celadon Books and to Alex Michaelides. I will Read more