** This review does contain some slight spoilers. I don't give away the ending or the ultimate resolution in either storyline but I do reveal some things that happen along the way. YOU WERE HERE tells the story of a fifty-year mystery of a love affair gone wrong and the ...
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Audiobook Review – You Were Here by Gian Sardar
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Audiobook Review – Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng
September 12, 2017 by · 2 Comments
"Sometimes, just when you think everything’s gone, you find a way.” Mia racked her mind for an explanation. “Like after a prairie fire. I saw one, years ago, when we were in Nebraska. It seems like the end of the world. The earth is all scorched and black and everything ...
Review – Maybe I Do by Nicole McLaughlin
September 11, 2017 by · 2 Comments
Always the photographer, never the bride. This contemporary romance is the first in a new series from romance author, Nicole McLaughlin. If you like light and fluffy romances with side of whiskey, you might give this a try. But if you're a reader like me who prefers their ...
Audiobook Review – White Fur by Jardine Libaire
September 9, 2017 by · Leave a Comment
"Love, he thinks, is accidental, fleeting—he can’t possibly deserve it." Jardine Libaire's White Fur is the story of two people in the 1980's who fall in love quite unconventionally and then struggle to make it when social status and class get in the way. Libaire's writing ...
Audiobook Review – Do Not Become Alarmed by Maile Meloy
August 15, 2017 by · Leave a Comment
What happens when one decision turns into your worst nightmare? Maile Meloy's newest novel explores this question when two cousins and their families go on a cruise to South America. During an expedition off the ship, a group of passengers explore a local beach. A group ...
Book Review – The Sweetest Burn by Jeaniene Frost
August 14, 2017 by · Leave a Comment
Note: I read this book in the summer of 2016 before it was announced that the publication date would be pushed back to summer 2017. With the way The Beautiful Ashes ended, I was curious enough to pick up the sequel. The Sweetest Burn lacked the same kind of action found ...
Audiobook Review – The Lola Quartet by Emily St. John Mandel
August 9, 2017 by · Leave a Comment
An exquisitely constructed literary thriller that pulls you in from its striking opening scene and holds your attention until the end, THE LOLA QUARTET is another solid novel from Emily St. John Mandel about the ripple effect of our decisions and their affects on unintended ...
Audiobook Review – Devil’s Cut by J.R. Ward
August 1, 2017 by · Leave a Comment
Within the pages of J.R. Ward's DEVIL's CUT is the conclusion to one of my most highly anticipated love stories this year—the fate of Samuel T. and Gin's whatever-mance they have going on. J.R. Ward's Dynasty-inspired Southern soap opera is a quick and run romance read. I ...
Book Review – Are You Sleeping by Kathleen Barber
July 31, 2017 by · 1 Comment
Kathleen Barber's ARE YOU SLEEPING blends two formats together: the true crime podcast and a psychological thriller. Readers who are fans of true crime podcasts may want to give this book a try. I felt this novel was missing something, either unique plot and/or riveting ...
Book Review – He Said/She Said by Erin Kelly
July 30, 2017 by · Leave a Comment
Erin Kelly uses an eclipse as a metaphor for truth in her latest thriller HE SAID/SHE SAID that asks readers this question: how far would you go to cover up a lie to save someone you love? This slower paced novel with an delicate plot took me awhile to get into and the ...
