I actually had this whole thing written out back in February but forgot to post it. Oops!! First, the novel’s concept was quite compelling and made me want to read it, along with the cover. Second, I’m all for feminism and women helping women, but this novel fell flat. There were too many plot holes […]
I definitely wish I had this book available when I was a teenager. It would have saved a lot of heartbreak and shame from realizing my own feelings and who I am. This book had so many emotions: hopeful, heartbreaking, joyous, and everything in between! I was pleasantly surprised at how well Haley Kiyoko writes. […]
I totally decided to read this book based on the cover and nothing else. But I’m so glad I did because this book was fascinating and a ride from beginning to end. The actual plot was a good and usual mystery novel. The Emperor tasks Charm to find who killed him and is in a […]
Wow! Kurt Vonnegut remains a wonderful writer and storyteller in my book. I started reading Vonnegut’s work because of a Criminal Minds episode where Emily and Morgan bring up Kilgore Trout, and I decided to read Slaughterhouse-Five. While Slaughterhouse-Five is impressive, I wish I had read Mother Night sooner. The story of Howard W. Campbell, Jr. goes back and forth […]
This was definitely an interesting book to read. It took a minute to get into the writing style, as how stories are written varies from country to country. The flow of the story went back and forth between the past and present, so I had to make sure I was on top of where I […]
Title: The Maidens Author: Alex Michaelides Publisher: MacMillan Audio Published: 15 June 2021 Time: 9 hours and 19 minutes I’m not one to give out one-star ratings. So for me to give a one-star rating, it would have to be pretty bad! The Maidens opens with Mariana Andros’s niece, Zoe, contacting her about the murder […]
Title: Spoiler Alert Author: Olivia Dade Publisher: Avon Published: October 6, 2020 Pages: 416 Summary Marcus Caster-Rupp has a secret. The world may know him as Aeneas, star of the biggest show on television, but fanfiction readers call him something else: Book!AeneasWouldNever. Marcus gets out his frustrations with the show through anonymous stories about the […]
Title: The Book of Longings Author: Sue Monk Kidd Publisher: Viking Published: 21 April 2020 Pages: 432 To start, I’d probably not have read this book if it wasn’t for a book club I’m in. As someone who has left Christianity—multiple times, I might add—I wasn’t interested in a fictional book about someone who was […]
Title: Belladonna Author: Adalyn Grace Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Publication: 30 August 2022 Pages: 416 Orphaned as a baby, now at 19 Signa Farrow has been raised by a string of guardians, each more interested in her wealth than her well-being, and each has met an untimely end. Her last remaining relatives […]
Title: The Many Daughters of Afong Moy Author: Jamie Ford Publisher: Atria Books Publication: 2 August 2022 Pages: 384 I was immediately fascinated with this novel after reading the description and thankfully, it didn’t disappoint. Ford takes on the idea of epigenetic inheritance and generational trauma through women of a Chinese family. Moving through a […]