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The Lion Women of Tehran by Marjan Kamali My rating: 3 of 5 stars This was a lovely story to listen to, and interesting history with good depth but the characters weren't as textured and developed as I would have liked. Glad I read it. View all my reviews

Everything Was Beautiful and Nothing Hurt by Ben Reeves My rating: 3 of 5 stars 3.5 stars for some reason this book didn't make it for me. I liked it but didn't love it. And i am not sure why. maybe it was the wrong book at the wrong time. View all my reviews

Someone Else's Husband by Kimberly McCreight My rating: 3 of 5 stars This was okay. readable and moved fast but will not stay with me. Sometimes those are the perfect books for the moment. View all my reviews

One of Us Is Guilty by Steve Cavanagh My rating: 4 of 5 stars Eddie Flynn might be one of my favorite fictional characters. I love watching him operate, especially in court! While this wasn't my very favorite of the Flynn novels, I really enjoyed watching Flynn in action and I loved how the twists kept coming as they always do in his novels. Just when you think you figured it all out, Cavanagh makes sure you continue to pay attention! with gratitude to netgalley and Atria Books for an early copy in exchange for an honest review View all my reviews

In Wonderland by Joyce Maynard My rating: 4 of 5 stars Maynard is such a wonderful storyteller. This is the story of Frances, fourteen, who gets to spend the summer in a lakefront home in Maine as a mother's helper. A world that is usually completely inaccessible to her, one full of country clubs, tennis tutors and more. This life seems magical to Frances who falls in love with so much of it and doesn't want the days to end. Until she realizes things are maybe not exactly as they seem and that maybe all that glitters is not, in fact, gold. The secrets start unraveling, her dreams of what this life is get shattered again and again as she gets embedded into the lives of the family she's staying with. This story brims with so much life. Frances' own coming of age story juxtaposed with the marriage and personal traumas of the Regina and Forrest and the lives of the two kids they have creates this layered and textured story of how complex ...

The Housewife by Natalie Barelli My rating: 3 of 5 stars This book was totally readable but also similar to many others I read. I had guessed the ending. At least most of it. It was still fun/easy to read. View all my reviews