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To Kill a Cook by W.M. Akers My rating: 4 of 5 stars Really enjoyed this one. I liked the narration, i liked the main character. It wasn't as funny as Finlay Donovan but it was interesting and i loved all the food details. View all my reviews

So Old, So Young by Grant Ginder My rating: 0 of 5 stars I am not rating this story because I had to walk away from it about halfway through. Maybe it's because I am not a millennial and wasn't the target audience. Either way, this one did not keep my interest. maybe at some point i can come back to it. View all my reviews

107 Days by Kamala Harris My rating: 3 of 5 stars Read this for an assignment. It was interesting but not as deeply interesting as I was hoping it would be. Fast read and some thought-provoking bits. View all my reviews

That Night by Gillian McAllister My rating: 4 of 5 stars I love reading McAllister's books. Once I pick them up, I always know I will not be able to put them down. This was no exception. I was reading another story during vacation where I noticed that my attention kept wandering so I switched to this story and within seconds I was hooked and didn't want to stop reading until I was done. This is the story of what it means to be a family. A dysfunctional family that has become enmeshed through an early loss and now doesn't know how to untangle themselves. Then the unthinkable happens and they show up for each other. Of course, they show up for each other. But then. Then, they can't let it go. They start unraveling one by one, bit by bit. Their worst enemy is coming from within. The guilt eats at them. It colors everything and everyone they look at. And then they start questioning each other. And then it unravels even further. Until ther...

We Burned So Bright by T.J. Klune My rating: 5 of 5 stars This little book has so much packed in it. It's sad and hopeful and so thought-provoking. It's what we've come to love from T.J. Klune about how it feels to be different humans in the world, what struggle looks like and the different shapes and forms it can take. And how we can love endlessly and still not always be able to help in the right ways. How we can't really help those who don't want to be helped and how it's tricky to be a human on this earth. This book will break your heart over and over again and then really break it before it's over. And it will stay with you a long time, like all Klune's stories do. with gratitude to netgalley and Macmillan Audio for an advanced copy in exchange for an honest review. View all my reviews

The Exes by Leodora Darlington My rating: 2 of 5 stars Meh this one dragged on forever and by the time the twists came, i couldn't care less. View all my reviews