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Cry Havoc by Rebecca Wait My rating: 2 of 5 stars Eh. this was not as interesting as i'd hoped it would be. View all my reviews

Helpless by Jessica Knoll My rating: 3 of 5 stars 3.5 stars for the crazy twist at the end that really left me more confused than i expected. It was interesting but also i feel a little too over the top towards the end. View all my reviews

Beg, Borrow, or Steal by Sarah Adams My rating: 4 of 5 stars Cute, sweet read just when i needed one! View all my reviews

Meet Me in the Garden by Nina LaCour My rating: 4 of 5 stars What a gifted writer Nina LaCour is...I loved every minute I spent with the story of Odette who is best friends with her cousin Delphine. Both of whom have secrets they can't tell anyone else. As they make bold moves to leave their Creole community and move to Los Angeles, their lives diverge only to converge years later again as a result of a huge moment for Delphine. Neither woman will be the same again. As we follow Odette navigate her life and her choices and the consequences they bring, I felt like both wishing she were braver and having so much empathy for her and her fears around losing everything she loved most. LaCour's writing is so real that the characters jump off the page and carve their place in your heart as the story navigates family, belonging, mental illness, black community, sisterhood, queerness and so much more. Angel Pean's audio brought it to life beautifu...

Ms. Mebel Goes Back to the Chopping Block by Jesse Q. Sutanto My rating: 3 of 5 stars 3.5 totally readable. I loved listening to this one. It's fun, it's funny and full of moxy. View all my reviews

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

My Nemesis by Charmaine Craig My rating: 4 of 5 stars This book was so unusual, I am still thinking about it. Nothing happens, it's a book of ideas. Of perspective. Of how we see each other and how we judge each other and how we don't understand each other. It's about intellectualism, about motherhood, about marriage, about being a woman. and so much more. View all my reviews

The Shampoo Effect by Jenny Jackson My rating: 4 of 5 stars I enjoy Jackson's novels and this one delivers a funny and smart story about Caroline who is away on a writing retreat and meets Van and falls in love. She is then embedded into their long-existing friend group. But Van's on again and off again ex Bailey finds out that she's pregnant and she's keeping the baby...things take a bit of a complicated turn from there. Good story, well told. View all my reviews

Six Scorched Roses by Carissa Broadbent My rating: 3 of 5 stars Not sure why I read this one :) View all my reviews

Regime Change: Inside the Imperial Presidency of Donald Trump by Maggie Haberman My rating: 3 of 5 stars Interesting but also nothing new. View all my reviews

The Neighbors Are Watching by Aggie Blum Thompson My rating: 3 of 5 stars Meh, interesting but also forgettable for me. View all my reviews

Main Characters by Bobby Palmer My rating: 3 of 5 stars 3.5 stars. I liked the way this story was told from the perspective of others' views of the couple. But that also made the depth limited because we didn't get to see their inner worlds at all. It was lovely nonetheless. View all my reviews

Dead Girls First by Zia Rayyan My rating: 3 of 5 stars yes yes i read the second one, too. i kept rolling my eyes, though, i promise :) View all my reviews

The Dead Girls Book Club by Zia Rayyan My rating: 3 of 5 stars This was a fast read and held my interest but i did roll my eyes quite a few times. View all my reviews

The Dead Girls Book Club by Zia Rayyan My rating: 3 of 5 stars This was a fast read and held my interest but i did roll my eyes quite a few times. View all my reviews