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Think Twice by Harlan Coben My rating: 4 of 5 stars I enjoy the Coben novels. Especially when I am looking for a twisty mystery. They never disappoint. View all my reviews

Here After by Amy Lin My rating: 5 of 5 stars really beautiful portrayal of grief and loss. It was very sad. View all my reviews

Not in Love by Ali Hazelwood My rating: 4 of 5 stars Ali Hazelwood rarely disappoints. This one is deeper and more complex than her previous stories. Also quite a bit spicier. But it still has her quintessential tone and quirks. View all my reviews

A Reason to See You Again by Jami Attenberg My rating: 4 of 5 stars This is the story of a family of four over a period of forty years. The patriarch, and the heart, of the family, Rudy, dies and leaves the mom and two girls rudderless. They spend the rest of their lives trying to find their true north. Weaving in and out of each others' lives. Always finding their way back to each other. It covers many topics around motherhood, family, sisterhood, marriage, loneliness, friendship (especially female friendship) and more. This book is mostly sad. It's real in so many ways and also it's a true portrayal of inherited trauma. The writing is beautiful and the characters are so real they jump off the page. with gratitude to Ecco and netgalley for an advanced copy in exchange for an honest review View all my reviews

The Night We Lost Him by Laura Dave My rating: 5 of 5 stars Laura Dave's latest book is about a family patriarch who dies. Liam has three ex-wives and three children. A daughter from his first marriage and twin boys from his second one. He loves them all very much and works hard to keep his lives separate and meaningful. Then he dies. And his son Sam is convinced it's not a fall like it appears to be. He enlists the daughter to help and together they go back and forth between California and NYC to dig up what happened to their dad. This is a little bit of a mystery, a little bit about families, lost love, grief, love and of course secrets. Dave is a great writer and once I started it, I didn't put this book down until i was done. with gratitude to Simon Element and netgalley for an advanced copy in exchange for an honest review View all my reviews

Sky Full of Elephants by Cebo Campbell My rating: 5 of 5 stars This book was unlike anything I've read in a long while. One day all the white people walk into the sea and die. Charlie receives a phone call from the daughter he never met, Sidney, who asks him to come get her and take her to Alabama where she thinks she might still have one relative left. The details about the world, the writing, the characters, the ideas in this book are going to stay with me for a long time. I know some people will hate the ending, but I loved it. In fact I loved all of this book. It's rare that a book surprises me but this one did. with gratitude to Simon & Schuster and netgalley for an advanced copy in exchange for an honest review View all my reviews

Here One Moment by Liane Moriarty My rating: 5 of 5 stars I read this story in one swallow. And I know that it's going to be controversial. Because some people will find it very unsatisfying. But in my opinion it was a wonderful story around grief, destiny, loneliness, power of the media, choice and a lot more. I loved each of the characters' stories and especially the main character who has the longest arc as you see everything that got her to this moment. All the ups and downs that make a life. All the grief and hope and joy and sadness and loneliness. All the things we do to save the people we love. To save ourselves. Moriarty's stories are always unputdownable and this one is no exception. with gratitude to Crown Publishing and netgalley for an advanced copy in exchange for an honest review View all my reviews