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In the 1950s, Sonia, Katie, Roberta, and CiCi are 15-years-old roommates at an all-girls boarding school, Idlewild, which has a poor reputation and it’s very own home-grown ghost, Mary Hand. After a trip to visit her elderly and distant relatives, Sonia — a Holocaust survivor — never returns, and her best friends fear the worst. … Read More “The Broken Girls by Simone St. James” »
This was a fun, light-hearted romance, and if you weren’t already in the mood for the holiday season yet this year, In a Holidaze will jumpstart your desire. Maisie is 26, working a dead-end job, and living back at home with her parents. The man she’s loved since she was 13 (Andrew) just happens to be the … Read More “In a Holidaze by Christina Lauren” »
I’ve only read a couple books by Jodi Picoult in the past — many are on my list, but my list is long so I haven’t gotten there yet — which might have helped because I didn’t have the same expectations as other reviewers. Overall, I really enjoyed this book. The book opens with Dawn … Read More “The Book of Two Ways by Jodi Picoult” »
This is a fun, quick, fairly light mystery/suspense novel that is perfect to get you out of any reading slump you might find yourself in. Three women, one man. (Maybe you’re not supposed to know that it’s one man right away, but the title of the book alludes to that anyway.) Holly has been married … Read More “The Three Mrs. Wrights by Linda Keir” »
Overall, this was the perfect book for the beginning of autumn. The writing style reminded me of a fairy tale, and I just wanted to curl up under a warm blanket with some apple cider and enjoy it uninterrupted. Alice Hoffman’s latest addition to the Practical Magic series takes us back to the years of … Read More “Magic Lessons by Alice Hoffman” »
Hazel Gaynor has written another wonderful historical fiction novel that will leave you both content and in tears. Set in China during WWII, a British-run missionary school, filled with British and American students and teachers, is taken over by the Japanese army. Different chapters are told from the perspective of different characters, but the main … Read More “When We Were Young & Brave by Hazel Gaynor” »
I’m usually late to the party on thriller series, so it was nice starting a series from the beginning right when it’s being published. While I figured out the responsible party as soon as this character was introduced, it was still a suspenseful crime thriller, which answered the main whodunit for this book but left … Read More “Watch Her Vanish by Ellery A. Kane” »
I really wanted to like this one a lot more than I did. I loved the premise, but unfortunately, for me, it just didn’t live up to the promise. Two weeks before the wedding, Amy’s fiancé Matt doesn’t return home after a dinner with a client. She calls the police to report him missing, but … Read More “The Vow by Debbie Howells” »
I’m just going to say it up here: Keep reading all the way to the end. That’s what makes the whole book. Seriously, keep reading. Iris and Summer are identical twins on the outside, but inside — where it counts — they are actually mirror images of each other, both in the placement of their … Read More “The Girl in the Mirror by Rose Carlyle” »
In 1934, Ruth escapes the psychiatric hospital in Tuscaloosa where she was born and raised after one of the orderlies tries to force her into an unwanted marriage. After taking a job caring for an ailing, elderly man — who gifts her with a rare coin and then dies — she becomes half of the … Read More “Reviving the Hawthorn Sisters by Emily Carpenter” »