This has been on my TBR list for a while… I must have heard about it on one of the Facebook reading groups I frequent, and I’m glad I did. I just wish I had gotten to this one sooner. Translated from Japanese to English, this is the story of 36-year-old Keiko Furukura, who lives alone in Tokyo in a small studio apartment. From the time she was a young girl, much to the consternation … Read More “Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata” »
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I didn’t know what to expect with The Last Flight, but I’ve been hearing lots of buzz surrounding it, so I couldn’t wait to read it. And I wasn’t disappointed. This might be the best suspense/thriller book I’ve read this year, and at the very least it’s in my top three. The book alternates between the points of view of Claire and Eva. Claire, married to a wealthy and powerful (and physically abusive and controlling) … Read More “The Last Flight by Julie Clark” »
I really enjoy Jenny Colgan’s books for a bit light-hearted escapism, and this one did not let me down. Know that this is book 3 of the series, and somehow I read the first book and still have the second one sitting in my TBR pile, but even so, I really enjoyed this book and easily picked up what I missed. Lissie is a London nurse, juggling dozens of patients assigned to her house call … Read More “500 Miles from You by Jenny Colgan” »
**BLOG TOUR** I’m excited to be posting as part of the Bookouture Blog Tour for their latest thriller, The Birthday Weekend. Back in college, there was a close-knit group of girls who were seemingly very close: Amy, Kat, Louise, Daisy, and Hannah. Everyone got along until Hannah’s boyfriend and first love Sam left her for Daisy. Not too much later, Hannah was found dead in the woods by the school, presumed a suicide. Now, 25 … Read More “The Birthday Weekend by Lesley Sanderson” »
Lucy lost her mother at a young age, so when she gets engaged to Ollie, she dreams of having a close, loving relationship with Diana, her mother-in-law to be. But, while Diana is well-respected in the community and established a nonprofit to help new refugees, she is very cold (albeit polite) to Lucy. She isn’t mean, necessarily, more unaware — from emphasizing the borrowed part of the something borrowed item she lends Lucy for the … Read More “The Mother-in-Law by Sally Hepworth” »