I was lucky enough to have enough time to just sit and read this one inside of a day, and you’ll definitely want to keep turning the pages to find out what happens next. Frankie Elkin is your run-of-the mill, average, middle-age white woman, with a couple of things that sets her apart. First, she’s an alcoholic. She’s been clean for several years, but she still craves a drink every day, even though she claims … Read More “Before She Disappeared by Lisa Gardner” »
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As historical fiction, this was an enjoyable retelling of what became known as the Children’s Blizzard of 1888, which swept across the Dakota Territory and left at least 235 people dead, most of them schoolchildren trying to get home after school. This book centers around four main characters who find their lives permanently changed by the blizzard: Raina and Gerda Olsen (sisters and schoolteachers,) Annette Pedersen (a young girl sold by her mother to another … Read More “The Children’s Blizzard by Melanie Benjamin” »
Detective Amanda Steele lost everything almost six years ago after her husband and daughter were killed by a drunk driver and she shut out her parents and siblings, unable to be near them after her life fell apart. Now she spends her nights drinking too much and having one night stands, although somehow she still keeps it together enough to stay at her job as a homicide detective. She gets a called to a crime … Read More “The Little Grave by Carolyn Arnold” »
A modern day reimagination of Jane Eyre set in the South, this thriller will keep you turning pages as fast as you can right through the end. Jane — not her real name — is an almost homeless dog walker in an extremely well-to-do neighborhood, trying to improve her lot in life. When she meets Eddie — who rushes out to buy a dog for her to walk — she sees her chance. And even … Read More “The Wife Upstairs by Rachel Hawkins” »
This was an overall fun, sweet book, and I liked how it was narrated by the main character looking back over his life and telling his story to an unnamed (until the end) interviewer. If you’re looking for something fast, easy, and relatively feel-good, give this one a go. In some ways, it reminded me of Fannie Flagg’s books, but I think I liked these characters more than many of Flagg’s books. Set in 1938, … Read More “Better Luck Next Time by Julia Claiborne Johnson” »