“Nothing is more satisfying to humans than watching another person fail. Especially when it’s someone who has everything you don’t.” This is the story of three best friends: one who was murdered, one who went to prison, and one who's been searching for the truth all these years . . . When she was sixteen… Continue reading Jar of Hearts by Jennifer Hillier
A Brush With Love by Mazey Eddings
“No one doubts you constantly do your best. We all admire you so much for how hard you work. But some days, your best can be a B, and some days your best can even be a C, or some days, it could mean doing nothing at all but just breathing.” Harper is anxiously awaiting… Continue reading A Brush With Love by Mazey Eddings
The Incredible Winston Brown by Sean Dietrich
This was a heartfelt story about a small town hero and is for anyone who has any interest in baseball. In this story, Winston Browne is a small town sheriff with a big heart. This takes place in the 50's in Florida. I thought the small town of Moab, FL with it's population of 912… Continue reading The Incredible Winston Brown by Sean Dietrich
Going Zero by Anthony McCarten
Going Zero is the type of book that builds up in intensity as it goes along. I started out slightly interested in the premise and once I got through some of the minor background details, the story really took off. Of course, the twists really make you sit up and take notice as well. I… Continue reading Going Zero by Anthony McCarten
Kingdom of Ash by Sarah J Maas
“Death had been her curse and her gift and her friend for these long, long years. She was happy to greet it again under the golden morning sun.” The epic series finale in the Throne of Glass series. Aelin Galathynius has vowed to save her people ― but at a tremendous cost. Locked within an… Continue reading Kingdom of Ash by Sarah J Maas
Late Bloomers by Deepa Varadarajan
An Indian American family is turned upside down when the parents split up thirty-six years into their arranged marriage in this “heartwarming journey of self-discovery.” Equally entertaining and heartfelt, this was a moving family drama that follows four different members of an Indian American family as they try to find love and start over after divorce and failed relationships.… Continue reading Late Bloomers by Deepa Varadarajan
Forever Never by Lucy Score
“You didn’t put me in your shadow. The sun was shining just as brightly on me. I just didn’t notice it. It took all that for me to find the right path, my own path, to realize I was already standing in the sun.” You don’t fall for your brother’s high school sweetheart, your boss’s… Continue reading Forever Never by Lucy Score
No Two Persons by Erica Bauermeister
"No two persons ever read the same book." This is the framework for this book and how I went into thinking about this book as I was reading it. This book was an interesting take on books and reading. How thoughtful Bauermeister is! The more I thought about this book, the more I liked it.… Continue reading No Two Persons by Erica Bauermeister
In The Lives of Puppets by T.J. Klune
What would happen if computers & machines evolved? "How does one arrive at the decision to kill God?" TJ Klune is a master with this genre. This is a sci-fi with a Pinocchio feel to it. The characters were so inventive and the plot was snappy. In The Lives of Puppets is one that will… Continue reading In The Lives of Puppets by T.J. Klune
A Flicker In The Dark by Stacy Willingham
“It’s the realization of how many hidden bodies could be buried beneath my feet at any point in time, the world above them completely oblivious to their existence.” When Chloe Davis was twelve, six teenage girls went missing in her small Louisiana town. By the end of the summer, Chloe’s father had been arrested as… Continue reading A Flicker In The Dark by Stacy Willingham