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“I know it sounds like it was all just a terrible disaster. Of course, it does. Any situation involving four dead bodies is clearly far from ideal.” “It's very strange, looking back, how accepting children can be of the oddest scenarios.” The novel tells the stories of three characters. Libby, who was adopted and wanting… Continue reading The Family Upstairs by Lisa Jewell
“She knew the years of isolation had altered her behavior until she was different from others, but it wasn't her fault she'd been alone. Most of what she knew, she'd learned from the wild. Nature had nurtured, tutored, and protected her when no one else would.” The story follows two timelines that slowly intertwine. The… Continue reading Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
A charming, touching, heartwarming story about found family in unexpected places. This was a feel-good story that also touched on heavy topics like bullying, marriage issues, ageism, loneliness and work stress, and all with such great humor. The cast of characters is so diverse that you wouldn't expect it to work as well as it… Continue reading Iona Iverson’s Rules for Commuting by Clare Pooley
“Hearts don’t have bones. They can’t actually break.” “Maybe we did grow heart bones. But what if the only way of knowing you grew a heart bone is by feeling the agony caused by the break?” This novel follows Beyah. Beyah’s mission in life is to get away from Kentucky and her drug addicted mother.… Continue reading Heart Bones by Colleen Hoover
“How do you explain it when you find in someone what you’ve been waiting for your whole life? Do you call it fate? It feels lazy to call it fate. It’s more like finding your way home—where home is a place you secretly hoped for, a place you imagined, but where you’d never before been.… Continue reading The Last Thing He Told Me by Laura Dave
“She glimpsed, opening up in front of her, the possibility of a quite different life from the one she currently led, a far richer (in the cultural sense), more peopled life.” “Everything is material. And comedy equals tragedy plus time. Isn’t that how it goes?” This book jumps between the characters Laura, Miriam, Carla, Theo,… Continue reading A Slow Fire Burning by Paula Hawkins
This one reads like a literary mystery. How important can podcasts be in solving cold cases? Can one person's memory of a past event really hold the key to solving a case? Can adolescent memory be trusted? What if the person who should speak up, never does? These are all questions that I thought about… Continue reading I Have Some Questions For You by Rebecca Mekkai
This is a classic JoJo Moyes touching, heartwarming, & funny story. This premise, although a little far fetched, did grab me and had me wondering how a shoe swap could be such a life changing event. Nisha is a rich wife & mother. Her son is away at school in America. And her husband suddenly… Continue reading Someone Else’s Shoes by JoJo Moyes
“When you find love, you take it. You grab it with both hands and you do everything in your power not to let it go. You can’t just walk away from it and expect it to linger until you’re ready for it.” “It took four years for me to fall in love with him. It… Continue reading November 9 by Colleen Hoover
“And I get it. As much as I hate him . . . I think I’m starting to like us.” “It's so exhausting pretending to hate you.” “love is exhausting.” This book follows Olive Torres. Her and her twin sister Ami. Ami is the lucky one, while Olive has always been the unlucky one. But during Ami's wedding,… Continue reading The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren