Book Reviews

  • THE FAVOR BY NORA MURPHY

    I’m struggling between 3 stars and 4 stars for this story…. we’ll see what you decide when you get to the end of the review. This is a well written story. What I really enjoyed about it, is how well it was written from the author’s phone (the author mentions having to write most of…

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  • THE PENNYMORES AND THE CURSE OF THE INVISIBLE QUILL BY ERIC KOESTER

    Such a cute book. I haven’t read a middle-school era book in awhile and this reminded me of the good ol days. Would I recommend this for adults? No.. ha     I appreciate it for what it is. Additional points for the fact that it’s all about reading and writing and protecting the ‘bad people’…

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  • WHERE THE CRAWDADS SING BY DELIA OWENS

    I LOVED THIS BOOK – but I’m also realistic. There are some major flaws with this novel that you can’t help but notice. If you were like me though, you choose to overlook them because the story felt so original and interesting you didn’t want to hate it. (ha)  Do I think the author wanted…

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  • EVERY SUMMER AFTER BY: CARLEY FORTUNE

    I loved, loved this story. I recently just watched (not read, sorry) The Summer I Turned Pretty and wow it felt reallllllyyyy similar. Except, Every Summer After is a little bit more … spicy. (Well, a lot more spicy.) I’ll contradict myself later in my review, but this is an adult novel inside a young adult shell.    As a…

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  • BLOOMSBURY GIRLS BY NATALIE JENNER

    Overall, such a cute book, such a good idea for a book and for any book nerd I’m not sure what is not to love about the story.     Sadly, as a book nerd, I ‘read’ this book via audiobook. The speaker was wonderful, her voice and accent really set the scene for me, yet, I still felt something…

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  • PRETTY GIRLS BY KARIN SLAUGHTER

    This is my second attempt at a Slaughter novel. The first attempt was False Witness, her newer novel and I absolutely hated it. I didn’t understand how she could get such a following when I not only hated what she was writing about but also how she was writing about it. Her writing style bothers me, sorry (not sorry). It’s just…

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  • THE FAMILY REMAINS BY LISA JEWELL

    I know in her author’s note she said that the amount of requests coming through from fans is what drove her to write this sequel to ‘The Family Upstairs’. She doesn’t like writing sequels and didn’t want to. I’m not sure who was writing in these requests as I felt Jewell ending the original book…

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  • LILY AND THE OCTOPUS BY STEVEN ROWLEY

    This is a quirky one and not for the reader who likes things straight forward. Which, I realized is ‘kinda’ me? I spent most of the book annoyed at the slight immaturity of Ted and how it seemed like things were happening to him rather than Lily. Yet – I balance it with, who am I to judge how people deal…

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