Book Reviews

  • 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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  • THE SECRET ADVERSARY BY AGATHA CHRISTIE

    Let me start by saying, I read this via audio book. Although I loved the speaker, I felt I was missing something by not holding a used paperback book while reading. That feeling, the pages, the smell were lost and I really believe it would have added to the reading experience.     Now – big…

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  • ANGEL FALLS BY KRISTIN HANNAH

    Kristin Hannah went viral with her latest books, for the past few YEARS, being great after great. So obviously she caught a lot of people’s attention… mine as well. So time to go through Hannah’s back catalogue. What’s interesting is I saw this book, Angel Falls, on an end cap in Target and thought it was…

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  • EVERYTHING, EVERYTHING BY NICOLA YOON

    This was a cute story – felt short and read through the book quickly. I feel like I’ve read a version of this story a few different times, a few different ways, so when it comes to the plot… it didnt feel special. It was very predictable.      The story itself is 3 stars. It’s ‘too’ short. The…

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