Book Reviews

  • Being Henry: The Fonz . . . and Beyond By: Henry Winkler

    Henry Winkler, or better known as “the Fonz” from the TV show Happy Days, wrote a memoir. Horrible intro, I know. What can I say though? It’s a memoir. I wasn’t a HUGE Happy Day fan, but I did watch it and I knew (and mimicked) the beloved character of ‘The Fonz’ most of my life.…

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  • The Peculiar Garden of Harriet Hunt By: Chelsea Iversen

    Harriet Hunt is in a pickle … her father is gone, his debtors are knocking on her door and her garden is out of control. A story that covers grief, loneliness and finding your way in life. My first note I made about this book was ‘the writing is very flowery, which makes sense as…

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  • Tell Me What You Did By: Carter Wilson

    Poe runs a very popular podcast. She took advantage of the ‘true crime’ craze and goes direct to the source, the criminals. Everything is going smooth until a guest says something that knocks Poe off her seat. He shouldn’t know these things, something is off and she must know more. I do love a good…

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  • Thieves’ Gambit By: Kayvion Lewis

    The Quest family are famous for being thieves. During a heist, Ross mom is kidnapped she needs to find a way to save her. It seems an impossible task coming up with a billion dollars, until she remembers a competition where she can win a wish. A wish for anything she wants. All she wants…

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  • A Killing Cold By: Kate Alice Marshall

    Theo and Connor are newly engaged, head over heels couple heading up to the family  “cabin” for Christmas. There’s only one hitch. Connor is extremely wealthy. The cabin is a castle. And everyone is keeping secrets. I went into this story completely blind and I’m so glad for it. The way it starts off and…

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  • One Big Happy Family By: Jamie Day

    A family hotel on the coast of Maine is being passed down to the next generation. All the owning family members arrive to the hotel for the will reading. If that’s not dramatic enough, a mysterious guest arrives, a long history with the current maid and to top it all off a storm blows in…

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  • The Lake House Children By: Gregg Dunnett

    A family’s lake house becomes the center of this drama when long ago secrets are finally revealed. You thought this would be an inheritance fight over the lake house? Way more comes to light as the family must face the past in the most unexpected way. Whether you believe this is a story about real…

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  • Only If You’re Lucky By: Stacy Willingham

    Margot, a quiet girl who made her best friend Eliza her entire life is thrown for a loop when Eliza tragically dies. Margot decides she must go on with their plans of college, even though she’ll have to do it alone. She isn’t alone for long, as here enters Lucy Sharpe. Lucy is larger than…

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  • Little Secrets By: Jennifer Hillier

    I read this as an audio book and spoiler alert, it was EXCELLENT. Happy Wednesday all! This book is about a child that has gone missing. Jar of Hearts is on my TBR list, but instead I stumbled upon Hillier’s newest novel Little Secrets. I read this through my ears via an audiobook. It can…

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  • The Lost Bookshop By: Evie Woods

    A story written in two timelines the past and the present. Opaline and Martha have their own difficulties and journeys, but the one thing they have in common is where they feel safe … a disappearing bookshop. Magical realism is seeping through the books as readers are immersed in a world where a bookshop decides…

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