Book Reviews

  • The Reptile Room By: Lemony Snicket

    The Baudelaire children get another lovely chance of being adopted by an actual nice person that is also actually interesting! What luck! But as we know, luck doesn’t find the Baudelaire children often … or ever. So don’t get your hopes up for a happily ever after. I am loving working my way through this…

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  • Middle of the Night By: Riley Sager

    Ethan reluctantly returns to his family home 30 years later to help out his parents. It should be an easy in and out and he can officially leave the past in the past. Instead the past comes back to haunt him. He is reminded what happened years ago when his best friend disappeared and him…

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  • The Correspondent By: Virginia Evans

    Absolutely in love with this debut from Virginia Evans. It’s not on goodreads yet, so I’ll remind you later in the year when it publishes in May! Follow Sybil through a series of letters as she moves through life, healing old wounds, discovering new ones. Letters that bring happiness, discovery and sadness. Enjoy Virginia’s love…

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  • Strange Sally Diamond By: Liz Nugent

    Sally Diamond is known for being … ‘strange’. This isn’t really a problem when you never leave your house. But when her father dies and there is a bit of a ‘miscommunication’ on what to do with his dead body, the spotlight is cast directly on her. Who is Sally Diamond? Now Sally, a middle-aged…

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  • Cross My Heart By: Megan Collins

    Rosie is a little sad … she was dumped in her wedding dress, needed a life saving heart transplant, her health is precarious and all she wants to find is ‘The One’. When she finds out that her heart came from local, famous author Morgan’s dead wife a plan is hatched. While reading this story…

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  • The Ministry of Time By: Kaliane Bradley

    Finished this ‘over hyped’ book last night. Am I nuts or do others feel the same? Love to hear your thoughts in the comments below. The UK has discovered a way to time travel. So what do they do? Invent a secret group called ‘The Ministry of Time’ and bring figures from the past to…

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  • 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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