Book Reviews

  • The Bad Beginning By: Lemony Snicket

    I tried to summarize this book, but felt the it was best to let the most clever, most truthful, most important author I have ever come across give you, reader, the summery. From the author: Dear Reader, I’m sorry to say that the book you are holding in your hands is extremely unpleasant. It tells…

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  • The Full Moon Coffee Shop By: Mai Mochizuki, Jesse Kirkwood (Translator)

    The reader follows multiple characters as they make their way through life and unexpectedly, in their time of need, a magically coffee shop appears with guidance from an unexpected source. The premise of this book reminded me of the movie Midnight in Paris with Owen Wilson. Instead of prominent figures from 1920s Paris .. in…

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  • Just Another Missing Person By: Gillian McAllister

    A detective’s past rule bending has come back to haunt her. In this twisted thriller from McAllister we are faced with a criminal that uses secrets as a way to bend their will and get the justice they deserve. McAllister is making a name for herself where a reader knows a twist is coming ……

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  • The River We Remember By: William Kent Krueger

    In small town Minnesota, in 1958, Jimmy Quinn is found murdered. Obviously murder is always a big deal, but it becomes a bigger deal when the person suspected is Noah Bluestone, a Native American WWII veteran who has recently returned to Jewel with a Japanese wife. As tensions rise, Sheriff Dern feels the pressure to…

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  • Heir of Fire By: Sarah J. Maas

    Celaena has found her place in the corrupt castle, but is this forever? Where does she go from here? How much should she give up? Choal, fearing for her safety, sends her off to a distant land. A place she knows from her past. A place where she will have to face her truth. Her…

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  • The Reckoning at Gossamer Pond By: Jamie Jo Wright

    A dueling POV timeline going from 1907 to present day, set in Gossamer Grove, Wisconsin. Two main characters seemingly unconnected yet all the signs point to they are. Both trying to uncover the secrets of their town to hopefully save themselves from the upcoming disaster. Hard book to describe as much as it was a…

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  • Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg

    Ask someone to name a Supreme Court Justice… 9 times out of 10 they won’t be able to. Yet, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has won over the internet and became ‘viral’, became ‘known’. I see her quotes in memes, on yard signs while walking my dog and still hear about her through social…

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  • Midnight in the Orchard by the Lake By: Matthew J. Sullivan

    Soap Lake, famous for the largest lava lamp in the world. Or is it? Things aren’t what they seem in Soap Lake. Is TreeTop just a bedtime story to keep children in line? Or is it something more? Why do people keep dying? Why do locals not want people looking into their precious lake? These…

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  • The Girls on Floor 13 By: Helen Phifer

    Maria and Frankie are back on the case when 2 girls are found dead in the infamous ‘haunted’ hotel, The Parker. Multiple situations, shall we say, happen in this murder mystery that will test the duo personally and professionally. My feelings are I didn’t feel anything one way or another. I didn’t hate it, I…

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  • Tress of the Emerald Sea

    Tress, a self proclaimed unremarkable girl, sets off on an adventure to save her new love, who also happens to be the DUke’s son. Only one problem, you aren’t allowed to leave The Rock, where Tress grew up To put simply, I strongly disliked this book. It felt like a bad Disney show. I grappled…

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