Just for the Summer by Abby Jimenez: A Book Review Genre: Contemporary Romance Part of a stand alone series, Part of Your World (Bk 3), Just for the Summer details the romance between two people, a boy and a girl, whose relationships have been “cursed” – all significant others they have dated find “the one” … Continue reading A Curse for Love
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Another Greek Story
The Silence of the Girls by Pat Barker: A Book Review Genre: Historical Fiction Barker writes an interest retelling of the Iliad. For those that are not familiar with the piece, the Iliad is an epic poem written by the historic Greek author Homer. Written in the 8th century, the Iliad tells the famous story … Continue reading Another Greek Story
Seen and Heard
You’d Be Home Now by Kathleen Glasgow: A Book Review Genre: Fiction - YA Glosgow’s You’d be Home Now follows the story of a teenage girl, Emmy, who has to adjest to life after being involved in an awful car crash that killed a girl and brought to light her brother’s drug problem. Now that … Continue reading Seen and Heard
A Fun Little Documentary
The Reappearance of Rachel Price by Holly Jackson: A Book Review Genre: Thriller Jackson writes another interesting story with The Reappearance of Rachel Price. Reminding me a lot of her A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder series and One of Us is Lying by Karen McManus, the novel surrounds the story about the disappearance of … Continue reading A Fun Little Documentary
Religion and Dragons
The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon: A Book Review Genre: High Fantasy The Priory of the Orange Tree looked like a daunting task to read. Being 800+ pages, I figured it would take me FOREVER to read. In hindsight, it took me about 22 days when my average is about 8 so… … Continue reading Religion and Dragons
For the Romance Lovers
Exes and O’s by Amy Lea: A Book Review Genre: Romance The movies “What’s Your Number?” and “How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days” meet in, Amy Lea’s Exes and O’s. Going in, I did not realize this – I just thought that the summary was very rom-com and fun. However, by the first … Continue reading For the Romance Lovers
The Trouble with Marriage
The Golden Couple by Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen: A Book Review Genre: Thriller Hendricks and Pekkanen write a terrific story of a failing marriage. Full of the ups and downs of everyday life, the characters are shown as completely human, with the flaws and personalities of those in the public eye. I did especially … Continue reading The Trouble with Marriage
Horrors of Human Fear
That Night in the Library by Eva Jurczyk: A Book Review Genre: Thriller Think libraries are boring? Not this one. Crafting a story in which seven students lock themselves in a Rare book library, Jurczyk drops them one by one. Throughout the story, both you and the characters are asking the questions: What is going … Continue reading Horrors of Human Fear
All in One Day
The Paper Palace by Miranda Cowley Heller: A Book Review Genre: Fiction Being very character-driven, Miranda Cowley Heller writes a story spanning decades of the main character in a single day. Going back and forth between the present and the past surrounding the main character (Elle) who, throughout the book, must make a hard decision … Continue reading All in One Day
THUG LIFE
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas: A Book Review Genre: Urban Fiction In 2020, a man by the name of George Floyd was brutally murdered by police officers. It is this year that Thomas brought me back to in The Hate U Give. Written three years before the death of Floyd, Thomas depicts a … Continue reading THUG LIFE
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