I really enjoyed The Family Upstairs by Lisa Jewell. Before reading it, I didn’t look over the synopsis, I just dug right in. It was slightly confusing but I soon figured it all out. Lisa knows how to spin a story and get the reader invested in the characters lives. There were a few surprises in the book which…
The Deep End of the Ocean by Jacquelyn Mitchard I loved this book! I remember being so captivated by the storyline when I read it even though I read it before I had kids. This one remains one of my favorite Oprah picks. Oprah Book Club® Selection, September 1996: The horror of losing a child is somehow made worse when the…
I cannot believe June is around the corner! What happened to May? And April? Why is time flying by so quickly? I have been reading so much, I am almost at my Goodreads challenge goal of reading 95 books this year, I have read 88! How do I read so much? I have been staying up very, very late to…
I keep thinking I am going to slow down with my reading but awesome book after awesome book is published and I just can’t stop! Are there any genres that you don’t like? For me, I do not gravitate towards science fiction, dystopian, fantasy, anything demonic or gory. I don’t care for romance. If a novel is highly recommended then…
2019 continues to bring us fantastic books! I keep reading and reading and haven’t taken a break since the calendar turned from 2018 to the new year. This is PART ONE of books to read new. More coming soon! I have reviewed these previously but compiled these May releases into one list for you. Have you read any? Stone…
Do you think your kids are bad? Just get a load of the child in Baby Teeth by Zoje Stage! I was hooked on this story. It’s creepy and twisted. A must-read for fans of horror and crime. Meet Hanna. She’s the sweet-but-silent angel in the adoring eyes of her Daddy. He’s the only person who understands her,…
The premise of Keep You Close by Karen Cleveland sparked my interest right away. Immediately I wondered what I would do in the same situation. What would you do? Stephanie Maddox makes tough decisions every day. She has her hands full heading the FBI’s Internal Investigations division, policing wrongdoers within the Bureau. But, as a single mother, the…
There are so many good books coming out in 2019. I have been glued to the pages of one book or another since January without missing a single day of reading. Here are some to add to your MUST READ pile! Fleishman is in Trouble by Taffy Brodesser-Akner What appealed to me about this was that it sounded…
Donna Has Left The Building by Susan Jane Gilman I really enjoy this author’s writing and loved her novel, The Ice Cream Queen of Orchard Street as well as Undress Me In The Temple of Heaven. In this book, former punk rocker now wife and mother, Donna runs away from home after discovering something about her husband that changes…
According to Goodreads, these are the top Mysteries and Thrillers! Have you read any? My favorites from this list are The Silent Patient and Anonymous Girl. I will also read anything that author Peter Swanson writes, his books are all page turners! In this debut, a woman shoots her husband dead and refuses to utter another word after the…