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Continue reading →: Counting Miracles is Classic Americana
Authored by Nicholas Sparks; Published September 2024; Romance ⭐️⭐️⭐️ / 🏖️🏖️🏖️ I have never been a Nicholas Sparks stan. I’ve never read or seen The Notebook or A Walk to Remember. I approached this novel with some trepidation—I am a happy-ending girl and Sparks seems to be famous for his…
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Continue reading →: The God of the Woods is a Truly Epic Mystery
Authored by Liz Moore; Published July 2024; Mystery ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ / 🏖️🏖️ The God of the Woods is an epic mystery. It spans three decades and dives deeply into two different mysteries, nimbly jumping between them. I applaud Liz Moore—it takes a lot of skill to weave this much information together…
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Continue reading →: The Friend Zone Deals with Heavy Issues But Ends with Hope
Authored by Abby Jimenez; Published 2019; Romance ⭐️⭐️⭐️ / 🏖️🏖️ The Friend Zone is not a romance for the faint of heart. If you are looking for an easy read, divorced from the complexities of real relationships, this is not the one to pick up. But, I can’t help but…
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Continue reading →: Here One Moment is Not for Those with Medical Anxiety
Authored by Liane Moriarty; Published August 2024; Thriller ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ / 🏖️ I suffer from medical anxiety. To me, it is a surprise that anyone who grew up in the age of WebMD does not. So, the premise of Here One Moment, in which a woman informs many passengers on a…
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Continue reading →: Shelterwood is a Coming of Age Novel with a Side of Murder
Authored by Lisa Wingate; Published June 2024; Historical fiction / Mystery ⭐️⭐️⭐️ / 🏖️🏖️ Shelterwood vaguely reminded me of the many, many coming of age novels that I read in school. Kids, striking off on their own because their parents can’t or won’t take care of them. It’s not my…
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Continue reading →: Disappearing Earth Brings Me to an Entirely Different Life
Authored by Julia Phillips; Published May 2019; Fiction ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ / 🏖️🏖️ At this point in my life, I have been forced to accept that reading non fiction is bot my favorites way to spend time. I try to focus on the facts, but somewhere between the paragraphs, my mind wanders…
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Continue reading →: Sandwich is Full of Nostalgia
Authored by Catherine Newman; Published June 2024; Fiction ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ I wasn’t sure that I should put Sandwich on my TBR list. Looking at the premise of the novel, it seems like it’s for a slightly older woman, looking back on her life with both contentedness and regret. But, reading it…
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Continue reading →: Creation Lake is Heavy on Philosophy, Light on Suspense
Authored by Rachel Kushner; Published August 2024; Thriller ⭐️⭐️ / 🏖️🏖️ Creation Lake is described as a philosophical thriller, and it’s fair to say I did not vibe with the philosophical elements of the novel. It was beautifully written and introduced a fascinating perspective on the place of Homo sapiens…
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Continue reading →: The Hands of the Emperor Shows What We Want Government To Be
Authored by Victoria Goddard; Published 2018; Fantasy ⭐️⭐️⭐️ / 🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️ I’m of two minds about The Hands of the Emperor–it certainly transported me to another world, another time, another culture. It was not at all a page turner, but my investment in these characters and this kingdom grew steadily until…
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Continue reading →: You Are Here Makes Romance Realistic
Authored by David Nicholls; Published April 2024; Romance ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ / 🏖️🏖️ I’ve read a lot of books set in England this year, but You Are Here is the first one that made me think that I may not be quite English enough to get it. Granted, that may be because…
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