This latest novel by Jennifer Weiner was thoroughly readable and engaging as long as I squashed my inner cynic into a small ball and buried it deep in a drawer. It tells the story of Rachel Blum and Andy Landis, who first meet when they are 8 years old. Rachel is in a Florida hospital being treated for a heart condition that she has struggled with since birth. Andy ends up in the E.R. of the same hospital with a broken arm. The accident happened […]
Short and Sweet (or NetGalley, I love you but you’re bringing me down)
I wanted to like this book. I’m glad I didn’t pay money for it. It made me want to hurl my Kindle across the room at numerous points (and not just at the end). You should read it. *I received an advanced copy of this book from NetGalley in exchange for a fair and unbiased review.
Living Off the Grid – What could possibly go wrong?
I’ve read a few of Kelley Armstrong’s previous books—mostly ones featuring werewolves—but this thriller looked like a fun summer read and that pretty much defines it. There are some things I liked about it and some things that annoyed me but it was a quick read that kept my attention and kept me guessing about just enough plot points. Here’s the basic setup. Casey Duncan is a successful police detective who has a dark secret. When she was in college, she killed her boyfriend but […]
Pet Bereavement Counselors Have Problems Too
Meg Brennan has recently relocated from Philadelphia to San Francisco and has started up a business as a pet bereavement counselor. However, as is often the case with those in the counseling field, she is struggling with her own issues. Her beloved dog, Toby, died not long after she arrived in California and since then Meg has found herself unable to leave the house. She has managed to hide this from her best friend (and landlord) who lives upstairs thanks to the magic of ordering […]
Ain’t Nothing but a Ginsburg Thing
This book was a great way to pass some time on a 12-hour flight to China though I wished I had the “real” book because all the visuals were hard to see on my Kindle. I was a big fan of Ruth Bader Ginsburg before I read this and now I’m an even bigger fan. For those of you who are not familiar, this book developed from the Notorious RBG Tumblr blog started in 2013. Carmon & Knishnik do a great job of giving the […]
If Charlotte Bronte and Al Swearengen Had a Child, It Might Be This Jane
It’s hard not to like a book that starts with a quote from Jane Eyre and a murder. Though Jane Steele, a novel by Lyndsay Faye, didn’t rock my world as much as I had hoped, I did have a good time reading it and I definitely recommend it both if you are a fan of the original Bronte novel or even if you aren’t. It took me a bit to warm up to this Jane—partly because I couldn’t figure out how seriously to take […]
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