The Storm by Rachel Hawkins
Please note that I received this book via NetGalley. This did not affect my rating or review. I honestly am shocked at how much I loved this newest offering by Hawkins. I did not care for "The Heiress" and thought there was too much going on in that book to really enjoy it. "The Storm" though has … [Read more]
Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy
Bingo Square: Family (four of the five characters are from the same family) The setting of this novel is the best part - set on a fictional island, Shearwater, near Antarctica, it follows a family of four (father, Dominic, and three children) as they prepare to leave Shearwater forever after eight … [Read more]
The Girl I Was by Jeneva Rose
I never heard of this author before, but she's apparently very popular in thriller reader circles. I have to say that this book which is out of the norm for her was very very good. We got some time travel here with some heart. And I do say heart though parts of the book is heartbreaking. I really … [Read more]
Notes on an Execution by Danya Kukafka
BINGO: "N," how silly of me to forget. hot take maybe a slight round up, but I really did find it unputdownable towards the end This is one of those flip forward flip backwards books that walks you through (in second person, always a gutsy choice) the present day, when Ansel is scheduled to be … [Read more]
North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell
BINGO: without much futzing I think "border" is very apt for this book, which considers the cultural divide between the North and South of England. With that comes a second (well, third) bingo line hot take it's like pride and prejudice except pulled forward a bunch of years and we get a lot more … [Read more]
The Listeners by Maggie Stiefvater
4.5 stars CBR17 Bingo: Culture (A lot of people from a lot of different backgrounds, countries and cultures are forced together for a time during World War II) Official plot summary: January 1942. The Avallon Hotel & Spa has always offered elegant luxury in the wilds of West Virginia, its … [Read more]
