The Maidens by Alex Michaelides
**30 Books in 30 Days** Book 9/30 I received a free ARC of The Maidens by Alex Michaelides from Macmillan in an exchange for an honest review. I tell you what, I am just really not sure what to say about this book! I kind of feel like I want to sit with it some more, but I need to get this review out. I’m reading so many books this month they would just pile up if I didn’t keep on top of them, so […]
Stonewall: The Definitive Story of the LGBT Rights Uprising that Changed America by Martin Doberman
The Pursuit of Pearls by Clara Vine
Lust, Caution by Eileen Chang
While Justice Sleeps by Stacey Abrams
The Rocksburg Railroad Murders by K.C. Constantine
March Violets by Philip Kerr
Can't Knock the Hustle: Inside Brooklyn's Season of Hope: How Basketball Helped Us Survive Power, Politics, and a Global Pandemic by Matt Sullivan
The Lime Pit by Jonathan Valin
I was on vacation last week and, as you can tell from the stack in the header, I read a LOT… Stonewall: The Definitive Story of the LGBT Rights Uprising that Changed America **** I wish this had focused more on the Uprising itself, as opposed to being a semi auto-biography on those who were involved in it. But it’s still a fascinating story at the nascent days of the LGBTQIA+ Movement, the challenges and complexities, and what emerged from it. A good gateway into learning […]
Too Good to Be True by Carola Lovering
Skye has found love. She never thought it would be possible, especially with her Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. Her knocking patterns and need to kiss clocks prevents her from living a “normal” life. But Burke sees her for who she is, OCD and all, and he accepts her. They haven’t known each other for long, and they got engaged after a couple of months. They are planning to be married within a year of meeting, and Skye could not be happier. However, in chapters which alternate […]
Pretty Things by Janelle Brown
Two wildly different women–one a grifter, the other an heiress–are brought together by the scam of a lifetime… This book tells the story of two women from very different backgrounds. Nina has learned to make a living by playing the con game along with her boyfriend, Lachlan. They make a comfortable living, but her mother is sick and there’s big medical bills to pay. Things start to unravel, and the police come knocking on her door so Nina decides to disappear for awhile. She and […]
The Guest List by Lucy Foley
The reviews on this one were mixed, so I really wasn’t sure what to think. And anyway, I got it for free from Book of the Month since it was literally the only Book of the Year nominee I hadn’t read yet, and it’s a short read, so if it was sucky not really much of anything lost. And I definitely didn’t think it was sucky! It was an entertaining read. Most of the characters were despicable and detestable (except Olivia and Hannah, basically), but […]
False Witness by Karin Slaughter
Attorney Leigh Collier is attending a recital at her daughter’s fancy private school when she’s called in by her boss. Andrew Tennant, a wealthy client’s son, stands accuse of aggravated sexual assault and has specifically requested Leigh defend him. It takes Leigh a while, but then she recognises Andrew as the little boy she used to babysit – the little boy whose father she and her sister murdered twenty years earlier. Andrew makes no qualms about letting Leigh know that he knows what she did, […]
