📚📚📚📚 1/2 The Astral Library Kate Quinn 304 pages William Morrow Goodreads/Amazon/Bookshop.org I have been very mixed on Kate Quinn’s historical fiction; I have loved some of it and some has bored me to tears. This is a huge … Continued
👮👮👮👮 Jigsaw Jonathan Kellerman 256 Pages Ballantine Publishing Goodreads/Amazon/Bookshop.org For me. Reading Jonathan Kellerman’s Alex Delaware series is like wrapping myself in a fuzzy warm blanket; it is cozy and comforting. Although I have … Continued
🌲🏠 🌲🏠 🌲🏠 🌲🏠 🌲🏠 It’s Not Her Mary Kubica 352 Pages Harlequin Trading Co. Goodreads/AmazonBookshop.org While I have always enjoyed thrillers, I have to admit that this is the first book by Mary Kubica that I have read. I … Continued
📸📸📸📸 When We Were Brilliant Lynn Cullen 400 pages Berkeley Publishing Goodreads/Amazon/Bookshop.org Anything that is about Marilyn Monroe will automatically get my attention. I am fascinated by her, for reasons that I do not understand. This novel is a fictional … Continued
🏃♀️🏃♀️🏃♀️🏃♀️ My Husband’s Wife Alice Feeney 320 pages Flatiron Books/MacMillan Audio Goodreads/Amazon/Bookshop.org Even though Alice Feeney is a popular author, this is the first book of hers I have ever read. I enjoy suspense novels and this one was a … Continued
🍟🍟🍟🍟1/2 The Emperor of Gladness Ocean Vuong 416 pages Penguin Press Goodreads/Amazon/Bookshop.org This novel, a sophomore effort from the author of On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous, will appeal to those readers that enjoy literary fiction that is largely character driven … Continued
😷😷😷😷 A Little Hope Ethan Joella Scribner 320 pages Goodreads/Amazon/Bookshop.org Just a little note to the readers, not to be misled by the cover of the book. This would lead me to believe that this is an optimistic, upbeat book. … Continued
🏘️🏘️🏘️🏘️1/2 Buckeye Patrick Ryan 451 pages Random House Publishing Goodreads/Amazon/Bookshop.org As I have aged, I have found that my patience with character-driven novels has worn thin. I have eschewed many works of literary fiction in favor of psychological suspense, mysteries … Continued
💲💲💲💲 The Great Mann Kyra Davis Lurie Crown Publishing 302 Pages Goodreads/Amazon/Bookshop.org This novel is an unabashed retelling of The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald which takes place in a wealthy Black community in Los Angeles. I was not … Continued
Ring the Bells C.K. McDonnell 496 pages Transworld Published October 9th, 2025 🎅🎅🎅🎅🎅 Amazon | GoodReads Ring the Bells is the fifth book in the Stranger Times series, darkly humorous urban fantasy set in an alternate version of modern day … Continued