Four and a Half Stars – The Book Review Crew

12 Jun 2026

The Radiant Dark, a Review by Susan

by Susan | posted in: 4 star read, Sci-Fi, Susan, Women | 0

🛸🛸🛸🛸1/2 The Radiant Dark Alexandra Oliva SJP Literature 416 Pages Published April 28, 2026 Goodreads/Amazon/Bookshop.org This book was a surprise. It is classified or called science fiction or speculative fiction. It is not that. This book is actually literary fiction with … Continued

15 May 2026

Good Joy Bad Joy, a Review by Susan

by Susan | posted in: Audiobook, Susan, Women | 0

👵👵👵👵1/2 Good Joy, Bad Joy Mikki Brammer St. Martin’s Press MacMillan Audio 304 Pages Publication Date May 5, 2026 Goodreads/Amazon/Bookshop.org When I read Mikki Brammer’s debut, The Collected Regrets of Clover, I knew that I would read her next book. … Continued

14 Apr 2026

Hope Rises, a Review by Susan

by Susan | posted in: Susan, Thriller | 7

💪💪💪💪 1/2 Hope Rises David Baldacci Grand Central Publishing 432 Pages Hatchette Audio Goodreads/Amazon/Bookshop.org This is the second in a series of thriller novels about a character named Nash Falls who is helping the FBI to capture a female … Continued

5 Nov 2022

Picking Up the Pieces, a review by Shelley

by Shelley | posted in: Shelley | 0

🪣🪣🪣🪣 1/2 PICKING UP THE PIECES Amanda Prowse Amazon Publishing UK Expected Publication January 10th, 2023 348 pages Goodreads | Amazon Amanda Prowse is the UK Queen of women’s heartfelt fiction. This is my sixth book by the author and … Continued

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Our Rating system

We like to have a little fun around here, below you find an outline for our rating system, everything is out of 5. Also you”ll often see we replace the star emoji for something that reflects the read.

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐= Knocked my socks off. Will not stop talking about it. Have lost friends because I won’t shut up about it. Will take it personally if you do not stop what you’re doing and start reading it. Would actually read it again. A hot guy who is smart AND so pretty. A perfect cloudless 75 degree day.

⭐⭐⭐⭐= Knocked only one sock off. Will more than likely follow/read everything by the author and will keep a copy on my bookshelf. Chai tea on a cool crisp autumn afternoon.

⭐⭐⭐= Neutral; did not lose any socks over this book and will be wishing I got it at the library instead of purchasing. An average piece of work. If it were an ice cream flavor, it would be vanilla.

⭐⭐= Wouldn’t recommend to someone I like. Overall meh feeling on this one.

⭐ = Waste of time, VERY close to not finishing it but my parents didn’t raise a quitter. Will mourn the loss of time that could’ve been spent reading something else. Kissing someone with bad breath.