📸📸📸📸 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
🤰🏻🤰🏻🤰🏻 She Took My Baby Steena Holmes 328 pages Bookouture Goodreads/Amazon/Bookshop.org Trina and Rosalind, the two main characters, went through foster care together and have been friends ever since. Now, Trina is a nanny for Rosalind and both women became … 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 View from Lake Como Adriana Trigiani 415 pages Dutton Publishing Goodreads/Amazon/Bookshop.org This is the first book I have read by Adriana Trigiani and it will not be the last. I thoroughly enjoyed this experience and highly recommend it … 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
🍸🍸🍸1/2 Falling Apart & Other Gifts From the Universe Catherine Ryan Hyde Lake Union Publishing 286 Pages Goodreads/Amazon/Bookshop.org Although I have other books by her on my Kindle, this is the first of hers that I have actually read. … Continued
🚼️🚼️🚼️🚼️ My Daughter’s Baby Kate Hewitt 316 Pages Bookouture Amazon/Goodreads/Bookshop.org This is the second Kate Hewitt novel I have read. Kate Hewitt writes quick reads that explore family relationships with flawed protagonists. This was no exception. Quick synopsis: A rich … Continued
🕎🕎🕎🕎🕎 1/2 The Eight Heartbreaks of Hanukkah Jean Meltzer 368 pages Harlequin Trade Publishing Amazon/Goodreads/ Bookshop.org This was one of those books that I decided to read on a whim. I had heard of the author but never read anything … Continued
🌲🌲🌲🌲 In a Distant Valley Shannon Bowring 258 pages Europa Editions Amazon/Goodreads/Bookshop.org This is the third and final installment of a series of character driven novel about the people of a community in Maine, Dalton. While as I have gotten … Continued