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How to Survive Everything: A Novel by Ewan Morrison
fiction / review

How to Survive Everything: A Novel by Ewan Morrison

Posted on January 30, 2023 by Rachel • 1 Comment

As you may have noticed I rarely read books by men. It is books like How to Survive Everything by Ewan Morrison that remind me why. Continue reading →

Prom Mom by Laura Lippman
fiction / mystery / suspense / review

Prom Mom by Laura Lippman

Posted on January 23, 2023 by Rachel • 1 Comment

I’m going to start by saying that Prom Mom doesn’t come out until July but I was lucky enough to get an ARC on Netgalley. I wanted to write this while the book was fresh in my mind–as soon it was downloaded I started reading. Continue reading →

Oona Out of Order by Margarita Montimore
fiction / review / time travel

Oona Out of Order by Margarita Montimore

Posted on December 30, 2022 by Rachel • 1 Comment

The year is almost over and I thought I’d end on a high note and read the earlier book of an author who wrote a book that landed on my top books for the year list. I wouldn’t say her more recent book Acts of Violets was great literature and a true classic but it … Continue reading →

Dirt Creek by Hayley Scrivenor
fiction / mystery / review

Dirt Creek by Hayley Scrivenor

Posted on September 9, 2022 by Rachel • 1 Comment

Dirt Creek did one of the best jobs of keeping all the characters in this tiny interrelated town straight and reminding us who they were all the time in a helpful yet unobtrusive manner I’ve seen! I really can’t say enough about how rare that is! There were a lot of characters, a lot of … Continue reading →

Groupies by Sarah Priscus
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Groupies by Sarah Priscus

Posted on July 17, 2022 by Rachel • 1 Comment

High hopes dashed! What a boring, corny waste of a good idea. Why would you write a book like Groupies if you have no interest or knowledge of the era? I can only assume Priscus thought people were so desperate for a “new” Daisy Jones and the Six that no one would notice it didn’t … Continue reading →

The Family Game by Catherine Steadman
fiction / mystery / review

The Family Game by Catherine Steadman

Posted on July 14, 2022 by Rachel • 1 Comment

The Family Game is just such a fun book—an orphan novelist gets swept up by a wealthy man and his games-obsessed, insular family. Chaos ensues. Really a fun twist on the thriller genre with a little book within a book going on. Is it the best book in the entire world? Maybe not but it … Continue reading →

The Bright Lands by John Fram
fiction / horror / review

The Bright Lands by John Fram

Posted on July 12, 2022 by Rachel • 1 Comment

What a waste of a good idea! The writing of The Bright Lands was so poor. Certain phrases were used over and over again the most glaring was “ridged stomach” and twice on one page the phrase “Joel wondered what the odds were that…” appeared. The word spry was also misused in the description of … Continue reading →

Flying Solo by Linda Holmes
fiction / review

Flying Solo by Linda Holmes

Posted on June 18, 2022 by Rachel • 1 Comment

Most of Flying Solo was cute enough but what was the point of the duck heist “caper”. It dragged on forever and wasn’t particularly funny or well-paced. It almost felt like the whole point was to drag the brother up from NYC but why? It didn’t add any value to the storyline or give depth … Continue reading →

Kings of B’More by R. Eric Thomas
fiction / review

Kings of B’More by R. Eric Thomas

Posted on June 17, 2022 by Rachel • 1 Comment

I was excited about this one. I recommended it to both the Baltimore City and County libraries and was excited when it came in. What a disappointment. A lot of it didn’t make a lot of sense and there was little plot or character development. The book seemed to switch perspectives but it was very … Continue reading →

The Second Mother: A Novel by Jenny Milchman
fiction / mystery / review

The Second Mother: A Novel by Jenny Milchman

Posted on May 26, 2022 by Rachel • 1 Comment

I liked the idea of The Second Mother. A woman wanting to start over ends up at a remote island to be the teacher after the last ones left. I don’t think the book needed the mystery element which might have been part of why it felt flat. Nothing sat right about the ages to … Continue reading →

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