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Then She Was Gone by Lisa Jewell
fiction / mystery

Then She Was Gone by Lisa Jewell

Posted on April 27, 2018 by Rachel • Leave a comment

I have not had great luck with books this month. Even ones I really looked forward to like the new Meg Wolitzer didn’t really grab me. I must have started and stopped a dozen books this month. I had high hopes for Then She Was Gone. I’ve read Lisa Jewell’s books since college. Back then … Continue reading →

Gone Without A Trace by Mary Torjussen
fiction / mystery

Gone Without A Trace by Mary Torjussen

Posted on April 20, 2018 by Rachel • Leave a comment

The premise of Gone Without A Trace is interesting, a British woman returns from an out-of-town job interview to find that her boyfriend of four years not only left her with no warning but actually removed every trace of him from her house. Wine glasses left to him from a relative, his duvet cover, the … Continue reading →

Night Film by Marisha Pessl
fiction / mystery

Night Film by Marisha Pessl

Posted on January 7, 2018 by Rachel • Leave a comment

Trying to get back into the habit! Night Film was the 6th book I’ve read so far for 2018 so I’m off to a good start! I’ve started a new page on my book list for this year so we will see how many books I end up reading. I had read Marisha Pessl’s first … Continue reading →

Poison by Galt Niederhoffer
fiction

Poison by Galt Niederhoffer

Posted on October 14, 2017 by Rachel • Leave a comment

Poison starts out sort of slow and typical. The woman is a journalist who focuses on women’s rights type stories. She is now a professor in the Seattle area where she lives with her professional husband, her toddler and two children from her first, deceased husband. As the book progresses, it is clear her husband … Continue reading →

The Good Father by Noah Hawley
fiction

The Good Father by Noah Hawley

Posted on October 5, 2017 by Rachel • Leave a comment

  I don’t read a lot of books written by men or about men because they generally don’t interest me. I already know too much about men’s stories. I picked The Good Father because I like the shows Fargo and Legion and he is the writer/creator of them and the subject sounded interesting. I tried … Continue reading →

The Hopefuls: A novel by Jennifer Close
fiction / literary fiction

The Hopefuls: A novel by Jennifer Close

Posted on September 27, 2017 by Rachel • Leave a comment

The Hopefuls is another book I got out from the library because it was available instantly for download for the Kindle. I remember hearing about her other book, Girls in White Dresses, when it came out but I honestly am not sure if I read it. I thought I had but then the description doesn’t … Continue reading →

When Dimple Met Rishi by Sandhya Menon
fiction

When Dimple Met Rishi by Sandhya Menon

Posted on September 25, 2017 by Rachel • 1 Comment

Another YA book! What has gotten into me? I had tried to get this on Netgalley but was refused (I have a 97% rating! What more do they want?) but saw it it was available immediately for the Kindle through the Maryland Library eLibrary Consortium so I downloaded it. I really prefer to read on my … Continue reading →

The Hate U Give  by Angie Thomas
fiction

The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas

Posted on September 19, 2017 by Rachel • Leave a comment

The Hate U Give caught my eye back before it was released in late February thanks to the 2Pac reference in the title but I just was able to download it to my Kindle from the library this week. It was as good as I hoped. The story of Starr, a black girl going to … Continue reading →

Truly Madly Guilty by Liane Moriarty
fiction

Truly Madly Guilty by Liane Moriarty

Posted on September 17, 2017 by Rachel • Leave a comment

I’ve read quite a few books that I haven’t written about here over the last few weeks. We had a super busy weekend (mushroom festival! fancy dinner out! Ft McHenry! Korean food!) followed by having a horrible cold for an entire week that I am still getting over. I also did a lot of cooking … Continue reading →

Y Is for Yesterday by Sue Grafton
fiction / mystery

Y Is for Yesterday by Sue Grafton

Posted on September 8, 2017 by Rachel • Leave a comment

I’ve been reading this series since I was about 12 so of course, I pre-ordered Y is for Yesterday almost 9 months ago and read it the day it came out. I’ve always enjoyed Kinsey Millhone and her weird peanut butter and pickle sandwiches and affinity for the elderly. Kinsey was in her early 30s … Continue reading →

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