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Confessions of a Forty-Something F**k Up by Alexandra Potter
fiction / review

Confessions of a Forty-Something F**k Up by Alexandra Potter

Posted on May 27, 2023 by Rachel • 1 Comment

I have some mixed feelings about Confessions. It looks like it’s just coming out here in the US after the sitcom that is based on it finished airing. It’s coming out in September so maybe they are trying to get it out before the second season airs? The show was a mid season replacement and … Continue reading →

The Drowning Sea (Maggie D’arcy, #3) by Sarah Stewart Taylor
fiction / mystery / review

The Drowning Sea (Maggie D’arcy, #3) by Sarah Stewart Taylor

Posted on April 8, 2023 by Rachel • 3 Comments

I have been wanting to find some easy-to-read but not childlike mystery series to get into and stumbled across the Maggie D’arcy book four on Netgalley. I requested the first three from various library systems and have been working my way through them. I like the settings of each one and the mysteries are fairly … Continue reading →

Between Two Strangers by Kate White
fiction / mystery / review

Between Two Strangers by Kate White

Posted on April 2, 2023 by Rachel • 1 Comment

I swear I have really enjoyed some Kate White books in the past so I was happy to get this one from Netgalley as an ARC. It wasn’t bad but it wasn’t great either. I felt like this should have been two different books. One about a woman coming to grips with the ripple effect … Continue reading →

The Writing Retreat by Julia Bartz
fiction / horror / mystery / review / suspense

The Writing Retreat by Julia Bartz

Posted on March 2, 2023 by Rachel • 1 Comment

The Writing Retreat was really a wacky, over-the-top horror-thriller. Unfortunately, it was so badly paced and written that it flopped. It should have leaned into how impossible and camp the setup was but never did. It was almost embarrassing to read. I was puzzled the whole time about when it was supposed to take place. … Continue reading →

The Survivalists by Kashana Cauley
fiction / literary fiction / review

The Survivalists by Kashana Cauley

Posted on February 12, 2023 by Rachel • 2 Comments

I have followed the author of The Survivalists on Twitter for years and was really excited about the book. I suggested it to several library systems to buy. I enjoyed her Grub Street Diet which I read after the book and filled in some blanks for me. I too grew up eating seasonally because it … Continue reading →

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 • 3 Comments

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 / review / suspense

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
fiction / review

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 →

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