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With or Without You by Caroline Leavitt
fiction / literary fiction

With or Without You by Caroline Leavitt

Posted on August 4, 2020 by Rachel Rappaport • Leave a comment

I have read all Caroline Leavitt’s books since I was in high school in the late ’90s so I was excited to read this one. I follow her on Twitter so I knew it was a loose fictionalization of the author’s own coma experience so that intrigued me. She said that she had been in … Continue reading →

The Perfect Mother by Aimee Molloy
fiction / mystery

The Perfect Mother by Aimee Molloy

Posted on May 14, 2018 by Rachel Rappaport • Leave a comment

There needs to be a new subgenre of books that describe a book where something mysterious happens but that at the heart of the book is family-centered general fiction. I’ve read many books where a teenage girl disappears but the book is mostly about what is going on in the town vs. a true mystery or investigation. … Continue reading →

Then She Was Gone by Lisa Jewell
fiction / mystery

Then She Was Gone by Lisa Jewell

Posted on April 27, 2018 by Rachel Rappaport • 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 Rappaport • 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 →

Poison by Galt Niederhoffer
fiction

Poison by Galt Niederhoffer

Posted on October 14, 2017 by Rachel Rappaport • 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 Rappaport • 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 Rappaport • 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 Rappaport • 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 Rappaport • 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 Rappaport • 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 →

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