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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 • Leave a 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 →

Dirty Laundry by Disha Bose
mystery / review

Dirty Laundry by Disha Bose

Posted on April 13, 2023 by Rachel • 1 Comment

I liked the idea of Dirty Laundry—Irish small town drama, yes please!—but it was really shallow. We were told a lot about what the characters had done but there was little to no reflection or depth to the story. I also found the ending a little confusing. There was a scene when Parth (spoiler ahead) … Continue reading →

A Stolen Child by Sarah Stewart Taylor
mystery / review

A Stolen Child by Sarah Stewart Taylor

Posted on April 10, 2023 by Rachel • 1 Comment

A Stolen Child was a little different than the previous three Maggie D’Arcy books. There is a big time jump between the last one and this one so Maggie is now completed training to be an Irish police officer, living with her boyfriend, his son and her daughter after spending much of the training apart. … 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 →

Perfectly Nice Neighbors aka Those People Next Door by Kia Abdullah
mystery / review / suspense

Perfectly Nice Neighbors aka Those People Next Door by Kia Abdullah

Posted on March 13, 2023 by Rachel • Leave a comment

After reading Those People Next Door (I read this book as an ARC entitled Perfectly Nice Neighbors which I believe is the UK title but it’s on Amazon as TPND) I read that the author’s other books were legal thrillers which surprised me because the court case was a real low part of the book. … 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 • 2 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 →

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