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The Whyte Python World Tour: A Novel
by Travis Kennedy

I've known dudes like this! (4/23/2025)

I was anxious to read this book as I love when the topic is music/bands/1980's. The beginning of the book reeled me in but then I did feel after the CIA got more involved it became more hard to follow. I know these circumstances fit the history at the time but there were so …more

Bad Animals: A Novel
by Sarah Braunstein

Edgy and unusual: Two of my favorite things. (1/21/2024)

I really loved this book that was at times, all over the place! I liked the interesting characters and their unique backrounds. I enjoyed the author, Sarah Braunstein's style of writing. I found it to be totally relatable and at many times, I laughed out loud or got that …more

Leaving: A Novel
by Roxana Robinson

Kept me engrossed for a while..... (1/8/2024)

I really liked this book when I started it and was anxious to discover the fate of Sarah and Warren's future but as the story went on I started to really dislike the Warren character and his strange (at least to me) obsession with his adult daughter. I understand he wanted …more

Zig-Zag Boy: A Memoir of Madness and Motherhood
by Tanya Frank

Zig-Zag Boy (3/21/2023)

I really enjoyed this sometimes heartbreaking book as I really like memoirs about peoples experiences with situations like Tanya's. I used to know someone a lot like Zach and so a lot of the things she wrote about I could relate to. It's amazing what some people have to go …more

Iron Curtain: A Love Story
by Vesna Goldsworthy

I really wanted to love this book (1/25/2023)

I liked the book but found the "love" story too unrealistic in that one would leave their life after knowing someone for 3 days. Oddly enough, this is also what made it more interesting because things livened up a bit when Milena left. In my opinion some of it went on and …more

The God of Endings: A Novel
by Jacqueline Holland

Stranger Take on Vampire Story (10/27/2022)

I am not a big fan of vampire stories. No offense, I just never got into the genre as millions of others did. If it wasn't for the swift moving prose I may not have gotten through it. I found it to be much too long with confusing, unnecessary names and places being thrown …more

Our Missing Hearts: A Novel
by Celeste Ng

Dystopian Future in the Eyes of a Child (9/15/2022)

Although I could not relate to the subject matter of this new, sure to be a hit, Celeste Ng novel, I generally always can appreciate a story told through the eyes of a child. This is not a feel good tale. It is relevant and fierce and leaves you burning through the pages as …more

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