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The Ghostwriter: A Novel
by Julie Clark

family secrets that kept me hooked (6/18/2025)

"everyone is an unreliable narrator."

Ooooh this one was SO GOOD. It had me hooked from the start. Olivia is in a really tough spot. She's burned some bridges recently in her ghost writing career and the industry has canceled her for it. She's in a bit of a bind, financially, …more

Disappoint Me: A Novel
by Nicola Dinan

a touching literary fiction (6/18/2025)

With such a gorgeous cover, I was excited to jump into this. Good things to know before you start - this is definitely literary fiction. It won't be a tension filled plot or a huge rise to a big reveal. It's just a moment in lives that are messy.

We have Max - living life, …more

We Can Never Leave: A Novel
by H.E. Edgmon

an interesting story that just never pulled me in (6/18/2025)

A group of kids wake up in the morning and find their campsite empty of all adults. They aren't typical teens, they have traits both their personality and physically of animals. They woke up one day and were just, suddenly, part animal and part human with no memory of any …more

Coram House: A Novel
by Bailey Seybolt

An emotional story - about an orphanage that didn't care for it's children and an author that comes to dig it all up years later. (6/18/2025)

Alex is in a rough spot in her life. She had a smash hit with her first book but the second one has brought public outrage as she researched a crime and then got it all wrong. So this third book she's been invited to come research, she is hoping this will be the one to get …more

King of Ashes: A Novel
by S. A. Cosby

Absolutely stunning - a gut-wrenching story about family and what we will do to protect them. (6/18/2025)

"Everything burns."

Absolutely stunning - a gut-wrenching story about family and what we will do to protect them.

Roman is coming home because he received the call that his father has been hurt in an accident. He's gravely injured and he needs to get home. He's come home to …more

Blood on Her Tongue
by Johanna van Veen

What a wonderfully, dark, gothic story. (6/18/2025)

"There is no saying what horrors might lurk in those black waters."

What a wonderfully, dark, gothic story. A bog, a surfacing body, an autopsy and madness. Lucy's been called to her sister's home by her sister's husband. Her twin sister, Sarah, is very unwell. But it's not …more

Atmosphere: A Love Story
by Taylor Jenkins Reid

Oh you sweet, quiet, heart breaking book. I'm a mess. (6/18/2025)

I have to be honest, I just auto buy this author. I didn't even know what this was about when I started it. So I clicked on that audio and popped my earbuds in and was introduced to Joan and her life. Her stumbling into working at NASA. Her love for her niece, her patience …more

Trust Issues: A Novel
by Elizabeth McCullough Keenan, Greg Wands

2 adult children, an inheritance, a new spouse and a sudden death = a fun mystery! (5/16/2025)

A sudden death turns into a murder investigation by two siblings who believe their mom has brushed against a con artist.

It intros with the death and it's pretty shocking. The kids are told individually and they instantly reach out to each other and start to game plan. Both …more

Good Dirt: A Novel
by Charmaine Wilkerson

captivating family drama (5/16/2025)

This one took me a minute to get into and then I was hooked and wanted to know more!

It's a bit confusing, to start. There are many POV - but the main was is Ebony. She's a grown woman and getting ready to get married. There was a tragedy in her past, her brother's murder, …more

Witchcraft for Wayward Girls
by Grady Hendrix

humor, horror, and heart (5/16/2025)

"Power cannot be given, it must be taken."

This is a slow burn story, especially at the start. Get ready for the build up for about 30 - but then the story will get going. You'll meet a flower garden that is tucked away - young girls that are pregnant outside of wedlock in a …more

We Lived on the Horizon: A Novel
by Erika Swyler

Slow start but interesting sci-fi (5/16/2025)

Interesting story that got a bit bogged down in details and dialogue.

This was a fascinating story to start but a very slow slog to get going. I loved learning about Elena and her skin-stitch business. Neren's body martyr details were a bit murkier but I slowly did learn …more

The Really Dead Wives of New Jersey: A Novel
by Astrid Dahl

shocking twists - read like a reality tv show (5/16/2025)

Shocking twists - reads just like a reality tv show!

To start, as soon as you crack the book - there's a character sheet with information. Just know that it's a lot at the start. You're intro'd to a whole family doing a reality tv show - and Eden, the director, has managed …more

The Queen's Spade
by Sarah Raughley

slavery, family and vengence in the 1860's (5/16/2025)

"Revenge takes time, you see. And I have been patient."

An interesting historical story about vengeance, slavery, family and maneuvering all this in the 1860's in Queen Victoria's court. I appreciated Sally's rage - she hide it when needed but really reveled in it in quiet. …more

The Last Room on the Left
by Leah Konen

fun, twisty thriller (5/16/2025)

Oooh, this was a fun, twisty little thriller. One that kept me guessing and guessing and guessing until I finally just had to go along for the ride!

Kerry is almost at rock bottom of her life. She's run away to a small, snowed in motel - to watch it for a month, make sure …more

Isaac's Song: A Novel
by Daniel Black

powerful and heartbreaking story about a father and son relationship (5/16/2025)

A powerful and heartbreaking story about a father and son relationship.

Isaac is now an adult. He's struggling to forgive his father for things that happened in his childhood. It was a quick read, told in sort of journal style, as Isaac goes through his childhood memories …more

Honeysuckle and Bone
by Trisha Tobias

wonderfully spooky house with a great mystery (5/16/2025)

A wonderfully spooky house and a great mystery.

Carina has just arrived in Jamaica and she's starting a new nanny job. But she's started as Joy, a lie and secrets Carina is trying to hide. She's trying to embody Joy, the way she's out-going and easy to be around. She has …more

Beautiful Ugly: A Novel
by Alice Feeney

a dark story - an amazing audiobook! (5/16/2025)

The only way out is to write."

ha! I loved this deliciously dark read! It's tense and suspenseful. I listened to this one and I can't recommend the audiobook enough - it has sound effects like the waves of the ocean and bells from a church.

In this our POV is mainly Grady - …more

Babylonia: A Novel
by Costanza Casati

slow burn of a beautifully written story (5/16/2025)

"Remember glory and danger often taste the same. All they leave behind is bitterness."

This one starts with a slow burn as you learn who Semiramis is, where she starts, and how learns some of her first rules in life. I knew noting of this story so this was nice, for me, to …more

The Three Lives of Cate Kay: A Novel
by Kate Fagan

a unique way to tell a compelling mystery (5/16/2025)

"we're all so much more, and less, than our best, or worst, moment"

A wonderfully woven story - about a hidden author and how she lives and writes under her pseudonym. The story starts when Annie is young - and it's told not only from our main character POV but also from …more

The Note: A Novel
by Alafair Burke

a good mystery with a fast pace (5/16/2025)

"He's cheating. He always does."

Out on a week long trip, three adult friends come together for vacation and get irritated by a couple that takes their parking space. As they drink and have dinner, they bemoan how rude the couple was and laugh as one of them writes a note - " …more

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