Wednesday, March 27, 2024

Twice in a Lifetime

 

Title: Twice in a Lifetime

Author: Melissa Baron

Publisher: Alcove Press
 
ISBN: 9781639101368
 
Thoughts: Emotionally resilient novel with overlapping timelines.

Rating: 4/5

Boca Raton

 

Title: Boca Raton

Author: Lauren Groff

Publisher: Amazon Originals
 
ISBN: n/a
 
Thoughts: Short story with an environmentalism bent that is disturbing in an visceral, empathetic way.

Rating: 3/5

Whisper Me This

 

Title: Whisper Me This

Author: Kerry Anne King

Publisher: Lake Union Publishing
 
ISBN: 9781503955752
 
Thoughts: This started out feeling like a psychological thriller, but then it turned into a rather typical story about abuse.

Rating: 2/5

Sunday, March 24, 2024

Acts of Forgiveness

 

Title: Acts of Forgiveness

Author: Maura Cheeks

Publisher: Ballantine Books
 
ISBN: 9780593598290
 
Thoughts: This alternate history book really makes you think about collective forgiveness and what that would looks like in practice.

Rating: 4/5

After I Do

 

Title: After I Do

Author: Taylor Jenkins Reed

Publisher: Atria Books
 
ISBN: 9781476712840
 
Thoughts: A fun chick lit filled with great, relatable characters and a main character that you can really root for.

Rating: 4/5

Thursday, March 21, 2024

Grief Is for People

 

Title: Grief Is for People

Author: Sloane Crosley

Publisher: MCD
 
ISBN: 9780374609849
 
Thoughts: Having recently read Crosley's Cult Classic, I could not help but compare the two, despite that being fiction and this being non-fiction; while I fell that her friend was the inspiration for the catalyst in Cult Classic, this book is far superior with compelling writing with many nods to Joan Didion.

Rating: 4/5

Wednesday, March 20, 2024

How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water

 

Title: How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water

Author: Angie Cruz

Publisher: Macmillan Audio
 
ISBN: 9781250868817
 
Thoughts: Listening to what ostensibly 12 monologues made this feel like a one-woman play that covers the gamut of emotions while portraying the life of a middle-age immigrant mother.

Rating: 4/5