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Book Review: The Middle Sister
I’m back with a book review and this time it’s a mystery/detective story. The Middle Sister by Jesse Miles is part of a series about private investigator Jack Salvo. This is the only one in the series that I’ve read so they don’t need to be read in order. In this installment of the Jack Salvo books, Salvo is hired by a wealthy family to find their daughter/sister, Lillie Manning. The mother hires him after her daughter has been missing for a week, but then we don’t really see or hear from her again. Her daughters Zara and Arden – Lillie’s older and younger sisters respectively – are Salvo’s points of contact.…
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Book Review: The View from Apartment Four
Happy Friday! This was one of those weeks where I’m not sure if it went by fast or slow. It was also one of those weeks that I couldn’t remember what day of the week it was. During my lunch breaks while working form home I’ve been getting a lot of my reading done. My most recent read has been on my tbr list for months, The View from Apartment Four: On Loving and Leaving New York by Skip Rozin. In this book, Skip Rozin tells of his life experiences, professional and personal, from the 1960s to the 2010s all while his apartment on the Upper West Side of New York…
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Book Review: The Wondrous & Tragic Life of Ivan & Ivana
New book alert! The Wonderful and Tragic Life of Ivan and Ivana has recently been translated into English and will be released on May 5! I was lucky enough to be sent an advanced copy (digital because of everything going on) to read. The Wondrous and Tragic Life of Ivan and Ivana by Maryse Condé is unlike anything I’ve ever read. It is so hard to describe because it is so unique! The novel follows twins Ivan and Ivana from childhood to young adulthood. They are born in Guadeloupe to a single mother. Their father was a traveling musician from Mali. From birth the twins have an otherworldly bond, which grows from a…
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April 2020 Favorites
Another month over, can you believe it? I can’t believe we’ve been in quarantine for about 6 weeks already. Sometimes it feels like the time has gone by really fast and other times it feels like forever. It is hard to believe that the whole month of April has gone by though. For this month’s favorites, I have a lot of tv related things since I’m watching a lot more these days. First, I was obsessed with the Food Network Tournament of Champions. It was so fun to watch! It’s like March Madness but with famous chefs. Next, I have been watching Hawaii Five-O for the past 10 years and early…
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Book Review: Ever Alice
If you’re a fan of Alice in Wonderland then Ever Alice may be worth checking out. This take on the famous story follows Alice after the original story. Alice is now 15 and everyone thinks she’s crazy (or mad!) because she can’t stop talking about Wonderland. The novel begins with Alice in a psychiatric hospital in fact, because her parents don’t believe her and don’t know what to do with her. Feeling like her family has abandoned her, she will do anything to just get out of there and go home. Her doctor takes her to Switzerland, I believe it was, to meet with another doctor who has a new experimental treatment and…
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Book Review: Dorothy and the Glass Key
Being home during this crazy time has me trying to get a lot of reading done and cross books off my ever growing tbr list. The latest book I have finished is Dorothy and the Glass Key. I wrote about this way last year with an author q&a, but I just got around to crossing it off my list. The book is really is interesting and has a supernatural aspect to it. Dorothy is a 14 year old girl and the year is 1986. After tragedy strikes and her mother is killed, Dorothy and her father relocate from Georgia to Floria to stay with her uncle on the family farm. Resentful…
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Book Review: Spin the Dawn
I have been getting extra reading in since we’ve been quarantined, which is one of the good things out of all of this. I have so many books on my tbr (to be read) list. Today, I’m sharing my book review of Spin the Dawn by Elizabeth Lim, because I haven’t shared it yet and the sequel is coming out this summer! If you’ve been following me on here since last summer then the book might seem familiar. It’s because I was invited to the book launch party in New York City! It was Sip & Sew where we got to eat, drink, mingle, and sew pouches along with author, Elizabeth…
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Book Tour: Dublin Zoo
I hope you all had a restful weekend! As you all know by now, I love to read and I’m constantly reading books (often more than one at a time). Dublin Zoo by John Michell is a novel that I was recently sent. I haven’t gotten to read it yet, it’s on my long TBR list, but I am taking part in a book tour today for the new release! Dublin Zoo is composed in three parts and spans the period from the outbreak of World War I until the early years of World War II. Distinguishing Dublin Zoo from many other books, Michell creatively manipulates selected historical events of the era to fit into Harold Bradshaw’s…
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Book Review: The QB Bad Boy & Me
New book review coming your way! And I’m excited to share this one because it has inspired me. Keep reading to find out what I’m talking about! The QB Bad Boy & Me by Tay Marley is a mix of teen love story and romance novel. By that I mean the main couple in the story are high school seniors, but the content is very romance novel-esque. Main character, Dallas, is a high school senior and cheerleader. But she’s not your typical, popular cheerleader. She’s just on the squad as a way to dance, because what she really wants to be is a dancer and with no dance team at…
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Book Review: Real Life
Real Life by Adeline Dieudonné was originally written in French and has just recently been translated in to English for a new release. When I first started reading the novel, I wasn’t sure what to expect, but it quickly gripped me and had me hooked to find out what would happen to the young narrator. The narrator, a young girl who we never learn the name of, lives with her mother, father, and younger brother. Her mother is quiet and unassuming – she describes her as an “amoeba” who is just sort of there. Why? Because her father is abrasive, abusive, and could be set off in to a violent rage…
