I received an ARC of this book about a terminally ill boy and his father who embark on an adventure to the great wilderness of Montana as the boys final wish to kill a bear terrorizing the area. Although this novel is short, it is very thought provoking in what we truly believe what happens to us in the end. It‘s heartbreaking but also enlightening to follow along in this journey of bonding through the father and son.

Do yourself a favor and read this book when you need a laugh! I rarely laugh out load from reading but some of the stories in here had me dying. Ryan Murphy, no not THE Ryan Murphy from Glee and AHS 😂, weaves humorous tales of childhood and adulthood which I totally related to as I grew up in the 90‘s as well. You don‘t have to be a 90‘s kid though to enjoy. Definitely recommend!

Three years into her seemingly normal marriage Leah Brands life starts to fall apart. Random items around the house start moving around, mysterious objects appear, and voices are heard. Is Leah losing her mind or is someone trying to make it seem like she is? This book was a quick easy read that became a series after it was finished as the author wanted to carry the story out withthe other characters..I will definitely check out the rest!

Imagine being immersed back in time to save the infamous Edgar Allen Poe. Richard Langley is catapulted into the 1830s into a dark and brooding world where evil seems to thrive in almost every human. When the life of Richards new friend Eddie becomes threatened and the realization of who he truly is becomes apparent, Richard must do everything he can to save Eddie before history is changed forever.

Cozy mystery‘s are not my usual taste for reading but as a frequent Lending Library user & obviously finding this book in a one I had to give it a chance. Murder, damaged lending library, a little romance equaled out to a not too bad story. Jenny Weston moves back home with her mother after leaving her husband to only be thrown into the midst of multiple murders with her new friend & neighbor wrongfully accused. Time to prove her innocence

I‘m not sure what to say about this book without revealing too much. It truly was not what I expected and evoked emotions of anger and sadness that I usually do not get from reading any old book. I thought this book was about a dispute over an old oak between two neighbors yards but it‘s so much more than that. I wanted to reach through the pages and strangle one of the characters which would have been well deserved. Heart breaking story 😔

Not Your Child hooks you right away with a story about a man who believes he has found his missing granddaughter but yet this young girl has a biological mother so how can this be? This story takes you on a wild ride that leaves you questioning where the truth lies. You are slowly fed the pieces of the puzzle which keeps the reader wanting more. Easy, quick read, that I definitely recommend!

Pack your bags and put on your seatbelt for one crazy road trip! After the death of their grandfather, three siblings set out to redo a trip they had all taken 20 years prior and the twist and turns this story takes will leave you with whiplash. Crazy story with and even crazier ending that made me yell “what”!

This was a perfect book for the Halloween season! It was a subtle thriller which I liked and was not over the top. After a local boy goes missing is new resident Tom Kennedys son the latest target? I just really liked the slow build to the climax and truly was creeped out in parts. Definitely recommend 🤩

First off I did not realize that this book was part of series till I was partially through it. I hate reading any series without starting from the beginning. This story just did not capture me. Internet bully Ivy Lake falls off a cliff and the killer has never been found. In comes reporter Max Revere to save the day and solve the mystery that the cops failed to do. The characters were blah for me and the story line even worse. Moving on…

This was not a favorite of mine of Kings..I truly wasn‘t sure what I was reading half the time and wasn‘t aware it was 5 stories in one that intertwined. It took me over a month to finish this hefty book. Although the writing is good as always, the story just didn‘t do it for me 😟

Another good story from Stevens! It‘s a fast paced quick read focusing on the dual perspective of two girls fighting for their lives in a small town plagued by murder and a rogue cop. Definitely recommend!

Vacation on a deserted island with strangers they just met and more strangers arriving spells a recipe for disaster for Lux McAllister and her boyfriend Nico. Paradise isn‘t always what it seems. I didn‘t love the ending of this book but in all it was a fast read with a few good twists.

I wanted to so-so this book but I just did not like it. It had no momentum for me and every chapter from the middle felt like I was reading the same thing over and over. Somehow I finished it and the ending even made me dislike it even more so that‘s why it a dud for me. Don‘t waste your time!

So I almost bailed on this book but for some reason pushed through for an underwhelming ending. Foley is a good writer but this story just fell flat for me & never really kept my interest. Hal, a journalist falls in love with a mysterious woman whom he meets at a party only to lose her & find her again on a writing assignment years later. He slowly unfolds her secrets where the story flips through the past a & present. Overall just a bore for me

This book kind of annoyed me not only for the writing but also for the person who read it before me and had to make a million footnotes throughout the book. The book delves into the authors rape and her journey of healing on the Pacific Coast Trail. The writing for me just felt disjointed throughout the book and I never made a connection with what the author was trying to portray. Also she made hiking the PCT sound like a cake walk. Not my fav..

This book is an incredible story of a baby born at 23 weeks & the roller coaster of life, fight & survival of baby Juniper told through the narrative of her parents. I was able to actually follow this local miracle in real time as I worked with the authors mother and was updated hourly, daily or weekly as baby Juniper progressed or regressed. Reading it years later I still felt the anguish we all felt years ago as the story unfolded. Good read!

Sadly this authors work will always be compared to his first book The Silent Patient. Was this as good? No, but it was good in its own way. It almost came off as completely predictable as I was able to guess the ending but the author threw in a twist that I did not guess or expect and that redeemed the story! Easy, quick read, with short chapters that beg you to read just one more 😃

Perfect little town, perfect little neighborhood, but appearances can be deceiving. A couple is found dead in their home and the accused is released 14 months later as new evidence points towards the fact that they had the wrong person. Who really was responsible for the Truetts murder? This story was a slow burn with a lot of characters to throw you off the trail but in all not a bad read.

Hannah pulls the heart strings again! What a story! Nina and Meredith‘s mom has been distant their whole life and it isn‘t until their fathers passing that the truth of why comes out. I‘ll admit the book starts out slow but the story that unfolds at the end is well worth sticking it out for. Make sure you have tissues handy if you‘re an emotional reader. Powerful story and awe for the men and women that endured the storyline of this book.

Excited about my library haul today! First up will be Rock Paper Scissors…after I finish my current book 😖 It never fails that I find good stuff at the library when I‘m in the middle of a slow read 😂

Lena‘s twin sister commits suicide off an abandoned bridge but things just don‘t add up from the official police reports. Lena goes on a quest to find the real truth to only find herself in danger. This book started out strong but then just fizzled out for me. I felt like the whole explanation of the story was just way dragged out. I started skimming in spots just to get to the resolution. Multiple perspectives also cause some confusion. Blah

Wow, what a raw, honest, semi-autobiography of life with mental illness of Sylvia Plath. Most of the time I struggle with classics as I find I need excitement & thrills to keep my ADHD brain interested but this book was truly good all throughout as we follow “Esther‘s” decent into madness. I loved the fresh look into the mind of a teenage girl in a decade where humanity seemed so pure and innocent & delved into issues still relevant today.

This book kind of irritated me. It started out as a pretty good love story and I was really enjoying it but then it starts to drag and the main characters complete lack of competent communication made me wanted to slap them at some points. The ending…really? Almost considered this book a waste of time. 😕

The past and present collide in this creepy story about a pool that grants wishes but when it gives it also takes! Is your wish really worth the consequences of what it may want back? Definitely a good original summer read…just maybe not right next to the pool!

Jane dog walks her way into the life of luxury when she comes across the gorgeous widow Eddie, whose wife went missing after a boating accident and is presumed dead. I give this book a pick as it was entertaining but found a few things underwhelming such as why Jane was running away from her past. In all, it‘s an entertaining story with a few twists, although predictable, it‘s still worthy of a read 🙂

I‘m sad to see this book get so many bad reviews. Yes, there are a few characters to follow and the book jumps from the past to present in parts but in all the story kept my ADD brain following and interested. Three woman are intricately woven into a young mans murder and how they are all connected slowly unfolds throughout out the story. Hawkins has a way of writing about deeply flawed characters and this time she nailed it with all three!

Terrible name for a book but honestly it was not too bad of a story. The story follows a few characters through some pitfalls in their life and it contains a good testimony of how everyone can start over in life and succeed. Now this book was written in 2001 so if you are offended easily this may not be for you if you can‘t take certain references to other cultures or races. Got a kick out of them mentioning using a VCR..the good ol‘ days! 🤣

Finally scored a TBR book in our local book bin while out for a walk! Thankfully i only found one as I‘ve got a mile and half trek back home. ☺️

Decent fast-paced thriller that keeps you guessing but if you are one who likes a believable story than this is not for you. It didn‘t have an earth shattering ending but was good story to take my mind off another crap week at work 😒Books are my absolute escape!!

Another good one from Diane Chamberlain! Taking place in 1944, the story integrates the polio endemic that swept the nation during that time and was inspired by a real polio hospital that was built in Hickory, NC at the time. Without revealing anything I just want to say that the author got me at the turning point in the story.. I thought I had the husbands secret figured out but I was wrong! Good story and quick read! Def recommend!

This book hooked me right away! I liked the perspective of the killers instead of trying to figure out who the killer was. With murder something always goes south and this dark and twisty story does not disappoint!

I don‘t know what it is but I had a little difficulty initially getting into this book. Once it got going it got better but I still felt my mind wandering and skimming in parts. Not a bad story though with some action, a funny, crafty character and a little bit of thrill thrown in!

I felt like this book had a lot going on for one story, unresolved boy/man lost in the woods, missing child, then another missing child, then a murder, some romance thrown in, random characters getting peppered into the story here and there. I feel like Coben had a slight case of mental diarrhea with this one. Unbeknownst to me till after I was pissed with the book ending with unresolved issues I found out there will be a sequel. Oh joy! 😒

This book has been sitting on my bookshelf for a couple of years and maybe I should have just left it there…the story was just bland to me as it focuses on a rich, overworked lawyer whose life falls apart after a few minor incidents. After the breakdown she travels to Ireland to find herself which was pretty much the only part of the book that was so so. There‘s a little bit of romance thrown in but even that was anticlimactic and blah.

This book was not bad…sort of a slow burn thriller that keeps you wanting a little bit more but doesn‘t hold you so captive you can‘t put it down. I like that this book, written by a British author, did not Americanize the slang. Never knew being a slut meant being a slob or lazy. I‘m feeling quite slutty today as all I‘ve wanted to do was finish this book 🤣

I struggled my way through this book…the storyline was interesting and it has humor. Any book where the author calls someone a butt nugget scores points with me but the story was just a little too weird for me to fully get into it. I skimmed my way through to see how it ended but have no intentions of seeking out the sequel 😕.

A little mystery, a little history..and just an ending that makes you smile as everything comes together. Told from two POV‘s through present day and the past, this story just captures you and takes you on ride through the decades with an ending I was not expecting!! Read it!!

Holy crap what a wild ride this book was! I would have finished it in a day if I didn‘t have to get up early for work. Too bad reading doesn‘t pay the bills. Every chapter made you want more..truly hard to put down! The ending..wow! 100% recommend!

This is the first Reece‘s Book Club pick that I‘ve had to bail on. I struggled to page 172 and just had no desire to waste my time with it anymore. The book focuses on 4 women in corporate America with a relevant storyline of sexual misconduct in the male dominated work force. The book starts with a murder which ok that‘s exciting but from there it‘s just drags on with no exciting plot development that made me want to keep reading. Too slow!

On a dark stormy night Molly Clarke goes missing and it‘s up to her daughter to solve the reason why she disappeared. This was a quick read for me as I really wanted to see how it ended and although some parts were predictable there were a few twists I didn‘t see coming!

One thing Shari Lapena never disappoints in is writing a quick and easy to follow storyline with a few twists thrown in for fun. Was the story believable? No…the story has 4 different character POV‘s so when the twist hits its not necessarily consistent with how all the characters interacted with one another but I‘m not here to pick the story apart. I was in the mood for a mindless, quick thriller and this book delivered just that!

Whoa this book was a little deep in the dark side of humanity. This is the first book by Slaughter that I‘ve read so not sure if she normally writes about such disturbing subjects? I felt the story started out a little slow but definitely picked up in the middle with a few good twists I didn‘t see coming. This one may not be for everyone but if you have a tolerance for disturbing subject matter, I recommend!

Another wild ride for Chevy Stevens..The story follows Annie O‘Sullivan, a realtor who is abducted from an open house and endures a year of brutality at the hands of a Freak! But the story does not end there..disturbing to read at times but good fast paced read! Recommend 😀

So I‘m still trying to figure out what I just read…the story focuses on a disturbed friendship between Kit and Diane that just never resonated with me. It was just really weird. I was excited to see a book set in a laboratory as that is where I work but that excitement died as the story just dragged on and on. I managed to finish it but would I recommend it? Nah!

Ready for a good thriller…hoping this does not disappoint ☺️

I need to stop coming across tear jerking stories! Last YA novel I read annoyed the crap out of me but this one was a pleasant surprise. The love story between Finny and Autumn is something you‘ll only see in the movies or books but it‘s a love story that will stick with you after the last page.

I tried and tried to get into this book…I even made it a 120 pages in but…I just couldn‘t finish. No connection with any of the characters, overly narratively ( is that a word) and just flat out boring. The premise of the story of haunting a crappy ex after death sounded interesting but did not keep my interest. When you get to the point where you don‘t care what happens in the end time call it quits!

I remember seeing the movie Everest years ago so I was familiar with the tragedy covered in this story but it was very interesting to read an account of the actual experience. How anyone can desire to put themselves through what it takes to reach the summit of Everest is beyond me. This story had some slow parts but once the ascent to the top starts the story really picks up with every heart breaking detail of what happened on that fateful day.

Get your tissues ready!! I waited before diving into the Netflix series to read the book. Just started the series this evening and see they already butchered the storyline 😡. I guess I‘ll continue watching to see where they take it but as always…the book is better!