Everyone on This Train is a Suspect
I really enjoyed Stevenson’s first book, Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone, and wondered how he could top that. Well, after the success of his first book, Ernest was…
Just Like Home
Still on my gothic horror kick, I found this book recommended for those who liked The Haunting of Hill House. Vera’s mother is dying and calls her back to her…
Tell Me What Really Happened
This was a fun YA book with a slightly predicable ending. Five teens have heard the stories about Salvation Creek and the people who have gone missing so they decide…
The Silent Patient
This is a mystery/thriller with lots of twists and turns AND a surprise ending. Alicia is a famous painter who is accused of murdering her husband. After the murder she does…
The Warm Hands of Ghosts
Katherine Arden’s newest historical fantasy is a moving, heart-wrenching look at what is lost during war, even beyond lives. When discharged WWI army nurse Laura Iven receives her brother, Freddie’s, belongings…
Whalefall
This was not the book I expected it to be! Angsty teen Jay Gardiner wants to find his deceased father’s remains in the Pacific Ocean, where the two would scuba…
Freaks, Gleeks, and Dawson’s Creek
I raised two teenagers in the late 90’s/early 2000’s, and believe I was engaged in their TV viewing as much as any cool soccer mom, however the book Freaks, Gleeks,…
Spare
This fascinating autobiography of Prince Harry takes us from the tragic death of his mother to right after the death of Queen Elizabeth. This brutally honest book tells Harry's side…
The Paris Daughter
Two expat families meet at a Paris bookstore during World War II when both women are pregnant with girls. As the war begins to come to France, Elise and Juliette…
The Paris Library
The Paris Library takes you back in time to World War II as German armies are heading to Paris. Odile Souchet and the other librarians of the American Library in…