Tell Me What Really Happened

Tell Me What Really Happened by Chelsea Sedoti

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

The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides

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

The Warm Hands of Ghosts by Katherine Arden

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

Whalefall by Daniel Kraus

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

Freaks, Gleeks, and Dawson’s Creek: How 7 Teen Shoes Transformed Television by Thea Glassman

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

Spare by Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex

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

The Paris Daughter by Kristin Harmel

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 by Janet Charles Skeslien

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 […]

The September House

The September House by Carissa Orlando

I love when humor and horror come together. This was a fun book about a couple who move into a gorgeous Victorian house only to find out that it’s haunted […]

The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry

The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin

I enjoyed Zevin’s 2022 book, “Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow” and wanted to check out her earlier works. This book would be loved by those who enjoyed “A Man Called […]