The Ocean at the End of the Lane
Childhood is messy and full of unreliable memories which is more than evident as we follow an anonymous narrator back to his hometown for a funeral. While walking down memory…
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…
Vicious
Hypothesizing about the existence of “supers” is easy… proving their existence and creating them is not. While putting their thesis together Victor and Eli quickly figure out just how difficult…
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…
The September House
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…