Bertie Plays the Blues by Alexander McCall Smith
July 2, 2018
Recommended by the “Someone Else Is Reading It” Club. Couldn’t even finish it. Advertisements
Tag: fiction
Other People’s Houses by Abbi Waxman
July 2, 2018
If you enjoyed “What Alice Forgot” you might enjoy this book, too. Or you might not.
What Alice Forgot by Liane Moriarty
July 2, 2018
How much do people change in 10 years? When Alice hits her head at the gym, she forgets her children, her extended relationship with her husband, and that she ever wanted to join a gym. It’s just so not her. What does it mean to reset a relationship, and how will memory slipping back affect … More What Alice Forgot by Liane Moriarty
Before We Were Yours by Lisa Wingate
May 3, 2018
Someone left this book on a friend’s table . I figured I’d read a few pages. AMAZING STORY. I convinced the friend to lend me the book so I could finish it. No spoilers beyond the back-cover. The idea of selling children to rich families is hardly unique. Long-lost siblings being re-united is a great … More Before We Were Yours by Lisa Wingate
Crosstalk by Connie Willis
February 8, 2018
If you could read your boyfriend’s mind wouldn’t you know that he’s just using you? Apparently this occurs to no one, because the little operation is just for –emotions–. A lot of the humor fell flat for me. Not my favorite book by Connie Willis.
Nothing But the Truth by Avi
January 8, 2018
Excellent story – could not put it down. Potential subtitles for this book: The one where no one gets what they want. The one where things snowball because no one wants to take responsibility. The one where a kid doesn’t know the rule and the kid pays for it, and when the teacher doesn’t know … More Nothing But the Truth by Avi
Delicate Monsters by Stephanie Kuehn
June 5, 2017
No happy endings. No resolutions at all. 3 narrators take turns in this book: I don’t like any of them enough to remember their names. -One psychopath (a girl, tho they are usually men in literature), -one possible psychopath (he only used to be evil, now he’s maybe reformed) and -one alleged psychic who makes … More Delicate Monsters by Stephanie Kuehn
