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funny
hopeful
lighthearted
fast-paced
This was an absolute delight! It started with a bang (quite literally) and just gets so fun from there though there are serious moments too.
Sara is back in Abieville to get a property her parents bought ready to become a vacation home. A couple of mishaps and now she's stuck taking care of the boy, (who's definitely a MAN now),"Three" Fuller, who broke her heart 10 years ago. This time together will force them to eventually rehash the past.
Three is a good guy. I understand why he did what he did and I understand how hard it was for Sara to try and trust him again. I love the hidden room scene and when Three has to save Sara (that scene, I just knew that would happen! 😬). I love this small town of Abieville and all the past characters we got to see or hear glimpses of. Such a great, fun, and very sweet book.
Sara is back in Abieville to get a property her parents bought ready to become a vacation home. A couple of mishaps and now she's stuck taking care of the boy, (who's definitely a MAN now),"Three" Fuller, who broke her heart 10 years ago. This time together will force them to eventually rehash the past.
Three is a good guy. I understand why he did what he did and I understand how hard it was for Sara to try and trust him again. I love the hidden room scene and when Three has to save Sara (that scene, I just knew that would happen! 😬). I love this small town of Abieville and all the past characters we got to see or hear glimpses of. Such a great, fun, and very sweet book.
emotional
hopeful
medium-paced
This was a very sweet MG read that helps you wonder what happens after we die?
After a horrible prank went wrong, Kiki ends up drowning and spins Jesse's world around. They were friends at a theater camp. Kiki doesn't realize her situation until she sees her own funeral. Now it's up to her to find out how she can fully move on.
I liked to see the two different journeys of Jesse as he navigates a world without Kiki and Kiki's world and perspectives on the "ghost side". It's a story full of sadness, but also of finding a way through grief. I teared up several times. What a great read
After a horrible prank went wrong, Kiki ends up drowning and spins Jesse's world around. They were friends at a theater camp. Kiki doesn't realize her situation until she sees her own funeral. Now it's up to her to find out how she can fully move on.
I liked to see the two different journeys of Jesse as he navigates a world without Kiki and Kiki's world and perspectives on the "ghost side". It's a story full of sadness, but also of finding a way through grief. I teared up several times. What a great read
challenging
tense
slow-paced
All the characters from April & Oliver are back.
At a family getaway tradition in Cape Cod, Oliver, with his wife Meredith and April, with her husband Al and kids Loch and Nula, will have a tension filled vacation. Most of these characters have deep flaws and the adults have pasts that will slowly creep in to drive a wedge in relationships.
April and Oliver, you can just feel the tug of a lifeline between these two. They are both in other, seemingly happy, marriages but just can't mentally deny attractions that have always been there. Al is a character that I just can't get behind because he dragged things out in the open at the most inopportune times.
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At a family getaway tradition in Cape Cod, Oliver, with his wife Meredith and April, with her husband Al and kids Loch and Nula, will have a tension filled vacation. Most of these characters have deep flaws and the adults have pasts that will slowly creep in to drive a wedge in relationships.
April and Oliver, you can just feel the tug of a lifeline between these two. They are both in other, seemingly happy, marriages but just can't mentally deny attractions that have always been there. Al is a character that I just can't get behind because he dragged things out in the open at the most inopportune times.
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dark
tense
medium-paced
My first thought to give you is "that at the end OMG"-very satisfactory, if very creepy, ending!
Wow, I love that even though this is a big book, it reads fast. J.T. sure knows how to get your heart pumping.
So we get a famous author, Columbia, who is un-alived after a press tour stop. Her daughter (Darian) finds a journalist (Riley) who was writing an article on Columbia over her body and then accuses her of the act. We have a stalker too and that's just the beginning.
Suddenly we have chaos of lots of deaths, hidden stories that may tell a life changing truth , and it all culminates into a wild ride. I will never NOT be a fan of J T. This was so well written!
Wow, I love that even though this is a big book, it reads fast. J.T. sure knows how to get your heart pumping.
So we get a famous author, Columbia, who is un-alived after a press tour stop. Her daughter (Darian) finds a journalist (Riley) who was writing an article on Columbia over her body and then accuses her of the act. We have a stalker too and that's just the beginning.
Suddenly we have chaos of lots of deaths, hidden stories that may tell a life changing truth , and it all culminates into a wild ride. I will never NOT be a fan of J T. This was so well written!
emotional
inspiring
tense
fast-paced
This book was well worth the wait because I just gobbled it up. It's about grief but it's coming from the author's own grieving heart and you can really see it through the words.
Kate lost her husband, Cam, 2 years ago at such a young age. She has a 5 year old son that she's raising on her own but also has a really good support system in her best friends Grace and Hugh (who's also her boss).
The thing that Cam did in his last few months was to write little Post-It notes. Some were small things (names of stuff he might forget) but some were very meaningful and the last note she finds is a tearjerker but it also made her look more closely at High and what future they might have.
I loved that this showed that it's possible to love again.
Kate lost her husband, Cam, 2 years ago at such a young age. She has a 5 year old son that she's raising on her own but also has a really good support system in her best friends Grace and Hugh (who's also her boss).
The thing that Cam did in his last few months was to write little Post-It notes. Some were small things (names of stuff he might forget) but some were very meaningful and the last note she finds is a tearjerker but it also made her look more closely at High and what future they might have.
I loved that this showed that it's possible to love again.
mysterious
medium-paced
An attorney's temporary episode of amnesia helps to bring about more evidence about a decades old case that was never solved.
Madelyn has a case she's working on and it's becoming really stressful. Then she suffers some temporary amnesia and goes missing for a time. She can't recall anything that happened but has nightmares that she can't explain. Now more clues start to come out about her case and its perpetrator Don.
I really liked that Madelyn has a good support system of friends. No one ever made her feel that the things she can't recall aren't her fault. She was still a very strong, capable woman who was able to help blue the car about Don wide open and to include his secrets. I also liked that she reached out to a mental health professional to try and recover the memories.
Madelyn has a case she's working on and it's becoming really stressful. Then she suffers some temporary amnesia and goes missing for a time. She can't recall anything that happened but has nightmares that she can't explain. Now more clues start to come out about her case and its perpetrator Don.
I really liked that Madelyn has a good support system of friends. No one ever made her feel that the things she can't recall aren't her fault. She was still a very strong, capable woman who was able to help blue the car about Don wide open and to include his secrets. I also liked that she reached out to a mental health professional to try and recover the memories.
adventurous
funny
hopeful
fast-paced
Oh la la! This was a very fun and very quick read that just had me smiling!
From the time that Hazel and Olivier meet, there are sparks. Even though she has to hide that she's a food critic from him as he's a chef she has to critique. When a national strike prevents her from flying home and Olivier offers a room in his home, she's going to have to keep her job hidden.
I liked that since Hazel said she hadn't fallen in love with the city like she hoped that Olivier takes it upon himself to bring her to his favorite places and to change her mind. They compliment each other so well and they have so much fun. There's even a bit of fake dating which I love. His mom is adorable. Plus the puns..... They were quick on the draw with those.
You just might fall in love with Paris and this handsome Frenchman too!
From the time that Hazel and Olivier meet, there are sparks. Even though she has to hide that she's a food critic from him as he's a chef she has to critique. When a national strike prevents her from flying home and Olivier offers a room in his home, she's going to have to keep her job hidden.
I liked that since Hazel said she hadn't fallen in love with the city like she hoped that Olivier takes it upon himself to bring her to his favorite places and to change her mind. They compliment each other so well and they have so much fun. There's even a bit of fake dating which I love. His mom is adorable. Plus the puns..... They were quick on the draw with those.
You just might fall in love with Paris and this handsome Frenchman too!
adventurous
informative
slow-paced
I was delighted that much of this novel (with some liberties to some timelines and such) was based on 2 women who went on a 5 month journey, with Sam Clements/Mark Twain) to the Holy Land. It seemed to me, through reading this, that Sam/Mark was kind of a cad.
But I love that it's more about 2 of his female shipmates, Nina and Emma as they go about their lives after that adventure through the Holy Land.
Nina seemed to have a really hard time throughout her life. She married a guy who was kind of terrible and I'm so glad she found a way to get away from that marriage and find her own passions in life. Life seemed more down than up for her but she stayed strong.
Emma is a young girl who had a fanciful crush on Sam. I loved that she went to an art college to follow that passion of hers but she also had hardships on being a companion to her friend Kate. But I like how she stayed loyal. There were times that I started to tear up with her parts of the story.
But I love that it's more about 2 of his female shipmates, Nina and Emma as they go about their lives after that adventure through the Holy Land.
Nina seemed to have a really hard time throughout her life. She married a guy who was kind of terrible and I'm so glad she found a way to get away from that marriage and find her own passions in life. Life seemed more down than up for her but she stayed strong.
Emma is a young girl who had a fanciful crush on Sam. I loved that she went to an art college to follow that passion of hers but she also had hardships on being a companion to her friend Kate. But I like how she stayed loyal. There were times that I started to tear up with her parts of the story.
inspiring
lighthearted
medium-paced
I just flew through this book about the glamorous (and NOT SO glamorous) look at the Golden Age of Hollywood through one of its stars. (Though the character of Kitty is fictional, parts of her story are drawn from a real Golden Age Hollywood girl).
Frances becomes a secretary to the head of a studio, Lawrence. He's dating Belinda who will star in a movie of Kitty but once the real Kitty gets wind of the screenplay of her life- she writes a letter to have them stop it. So Frances and Lawrence head to where she lives to try and change her mind.
Kitty is wonderful. She is a 90 year old woman who has physical pains of course but her mind is still super sharp. I loved that she recognized in Frances another woman whose past isn't fully told and people have wrong ideas about them, so she feels comfortable in telling her true story to Frances. I really liked Frances and Lawrence too. They are so kind and gentle with Kitty. Lawrence is an upstanding man who doesn't act like other men in Hollywood in power which was refreshing. I really liked that Lawrence finally found a way to connect and really see his daughter Sally.
Frances becomes a secretary to the head of a studio, Lawrence. He's dating Belinda who will star in a movie of Kitty but once the real Kitty gets wind of the screenplay of her life- she writes a letter to have them stop it. So Frances and Lawrence head to where she lives to try and change her mind.
Kitty is wonderful. She is a 90 year old woman who has physical pains of course but her mind is still super sharp. I loved that she recognized in Frances another woman whose past isn't fully told and people have wrong ideas about them, so she feels comfortable in telling her true story to Frances. I really liked Frances and Lawrence too. They are so kind and gentle with Kitty. Lawrence is an upstanding man who doesn't act like other men in Hollywood in power which was refreshing. I really liked that Lawrence finally found a way to connect and really see his daughter Sally.
challenging
dark
fast-paced
When Delilah Harlow casts a spell to bring her mind back to what it once was so she can protect her store, she unwittingly pulls a magical ley line into her body and all kinds of creatures that have never graced the town of Thistle Grove start coming for her.
Luckily, Catriona is there to fight the creatures as she's part human/part fey.... But she's a bit mysterious.
I thought it was mighty dumb of Delilah to trust Cat, this stranger, instead of her best friend Ivy and her Uncle James just because she was attracted to Cat.
I now have to go back to book 3 because a big part of this book, Delilah is super mad at Nina because of what happened in her book (which is book 3) and I wish I understood a bit more.
Luckily, Catriona is there to fight the creatures as she's part human/part fey.... But she's a bit mysterious.
I thought it was mighty dumb of Delilah to trust Cat, this stranger, instead of her best friend Ivy and her Uncle James just because she was attracted to Cat.
I now have to go back to book 3 because a big part of this book, Delilah is super mad at Nina because of what happened in her book (which is book 3) and I wish I understood a bit more.