Book Review: Our Little World by Karen Winn

The complexity of sisterhoodโ€ฆ โฐ ๐’๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐’๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐„๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ: Itโ€™s the summer of 1985 when four-year-old Sally goes missing. Everyone was there including Bee and Audrina Kocsis, sisters who rode there with Sally, her older brother Max, and Max & Sallyโ€™s...

Book Review: Watch Out For Her by Samantha M. Bailey

Seriously, watch out! โฐ ๐’๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐’๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐„๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ: Sarah and her husband Daniel are moving away from Holly, aka the psycho babysitter, to start a new life in Toronto. Except wassup with finding hidden cameras in their new house? And the...

Book Review – Unmasked: My Life Solving Americaโ€™s Cold Cases

Holy (insert bad word of choice)โ€ฆ Never leaving the house again. Nope. Nope. Nope. โฐ ๐’๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐’๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐„๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ: Paul Holes tells terrifying true tales of his life and work as a criminologist in California on some of his most prolific...

Book Review: Portrait of a Thief by Grace D. Li

A heist steeped in history, but thin on action. โฐ ๐’๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐’๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐„๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ: Will, Irene, Daniel, Lily, and Alex – a prize of $50 million awaits this team of college-students-cum-art-thieves who wish to return Chinese art plundered by the West...

Book Review: The Younger Wife by Sally Hepworth

โญ๏ธ out of 5 stars 100% insulted me as a female reader. โฐ ๐’๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐’๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐„๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ: Heather is the younger wife-to-be of a well-respected doctor. The doctorโ€™s first wife Pam battles dementia and lives in a nursing home. His 2...

Book Review: The Golden Couple by Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen

โญ๏ธโญ๏ธ out of 5 stars A book about people I kinda wanna slap. HARD. ๐’๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐’๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐„๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ: Marissa & Matthew are the Golden Couple – the one everyone wants to be. Until Marissa reveals infidelity and they seek out Avery,...

Book Review: Girl In Ice by Erica Ferencik

โญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธ I said brrrrโ€ฆ. Itโ€™s cold in here! โฐ ๐’๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐’๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐„๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ: Val is an anxiety-fighting linguist grappling with the suicide of her twin brother Andy, when his mentor/coworker/fellow scientist Wyatt calls to enlist her help. In Greenland. Yup.. Arctic...

Book Review: The Night Shift by Alex Finlay

โญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธ Yikes, letโ€™s NOT party like itโ€™s 1999! โฐ ๐’๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐’๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐„๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ: A mass murder takes place in a local ice cream shop: three teens are dead, one left alive. Flashback fifteen years ago, New Yearโ€™s Eve 1999 and the...

Book Review: The Selfless Act of Breathing by J.J. Bola

โญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธ Pub date: 2/15/22 Touched a nerve Mr. Bola, and this teacherโ€™s heartโ€ฆ โฐ ๐’๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐’๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐„๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ: Michael (Brit of Congolese descent) is a beloved teacher who seemingly has a great life in London, but behind it all, he harbors...

Book Review: The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides

โญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธ Top ratings on this one and firmly in my elite โ€œfavoritesโ€ file โฐ ๐’๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐’๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐„๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ: Alicia Berenson killed her husband and then stays silent. For years. Sheโ€™s judged criminally insane and heads to a psychiatric hospital where everyone...