The Book of Lost Names by Kristen Harmel

The Book of Lost Names by Kristin Harmel was one that will stick with me. We’re currently living during a pandemic, social unrest, high profile election and we don’t even begin to scratch the surface of what is being felt in the time period this story is set. We meet Eva Traube just days beforeContinue reading “The Book of Lost Names by Kristen Harmel”

February Reading Wrap-Up

Brunch at Bittersweet Cafe By Carla Laureano I read Brunch at Bittersweet Cafe without reading Saturday Night Supper Club but I don’t feel like that took away from the story at all. I enjoyed the romance and the tragedy of loss and how both of those will determine how we make major decisions. There wereContinue reading “February Reading Wrap-Up”

Crazy Rich Asians: Book Review Vs. Movie

Ahh. I waited all summer to get my hands on this book! I am still waiting on the rest of the series (insert Jeopardy theme song). I read Crazy Rich Asians in two days and watched the movie that night, they were both so funny and easy to get wrapped up in.  We all know that theContinue reading “Crazy Rich Asians: Book Review Vs. Movie”

I Am, I Am, I Am: Book Review

I Am, I Am, I Am: Seventeen Brushes With Death by Maggie O’Farrell was one of my favorite reads of 2018. I listened to it through Overdrive and I think that may have distracted from each of the recounts of near death. The stories were not chronological and it would have been helpful to see theContinue reading “I Am, I Am, I Am: Book Review”

That Kind of Mother: Review

Early in the summer I added That Kind of Mother to my library hold because I had heard mention of the title on a podcast, that is now slipping my mind. I had no idea the premise other than that the guest of the podcast related to the story. She was a mother and so am IContinue reading “That Kind of Mother: Review”