Honest and unfiltered book reviews from an over-caffeinated, sleep-deprived nurse and her never ending TBR list..
The Four Winds was one of the last books I read this winter. I love KH! The Nightingale, The Great Alone, Firefly Lane and Fly Away are all some of my all time favs so I was thrilled when a new book was coming out! This one follows Elsa and family during the Great Depression. [...]
Firefly Lane by Kristin Hannah follows Tully and Kate. They meet one fated night when both are in eighth grade and both desperately needing a friend in the world. They come from completely different worlds; Kate with an intact and overbearing family and Tully from a broken home. Despite being complete opposites, they form a [...]
It’s rare when you read a book that you connect to on the deepest of levels that it leaves you so affected months after you’ve finished. That’s what this book is for me. I read it for the first time in February and fell in love with Calla, Jonah, Wren, Agnes, Mabel and Bangor, Alaska. [...]
How To Walk Away by Katherine Center begins by following Margaret. Her boyfriend Chip is becoming a pilot and wants to surprise her. Margaret is terrified of flying but in trying to be flexible agrees to go with him for a ride. Chip proposes and Margaret is so excited about their future ahead of them...until [...]
The Room on Rue Amélie by Kristin Harmel follows Ruby, an American living in Paris, Charlotte a young Jewish girl in Paris and Thomas an RAF pilot during the 1940s as WWII continues on. Ruby initially moved to Paris for her husband but as he grows more distant and secretive, their marriage cracks and it [...]
Us Against You by Fredrik Backman is the second installment in the Beartown series. Naturally after finishing Beartown I had to jump RIGHT into this when I heard there was a sequel. I read this one again as a continued buddy read on Instagram. This one picks up immediately following the events of Beartown. If [...]
Beartown by Fredrik Backman follows the residents of the small remote town where hockey is king. Beartown has been suffering from a declining economy and increasing unemployment; they desperately need a win. Hockey may be the one place where Beartown can come out on top again. Beartown's A-team is the players only shot at the [...]
The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah follows the story of sisters Isabelle Rossignol and Vianne Mauriac when Germany begins to invade France during WWII. After their mother died when they were younger, both sisters were rejected by their father and sent away. He was unable to cope with the loss of their matriarch and forever changed from [...]
The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah follows the Allbright family: Ernt, Cora and their thirteen year old daughter Leni in 1970's America. Ernt has just returned from Vietnam after being captured and tortured as a POW for six years. He comes back a changed man, becoming increasingly irritable and volatile. Cora, determined to hold onto [...]
Lilac Girls by Martha Hall Kelly is a historical fiction novel that follows the stories from the perspectives of three different women and their experiences during World War II. The first woman we meet is Caroline Ferriday, an ex-Broadway actress working for the French consulate to get donations to orphanages in Paris. We follow her [...]
