Honest and unfiltered book reviews from an over-caffeinated, sleep-deprived nurse and her never ending TBR list..
Another book down on this vacation where I’m FINALLY getting back into my reading groove! We Are the Brennans follows the Brennan family - a first generation Irish-American family living in New York who are all carrying a dark secret of their own. Sunday returns home after abruptly leaving for LA five years prior after [...]
THIS BOOK. I haven't been able to even write a review for a week because I wasn't sure my words would be able to even do it justice. A Woman is No Man by @etafrum follows three generations of Arab-American women as they navigate their lives in a man's world. Fareeda, Isra and Deya alternate POV's as [...]
November Road by Lou Berney follows Frank Guidry, a loyal lieutenant to Carlos Marcello, The Godfather of organized crime in New Orleans. Guidry, being only one man removed from Marcello himself, considers himself untouchable. Guidry runs an errand for Marcello in Dallas, TX and thinks nothing of it. Two weeks later when JFK is assassinated, [...]
An Absolutely Remarkable Thing by Hank Green is a quirky sci-fi novel that tells the story of April May. April is a graphic design graduate living in NYC when she happens upon a giant metal-appearing statue on 23rd St that she assumes is some type of art installation. She calls her friend Andy and they [...]
Cross Her Heart by Sarah Pinborough is a fast-paced psychological thriller that will have you fervently flipping through the pages until you get to the end. Lisa appears to be the perfect mother to Ava but...she has a secret to hide. Her best friend Marilyn is hiding more secrets of her own. When Lisa's past resurfaces [...]
Red Clocks by Leni Zumas is a dystopian novel that takes place in the US after Row v Wade has been overturned and the Personhood Amendment has been passed where abortion is illegal. The Personhood Amendment gives life, liberty and rights to every embryo at the time of conception and makes IVF illegal because the [...]
Still Lives by Maria Hummel is a thriller set in the art scene of Los Angeles. Kim Lord is a star artist who doesn't show up to her own gallery exhibition called "Still Lives". The paintings depict Lord as the victim in many well-publicized murders of females a la Nicole Brown Simpson, the Black Dahlia, [...]
