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 [...]
Long Bright River by Liz Moore follows once close sisters Kacey and Mickey. Mickey works as a police officer patrolling the same streets in Philly that her sister now works. Kacey has struggled with addiction her entire life as her sister Mickey has worked to try and clean up those streets. Despite their differences now, [...]
The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead is narrated by Elwood, a young boy growing up in 1960’s Tallahassee and dreaming of a different future for himself. Invigorated and inspired by Dr. King’s words at the height of the Civil Rights movement, Elwood is excited by the prospect of taking advanced college courses and furthering his [...]
The Most Fun We Ever Had by Claire Lombardo follows the Sorenson family over several decades. Marilyn & David fall deeply in love in the 70's and have four daughters: Wendy, Violet, Liza & Grace. The 4 girls grow up searching for something even close to what their parents have, still so deeply in love [...]
Beyond the Point by @clairecgibson follows three friends Hannah, Avery and Dani when they meet attending West Point together. The timeline shifts POV between the three girls alternating between their days at West Point and their relationships in the present. Each of the girls takes a different path after graduation and you see how the [...]
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 [...]
The Ash Family by Molly Dektar follows Beryl (Berie), on her way to college but questioning her entire existence in this life. It's at the bus station on her way to school that she meets Bay. Bay offers her another way of life and Berie, desperately searching for deeper meaning goes with him. She ends [...]
The Current by Tim Johnston begins after two girls have been found in the river. One dead, the other severely hospitalized. Audrey, the surviving girl, starts asking questions as she desperately tries to figure out what happened to her and her friend Caroline that night. As the search for clues progresses, the small town is [...]
The Simple Wild by K.A. Tucker follows Toronto native and city-girl Calla. Calla’s parents have been long divorced after her mother couldn’t remain living in Alaska anymore and her father couldn’t live anywhere but. When Calla gets a call informing her that her estranged father has cancer, she contemplates a trip to Alaska to make [...]
The Dreamers by Karen Thompson Walker follows the town of Santa Lora, California when a virus breaks out on a college campus. The virus places those it infects in a deep sleep. Some people die - others are quarantined and brought to the hospital where they are hooked up to IVs and feeding tubes for [...]
