Honest and unfiltered book reviews from an over-caffeinated, sleep-deprived nurse and her never ending TBR list..
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 [...]
Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid is an upcoming novel told in interview format about the rise and fall of the fictional popular 1970's band Daisy Jones & The Six. I was lucky to score an advance copy through NetGalley thanks to BookSparks and Ballantine Books. Daisy and all of the band [...]
The Island of Always by Stephen Evans highlights both the difficulties and extraordinary unpredictable excitement that can come from loving someone who is dealing with mental illness. I was lucky to receive an ARC of this book via NetGalley, Caitlin Hamilton Marketing and Time Being Media. Nick is a brilliant attorney who had to stop [...]
Stuck in Manistique by Dennis Cuesta is an upcoming novel that I had the pleasure of receiving an advanced readers copy of from NetGalley. Mark has just discovered that his aunt has passed and she has left her entire estate in his hands. He travels far north to the Upper Peninsula in Michigan to get [...]
 This Is How It Always Is by Laurie Frankel is a novel that centers around a family. Rosie and Penn and their five young boys: Roo, Ben, Orion, Rigel and Claude, are living in Wisconsin where Rosie is an ER doctor and Penn is an aspiring author. Rosie and Penn have settled into their life [...]
Our teenage years and the inexplicable crazy decisions we make during our glory days are explored in a new way. The Infinite Pieces of Us by Rebekah Crane is a YA coming-of-age novel that warmed my heart and transported me right back to my younger years. Esther is holding onto a secret that her family [...]
Gail Honeyman's novel Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine is a charming novel that shows the society we live in according to Eleanor and all of her quirky idiosyncrasies. Early into the novel, the reader discovers that something quite sinister has happened to Eleanor during her childhood and that she is the way she is out of [...]
This is one of the best books I have read all year. Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens was chosen as the September 2018 pick for Reese's Bookclub x Hello Sunshine. Kaya’s story of incredible strength and survival was incredibly captivating to me. From being left to fend for herself as a young girl, [...]
