Honest and unfiltered book reviews from an over-caffeinated, sleep-deprived nurse and her never ending TBR list..
Hum if You Don’t Know the Words by Bianca Marais follows the dual timelines of nine-year-old Robin, a white girl living in South Africa and Beauty, a Xhosa woman, as their lives intersect after the Soweto uprisings. Robin is left devastated after everyone she knows is suddenly gone at a pivotal point in her life [...]
I read this one with my #galsandbookpals for the month of January as part of one of my Instagram buddy reads. A Place for Us by Fatima Farheen Mirza is a novel that follows an Indian-American Muslim family as they are gathered for their oldest daughter Haida’s wedding. Amar, the youngest son, makes an appearance at the [...]
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 [...]
The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton is a murder mystery that will have you guessing every step of the way. Evelyn Hardcastle is going to be murdered and it's Aiden Bishop's job to figure out who the murderer is. He has no idea who he is or how he ended up [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
Beneath a Scarlet Sky by Mark Sullivan tells the tale of Pino Lella during WWII in Italy. The Germans are invading Milan and as a teen, Pino helps the Jews cross out of Italy into Switzerland undetected at night. Once he turns 18, he must enlist in the military and Pino's parents urge him to [...]
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 [...]
Something in the Water by Catherine Steadman is a fast-paced thriller that begs to answer the age-old question, "if you had the ability to get away with something nefarious, would you do it?" I read this book as the May 2018 pick for Reese's Bookclub x Hello Sunshine. Erin and Mark go on their honeymoon [...]
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, [...]
