Honest and unfiltered book reviews from an over-caffeinated, sleep-deprived nurse and her never ending TBR list..
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 [...]
{ Trigger warning: abuse, sexual assault, suicide, violence } Three Women by Lisa Taddeo is a collective portrait of three women's lives after Taddeo spent eight years interviewing them and talking with them about desire. Maggie is 23 and has gone to trial with her high school teacher with whom she was in a relationship [...]
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 [...]
The Key to Happily Ever After by Tif Marcelo follows sisters Mari, Jane and Pearl de la Rosa as the three have just inherited the family's wedding planning business Rings and Roses from their parents. Every chapter has a specific song-themed title and the POV shifts between the sisters. Mari, the oldest sister is doing [...]
The Farm by Joanne Ramos shifts POV as we follow Jane, Ate, Mae and Reagan. Jane is a young Filipino woman looking for work to support her young daughter. She learns of a work opportunity as a baby nurse for NY's most wealthy clients from her cousin Ate. Ate, a well-known baby-nurse in the community [...]
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 [...]
