I loved this book! It‘s our first book club read and I can‘t wait to discuss. It was like watching a car accident - cringey but in a highly readable way! (21)
⭐️ : 4/5

Total emotional tearjerker, but so good! One of those books everyone should read. (20)
⭐️: 4.5/5

A slow start - I didn‘t love many (any?) of the characters, which made it hard to get into. But it picked up, and the ending was surprising. (19)
⭐️: 3/5

Great read! So interesting and I learned so much! I want everyone to read this! (18)
⭐️: 4.25/5

I hated every single character, which made reading this tough. If only one of the characters had redeemable qualities, it would have been much better. I LOVED The Hunting Party, so was super bummed with this one. (17)
⭐️: 2/5

This was so different, weird, and wonderful! Very strange premise but it worked. (16)
⭐️: 4/5

This was pretty good! It all got a little far fetched, but it kept my interest and was a good read. (15)
⭐️: 3.75/5

This book was not great. Nothing really happened and it was depressing. Blah. (14)
⭐️: 2/5

I mean - her books are just so damn READABLE! Finished this one in a day. This is my favorite of hers so far! (13)
⭐️: 4/5

Chance doesn‘t bring these two together until the very end of the book, which I found odd because it‘s written on the back of the book. The ending is abrupt.
⭐️: 3.25/5 (12)

Another low pick for me. Interesting re-telling of a real life serial killer from the 70s, but from some of the victims, and the victims friends, points of view. Interesting and unique way of telling the story, but about 75 pages too long. (11)
⭐️: 3.75/5

Low pick for me. The format was fun and quirky, but it dragged on a bit. Very much a mix of the game Clue and the movie Knives Out! (10)
⭐️: 3.25/5

This almost seemed like a YA dystopian book, although I don‘t think it actually is YA. It was a great book, and the addition of Seamus really made it what it was. Loved it! (9)
⭐️: 4/5

This was a low pick for me. I feel like not much happened in the first half of the book, but it did make me want to keep reading it, interestingly enough! Too many side characters to keep track of. Lots of death and drama in the end though. (8)
⭐️: 3.5/5

I loved this book - it was not something I picked out for myself, nor would I have, given the opportunity. But it was amazing! The only downfall in my opinion was all the quoted Shakespeare, but it was to be expected. Not my typical book, but I highly recommend it! (7)
⭐️: 4.25/5

I really, really liked the first 95% of this book…but I really, really hated the end of the book! It just had me saying “oh come ON”. This could have been a 5 star for me if not for that ending 😆. It‘s HIGHLY readable though and a page turner! (6)
⭐️: 4/5

This was short and easy to read. I just wish the stories would have been more recent (lots of early 1900s stories), but also, I think the book itself is about 25 years old, ha! (5)
⭐️: 3/5

I liked it. I have no idea what it was trying to say, but I liked it. The story is told in three parts - I enjoyed the first two. The third dragged on a bit. Very strange, odd book, but worth the quick read! (4)
⭐️: 3.75/5

Holy. Moly. This book deals with a lot - self harm, drugs, sexual abuse, addiction, homelessness, etc etc. It was really good, and I cried 1000 times at the end. Everything about Riley was hard to read, because as the reader, you just knew it wasn‘t going to end well. Great book overall! (3)
⭐️: 4/5

This book was not what I was expecting - I LOVED the premise and the beginning of the book. It took some strange turns (think mutations, memory altering surgeries, things of literal nightmares), but overall it was good! (2)
⭐️: 3.5/5

Good, easy read! It‘s jumps right in, is action packed, with a couple twists and turns I didn‘t see coming! The only downfall is how every single thing that could have gone wrong for Darby, did. Well. Minus one thing. (1)
⭐️: 3.75/5

I truly disliked this book. I forced myself to finish it - I should have bailed. All of the characters sucked, but especially the main character. It‘s hard for me to finish a book when I dislike all the characters. I just didn‘t buy any of it - the relationships, the drama, any of it!
⭐️: 2/5

Ok, this book took me a while to get into, it was a slow burn. But once I got about halfway through it, I couldn‘t put it down. I SOBBED. Honestly I could have done without Lenni‘s story (sorry!) but it was so good, if you can power through the first half!
⭐️: 4/5

Ugh, this one was BRUTAL! I read ahead (I know, I know 🙄) so I knew what was coming, but damn. I really enjoyed this book. The only negative was HOW many issues this book tries to get into - racism, classism, environmentalism, misogyny, pedophilia, the issues surrounding “virginity”, etc etc etc. Narrowing that scope could have helped IMO. Overall though, a really great read!
⭐️: 4/5

GG was so good, and Sharp Objects sounds amazing too, but this one fell flat. I don‘t give spoilers, but so much of this was unbelievable (not in the good way). And all of the characters were horrible - it‘s tough reading a book where you‘re rooting for no one. It did make me want to keep reading in the small chance it redeemed itself. It did not.
⭐️: 3/5

I grew up with BS, and it was bizarre hearing her describe times and events that I completely remember watching on TV. And judging her for them at the time! The book itself is jumpy and doesn‘t delve deeply into things, but it‘s really heartbreaking hearing all she‘s been through. Hopefully she finds some peace!
Star: 3/5

Yet ANOTHER low pick for me! TN is funny and insightful without being annoying. I really know nothing about South Africa‘s history so that was interesting to learn just a smidge.
⭐️: 3.5/5

Another low pick for me - it‘s fun and quirky, the premise is great and I enjoyed the characters, but I felt like not much happened. The end of the book felt like the end of a chapter.
⭐️: 3.5/5

This was a low pick for me…it‘s odd, different. Not in a bad way necessarily, just different. Not your typical end of the world story! Hard to explain - so just read it and decide for yourself 😂
⭐️: 3.75/5

I will admit - this is a page turner! And I loved the premise. As everyone before me has mentioned, it‘s very Lord of the Flies and Handmaids Tale (although I don‘t agree with it being compared to The Hunger Games). I just feel like it fell flat - too many characters, too many side stories, too MUCH. But it definitely made me want to keep reading, in hopes it would all come together.
⭐️: 3.25/5

Total guilty pleasure. Super easy to read, has a few twists. Ending seemed pretty (aka incredibly) unlikely but overall this was a good, quick thriller!
⭐️: 3.75/5

This book ended up being so good! The first 75 pages or so were a bit slow for me, but I ended up really liking most of it…Geeta was an incredibly HUMAN character, who doesn‘t fit nicely into just one box. Such a fun, interesting read!
⭐️: 3.75/5

This was just ok for me - nothing was that shocking or surprising, and I really couldn‘t understand Audra going through SO MUCH over several years, for that end game. I am very happy she didn‘t hook up with Max, though 😂
⭐️: 3/5

Great book! Dramatic, but I imagine a family with 4 daughters would be. I mildly hated all the daughters at one point or another. Loved the book though!
⭐️: 4/5

This was a low pick for me - not bad, easy to read, I liked the author; but I found the story not particularly interesting.
⭐️: 3.25/5

I can‘t say I read many political thrillers…it was kind of over the top and silly, but entertaining! The ending was very abrupt…but I was ready for it to end either way 😆
⭐️: 3.75/5

I loved it! I feel like the last hundred pages dragged on, and the ending seemed random, but I really liked it!
⭐️: 4/5

This was so well written, I really enjoyed it! I only wish I had read it a bit slower, as a lot of the info in here deserves some rumination. Definitely thought provoking.
⭐️: 4/5

I think I would have liked this book more if I hadn‘t disliked the main character, Prudence, so thoroughly. It was an easy read though, and the ending was decent.
⭐️: 2.75/5

Just your typical inbred, cannibal family stalking, torturing and eating a few city slickers. Loved it!
⭐️: 4/5

I had high hopes for this, as I LOVED The River. This just didn‘t do it for me, though. The story itself was decent (although what happened with Grant, and Jason at the end, was quite silly), but I just didn‘t connect enough with Jim to care about his running monologue, especially when describing his paintings.
⭐️: 3/5

I just couldn‘t do it. I made it to page 152/403, but had to bail. I liked the White Witch part but that was it. It‘s SUPER HARD for me to bail on a book, but I just can‘t do it!

Wow! This book was so different than what I was expecting…I couldn‘t put it down! I was engrossed completely. So good!
⭐️: 4.5/5

Loved it!!! Not as good as EH, but better than DJ in my opinion! Captivating characters, short chapters, twists turns and drama!
⭐️: 4/5

This is essentially a YA Handmaids Tale…but I loved HT so I‘m not mad about it 😂 The ending was silly and there were a few untied loose ends, but it‘s an enjoyable read!
⭐️: 3.75/5

This book was so, so bad. The only reason I gave it a “so-so” instead of a “pan” was because the idea of the book was cool and the three characters POVs was interesting, but I hated all of the characters. I love a good thriller and was pumped to read this but just found it so cringey 😬
⭐️: 2.25/5

Loved it! The first third of the book was my fave, but it was all amazing!
⭐️: 4/5

This was really quite good, but was way too long. I had to skim often. The ending had me in tears, though!
⭐️: 3/5

This was between a pick and a so-so for me. I LOVED FKD, but this just didn‘t stand up in my opinion. There was too much going on, it felt disjointed. And the ending seemed…rushed? It was still super readable, and I love the characters (old and new).
Star: 3/5

Good book, easy to read…but not nearly as good as 7 Hubby‘s of EH. I bet the show is good, too!
⭐️: 3.75/5