This now my favorite read of the year. The writing, the descriptions, the characters, the suspense, the mystery, the love. It has it all. Set on a remote island near Antarctica that has a scientific base, Dom and his three kids find a woman‘s body just before they know that all need to leave the island. So good. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Love The Measure and this novel also makes you, the reader, see both sides of how you could choose to lessen grief if you chose to sleep away the pain. Sisters, the loss of a brother and a husband, the mentality to live life and a road trip. Good read.

Adriana Trigiani is now my go to author. Love this story of Jess who, as the youngest in her Italian family, takes steps to finally do what makes herself happy. The family nuances in Trigianis books are so close to home. Let‘s all go to Italy to find our Angelo!

Book #2, Diem needs to prove to the Descended that her Queendom is hers even though her mother is mortal. Love that her and Luther don‘t have to jump on each other every other chapter like other fantasies…the steam is just as good:) Good ending and I‘ll read on.

The story of Christa McAuliffe‘s journey to be the first teacher in space. Well written, not too much fluff. The interesting part was reading about the aftermath and the last 2 minutes that I had never read about. We heard about the o-rings but the remains found tell a story of what those astronauts went through. 😣

Loved this book!!! Different type of fantasy with a great story, great background story and a main character Locke who is the best con man ever! You can stop at this book but there are two more that follow Lockes adventures.

I almost quit this book at the beginning but once I got to page 100 I needed to finish this thriller/mystery. Author retreat goes bad when one mystery author wants revenge. The authors books are used to determine their fate. Authors debut so I gave it a chance. Ending was satisfying.

Veronica is called by her grandmother to visit her in Appalachia. Secrets unfold as both tell and wonder about their family and how it came to the land that they lived on after their freedom of slaves. Based on a real Kingdom lead by a king and queen in North/South Carolina. Excellent.

Didn‘t pick this up bc of its initial cover…I admit it, bad on my part! Found it with the new cover and took a chance and I loved this Fantasy that has coffee and an Orc as its main characters. So good. Coffee unites any world!:)

Really liked this read. A hiker goes missing while hiking the Appalachian trail. Three viewpoints from woman who are involved in some way. Quick read with a lot of feeling.

Set in the Jim Crow South, a boy stands up for his sister and is then sent to the Reformatory for boys where evil dwells in human form and in spiritual form. A terrible historical background within a fantasy horror story. Courage and strength wins out.

Book 2 in the trilogy. Brandon Sanderson can write fantasy like no other. Love that his world building includes our worldly problems/feelings within his characters story. Will finish this trilogy. Vin and Elend are a perfect couple without the fantasy “couplings” that are so overdone anymore!🤪😝

Finally started this and love it. Science fiction that is a cross between Hunger Games and Ready Player One with a talking cat and humor! Will be reading them all.

Good quick read. Frank is invited to his estranged daughter‘s wedding. Nothing seems right to him as he meets Aiden then meets the rest of the mega rich family that Maggie is marrying into. Mystery, fun dialogue, plausible money can buy anything theme. Will Frank save his daughter from making a mistake?

Wally Lamb is an auto read for me…this one…just great. Corby makes one mistake and changes everything in his and his family‘s lives. Every viewpoint in this book makes you think. Just read it. 🥹😳

Kate and Frida become pen pals when Frida requests a book from the bookshop where Kate works. From Paris to Seattle, the letters allow each girl to move through their 20s. Set in the 90s so I loved all of the references. Good quick read.

Second in the series. This time Mike Brink gets called to Japan to solve the Dragon Box. Like these books. Adventure, puzzles, good characters. Nothing too deep, just a fun read. 🧩🧩🧩🧩

Usually like these survival in the future books but this one seemed simple to me and too quick in the saving or the loss of people. Nonie and her family with others are living on the roof of the NYC museum bc the water is rising. A mega storm comes and they have to finally move North. I honestly finished it but probably shouldn‘t have…the ending just kinda ended! 😏 More science and maybe some more good dialogue could have saved this?

Love every Trigiani book and this one set in Appalachia is a good one. I just always love her main females, Ave Marie Mulligan, love her family and friend dynamics in her books. Her characters say it like it is. These are always a comfort read for me.

Was hesitant to read this thinking it was like all of the rest lately in the world of Romantasy. Loved this new world that the author has set up which mixes all of those creatures that we love. Not just fae but vampires and even a splash of witchery. Chunky book but it all needed to be there. 🧚🧚‍♀️🧚‍♂️🧚‍♀️ 2 nd book out Fall of 2025, 🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻

Book one, other two books are out and the 4th comes out soon so I‘m glad I started this series. Diem and Luther, mortal vs Descended. One big secret and a lot of realms. I‘ll read on. Is it bad that from the beginning I never trusted Henri? 😂. Good fantasy, not too confusing in the world that has been created. Lust meter is not too over the top.

Liked this prequel with Haymitch‘s Hunger Games story. Now we know why Haymitch drinks!

So good. Just found this by chance. Walker looks up to his dad but as he begins high school football his dad goes missing. Set in the Ozark‘s in Arkansas this is a powerful book. Boys will be boys is not the answer. Sometimes hard things make or break a person. Great YA read.

An artist and a doctor become friends on an island that gets cut off by the tide. Oh what a friendship can lead to. Good mystery with letters left behind. Keeps you guessing til the end.

Page 304 cemented this as a five star read. Historically based on the houses that “bore and raised” children for Hitlers Germany. The secrets that were everywhere for people to survive. Excellent historical fiction. Alina the mother and survivor.

Set in Shanghai, Alva is half Chinese half American. Raised by her mom. Lu Fang steps in as her stepfather. This book is culturally so accurate and touching. We all think we have it the worst and if we were to just move to somewhere else everything would be ok bc that‘s what we see. So good is this book. There are some hard parts but the author writes them in a way that she gets you through those terrible happenings. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

This book is great! The world is a playground and we are all playing. The ocean, friendship, oceanography, AI…this book is so true and what a great cast of characters. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️. I‘m so pleased I finally loved a Pulitzer Prize winning book.😏😆 Social media and the internet and all that has changed for not only us but for the entire living world out there.

If you like the Housewives franchise then this read is for you. Set in England, friends who are rich and involved! Best character is Ian the Executive Butler! Fun summer read.

A psychiatrist and his patient. The mind is a weird thing…is there a parallel universe out there? Letters used as part of the story. Makes you wonder. At the end though I felt like the patient!😂😂😂😳

Loved this! Favorite read of this year. You do not need to know what it‘s about it‘s that good! I never read the jacket covers, heard so much love for this book. Number one of my reading this year! Just get it and love it!:)

Always a good summer read…retirement with a loss at sea on the island of Nantucket. The story goes well with Hilderbrand‘s announcement that this is the last in her Nantucket based reads. Coco and Lamont have to put up with the rich islanders and the crazy newcomers. Money, money, money…🥳😏

Always a good quick read. We added some extra terrestrial science and I liked it. Good forensics and lost love. Kay Scarpetta is a good character still.

Loved the cover but the time travel gist needs to be explained and told earlier in this book. Could have been so good. Also not having quotation marks drove me crazy! I don‘t read the jackets of books so I went into this not knowing…3.75 stars for me. The worlds all seemed so blah? Could have been so so good.

If you love science fiction and want to be scared about AI this is the book. Better read for women than men..why? Bc if a man likes this then I am really scared! Love that a woman wrote this. Be free! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Found this not knowing that it was about two serial killers who may be working together…gemstones and the ten plagues are the killers calling card. Jena the Pittsburgh cop is on their trail to save Jack and the jurors of Silas who may be innocent but incarcerated. Quick read. Scary. 😱

I love Fiona Davis books. This time she chose the Met and the Met gala to tell the story of an Egyptian half face of a Queen from Egypt that has been stolen. Two timelines, some good Egyptian archeology, a good ending. Only problem, I can read her books too quickly!:)

Loved the first half and then I don‘t know how I finished this. I need more action and lots more science. Thank goodness I watched the movies first…how did he write this? I made it through but will rewatch the movies to see if I really now get it. 😬 We don‘t all have to love what everyone else loves!

Students would learn so much from this graphic book, conversations are needed in history. As an adult this all makes so much sense and yes I still have questions. I‘d start from present and then move into past histories…but I‘m a science teacher so what do I know?!😏

Finally go to this and loved it. Set in Sicily, two time lines, Sara and Sarafina both fight to empower themselves in a man‘s world. The history of Sicily and its women and the mafia make this an excellent read.

Read the first, The Butcher and the Wren and then look forward to book 3 after this one. Wren knows that Serial killer Jeremy is still out there…but where and could someone believe her instincts?! Good read…scary good.

Every book that I read by this author gets better and better. Family, regret, strong women, and food!:) ChiChi the songwriter marries Tony the singer…set in the Big Band Era, just a generational read. Love these books. 🇮🇹🍝⛪️

Found this at the library, it looked good. Didn‘t even read what it was about…loved it! A reporter, a newlywed that kills her husband, a dead whale, a wonderful marriage. I loved it. Short and sweet and just what I needed! Weird items here but it all made a great story. 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

Mystery that involves four friends who have always wondered if Jennet was killed, drowned by accident or harmed herself. They can drink a mixture that takes them into the future when young or takes them to their past if they are older. Would you change your past? A kinda new type of time travel and I liked it.

Loved this part one memoir of Cher. If you grew up watching the Sonny and Cher show then you will love this! Of course I‘ll be reading part two…let‘s also be a movie star! There is no other diva than Cher! I would suggest listening to it on audible!:)

Quick read. If you want to know the parts of Maria Von Trapp‘s life that were not portrayed in the Sound of Music movie/musical then this is a short good read for you. Her story is interesting and how certain things happened were I guess you would say, meant to happen. The songs by Roger‘s and Hammerstein were and are a treasure.

Loved this read. A romantasy that has a world filled with dragons and moons. Great characters and each chapter is needed. I love Raeve and Kaan. If you like Court of Thorns and Roses this one is a must to read. 🐉🐉🐉🐉🐉

Loved this adult fairy tale. If you love Princess Bride then this is for you. A talking rat, oceans of spores in different hues. A pirate ship lined with silver. Brandon Sanderson is THE storyteller.

Good read. The author uses her great-great-great aunts writings from her trek to the Yukon to stake their claim in gold. Dual timeline, the 1898 timeline and the history of striking gold was the majority of this book. Money creates problems. The Han tribe that lived on the Yukon River and the gold rushers that took their chances all either triumphed or suffered from the gold found in that region. Alice‘s story is both brave and cunning.

Our book club selection and finally they chose a book that I hadn‘t read or heard about!😂. Set in present day and during WW2, Liv finds out about her grandmothers past secrets. The fight of the French to keep the Germans away from their champagne fields. Very good read. The French resistance and the history of champagne.

Found this and am adding it to my granddaughters books TBR! Tilly finds out that she can go into the books of her favorite characters. Oh how I wish I could do that! I‘ll be reading this entire series. So cute!:)