Finally read this. Liked it but cannot say that I loved it like some readers. In an other world full of statues, water, a labyrinth and one o other person, Piranesi reads his journals to try to find out who he may be. Good fantasy, makes you think. Is it about more than I think it is?🥴 Final read of 2025!

So glad that I finally read this. Love that this work of art was given a fictional story that now sheds a different light on this painting by Vermeer when I view it. Loved this and it should be a classic.

Our favorite monsters on a spaceship in the future. The AI on the ship, Demeter saves the day. Weirdly good and I loved it. Not for everyone unless you love to read something new. Dracula, the Werewolf, Frankenstein, the mummy all make appearances. 🧛🧛🧛🧛

😳. Well that‘s a thriller! Sadie and her family move to an island off of Maine to try to get their son away from his past. They inherit a home and a daughter. Mental health is the story in this book and boy it affects all. Gets you at the end.

Just picked this out at the library bc I needed some surfing in my reading! Mystery/thriller, the ending gets good. Kind of a slow read up to the last part but a good easy read. Bea as the main character could have had some better backup story as we move on to where is Savannah. 3.75 stars for me.

Written by a Harvard grad, this story of Jack and Zoe who work towards their scientific belief that they have found a cure for aging. Pressure comes from Jacks upbringing to Zoe being a woman in science. Shows the pressure of academia and the money that can be gained from it but the money also becomes the means instead of the scientific result. Excellent read…shows the real pressure of being that scientist remembered and tenured.

Every SA Cosby book has material that is hard to read but it‘s written so well and so true to the story it never fails to draw me in. Neveah was used, lied to , protected…the ending is perfect. Love this author!

Book #2…just a fun series when you need light reading. Princess Donut the cat is great! These need to come out in paperback sooner than later!

Get this book! The book jacket unfolds and all 52 works of art are there. Mona may lose her sight so her grandfather devises to take her to see one piece of art work for 52 weeks. Art history and easy explanations of each with a story. Loved this!

So good, travel through Venetian history and Murano glassmaking with Orsola and her familia. If you are going to Venice or have been there you need to read this. Gives a whole other meaning to the history of glassmaking sold in Venice. Loved this book. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

A town in Nova Scotia with a generational story of a pirate treasure that is out there. Dandy and her grandfather love to comb the beach. Dandy gets involved in thinking that maybe that treasure is out there once older townsfolk suddenly begin to die off under weird circumstances. A good fun mystery, liked the ending. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Finally read this and loved it. I rate a book anymore not by the writing style but how I feel at the end of a book. 5 stars bc I loved Phoebe‘s realization that she is who she is and to just jump into what makes her feel good for herself. Excellent conversations that are depressing and funny!

Book #2 in this fantasy trilogy. Locke Lamora is now one of my favorite fantasy characters. The Robin Hood of Fantasy with fun escapades and fun dialogue. Locke and Jean are made to become pirates to work towards swindling two of their conquests. 🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️

5 books read by Adriana Trigiani this year for me and I think this is my favorite. Her books are like fine wine between my other readings. Set in Italy, a grandmother tells her unknown life journey to her granddaughter. Scotland, WW2 Europe, lost lives. Excellent read. This is storytelling! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Found this and have never read this author and she has a ton of books. Excellent that she mixed science fiction with horror and the research that she did on fungi is excellent. Warnings at the beginning almost stopped me from reading, I just skipped the couple of “Shades of Grey” scenes and it was a great October scary read. Were they necessary?🤔

Last book in this trilogy. Excellent YA fantasy, the retelling of Beauty and the Beast. Thank you for not drawing this out to long….we need more good trilogies! Ending was perfect.

Excellent read. Two families that become entwined. Margaret the adopted girl who cannot live peacefully and Cal who cannot enlist in WW11 bc of his one short leg. Set in Ohio, this story goes through time and is a story about friendship, love, loss and secrets. Excellent.

Loved this story of two Chinese grandmothers and their story through magic that is in their blood. Granddaughters that live in Boston and want to learn about their grandmothers past. Fantasy mixed with history and technology of today. So good. First novel by this author. Excellent. Power of the written word and the loss of people talking to each other.

I love Dan Brown books and this one did not disappoint. We all now need to go to Prague! History, epilepsy, mystery, science/technology, CIA, remote viewing and consciousness! Look up everywhere and everything as you go through this read. Langdon is back!

If you like the premise of Dexter, Haze and Fox are the new serial killing couple that choose bad men to seal their urges. Everything changes once they become parents. Loved this…does that mean something bad about me? Too bad, fun read.

Liked book 1 a bit more than this book. Beginning seemed slow, once Tilly and Oskar wander into the fairy tales it picked up the story. Middle grade read. Wandering though if this keeps the attention of these readers?

This book is my favorite of the year so far. Science, NASA, smart women, family, love and being human in this universe where we all live. Love this book and the ending is everything.

Book #2 in this YA fantasy. Thought it was better than the first and the ending makes me need to read 3. Grey has denied his right to reign as Rhen‘s brother but he has the magic. Good addition of another kingdom with two sisters that also see differently in standing up to their ruthless mother. On to book 3.

Loved this read that is perfect for the beginning of spooky season. A haunted Victorian house with ghosts that you will love and hate. Margaret believes she can follow the rules to survive. Past happenings resurface that entwine with Margaret‘s “haunted” life. 👻👻👻👻

If you need a YA book for your kids or for your classroom this is it. Finally in paperback. Mal the flying girl and Christopher the future guardian of the mythical creatures. Artwork throughout and a glossary of the creatures. Recommended on the back for 10 and above…agree. Book 1. Fun read for anyone who reads fantasy.

Good mystery. Family, secrets, money, a bit of Scottish history, jealousy. Told by two people, stories interweave as you try to figure out who was killed and who did it. Good find at the library without knowing! Love that.

Holly is back and there is a new serial killer out there. Only Stephen King can write with scary real world happenings that make his books so scary. I will keep reading bc Holly the detective is great!

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.