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This book was a sad story. But important. It took a long time, but these women‘s sufferings brought about real, impactful changes to the workplace.
This book was a sad story. But important. It took a long time, but these women‘s sufferings brought about real, impactful changes to the workplace.
It would be so bizarre to wake up & not remember the last ten years. So many things happen in that amount of time, and so many things don‘t change. I‘m not sure about the ending, but it was a good read.
2022 Juliette decides to extend her stay in Paris, she feels she belongs once she finds the square from her grandmother‘s painting. 1940‘s Jacque & Mathilda‘s love, life, and everything during the war. And the same bookshop in both stories.
I‘m not even sure what to say about this book. It‘s too long. It‘s a novel, so it mostly depressing.
This book surprised me. The prologue was explaining the typical characters and tropes and plot lines of the ‘hallmark movie‘ style books. But, it worked. And the story was really good.
Right away, you love the characters in this story & that grows more as the story goes on. Love, heartbreak, relationships… and unknowing what comes next.
Narcolepsy, time travel, love, family, friendships & more. This page turner kept me interested from the first page to the last.
I couldn‘t finish it. I made it about 25% but it was just too depressing.
This story would make the cheesiest tv show, but as a book it is the perfect little fun murder mystery. A set of pensioners with the right skills are the perfect team to solve cold cases…and even better to solve a murder that happens right in front of them. Such a fun read that I‘ve already got book #2 on hold.
A bit wordy, but an intriguing tale of the Impassable Wilderness in the center of the city of Portland. It was fun to read a ‘fairy tale‘ set in my town.
Book #9 of the Glass & Steele series, follows Matt & India as they try to fix Patience‘s marriage & get Hope married off (or not, depending on who you ask), all while solving the mystery of a stolen magic item.
This book made me so angry I almost quit reading. But then I continued. The gaslighting & propaganda were infuriating. The dad…just no words. Essentially the essence of the book is rage. Women get enraged & transform. But, of course, there is so much more to it than that. It was good, but also made me mad, especially at the patriarchy.
#choosekind my 11-yr old asked me to read this because she is reading it & thought it was good. It is good. And sad, and heartbreaking. I told her I‘m glad I read it, but reading it once is enough, but that it‘s probably a good idea of what middle school is all about. The kids are mean, trying to figure out who they want to be, but that you can always be kind and stay true to you.
Book #8 in the Glass & Steele series. Happily married now but still finding themselves in need of protecting their friends & solving murders.
Just as described, this book reads like an updated version of Michael Creighton‘s Jurassic Park. Set in a valley in Colorado, a park has been erected to show off de-extincted animals like mammoths. But all is not as it seems as Agent Cash & Sheriff Colcord soon discover.
Tons of interesting info. Self-help books are t my fave, so it was a bit too textbook-y for me. But I got some great takeaways from it.
This was an interesting story about something I‘d never heard of: the reign of terror on the Osage in the early 1900‘s. It‘s amazing how much we don‘t know about the horrible tragedies against native Americans. It was much more textbook/documentary than I generally like, but interesting enough I kept reading it.
I loved this book. It let me guessing. And a story of ‘imposters‘ is always so interesting. This was done really well I thought.
Such a charming tale! Told in two timelines, a story of love, loss, independent women, and rare books. With a little magic thrown in.
This was an entertaining read. College friends reunite, but they all have their issues & troubles and all is not as perfect as it seems. Then one of them ends up dead.
Book #7 in the Glass & Steele series. With the wedding just days away, some magical news may stand between Matt & India…along with a murder to investigate too.
Wow, this was such a page turner! I did not know what to expect, I kept being surprised. A real psychological thriller. Just wow.
This book was fascinating. Written in a dual timeline, we follow the lives of several people from a traveling circus in the 17-1800‘s up through today. The main group being a maternal line of mermaids, or divers that can hold their breath for 10 minutes…but who all end up dying by drowning on July 24th.
I had to bail about 35% in. It was just too stressful it‘s like reading a documentary about a recent catastrophic fire in an area not too far from my home. It‘s well-written and interesting, just too overwhelming for me to keep going.
Book #6 in the Glass & Steele series. Things take quite a turn, or two, in this one. I like where the storyline is headed.
Book #5 in the Glass and Steele series. This one felt a bit short, but it also tied up some loose ends. And then, of course, opened a few more…looking forward to the next one!
History repeats itself…and this book goes to show that white men really do rule the art world (like so many other things). It is truly sad how often minorities are written out of history, dialogue, movements. Well in this story, one Latina proves she will not let that happen.
Interesting. I don‘t know if I liked this one or not. I finished it. I probably wouldn‘t recommend it though.
Book #4 in the series. So much happens in this book! Some mysteries, big ones, are solved. New mysteries are discovered that need to be solved. I‘ve already got the next book on hold!
I don‘t know much about the Vietnam war, but I learned so much from this book. As a woman veteran I am probably more surprised than I should be that people didn‘t know women were stationed there. Quite an eye opener for sure. Plus all the other issues: PTSD, lying men, depression, alcoholism, ‘mothers little pills‘… it was a lot, but told in such an understandable way. I loved Frankie‘s best friends too, friends like that are hard to come by.
Better than I expected, but at times confusing and I felt the ending was too abrupt. I would‘ve liked to see how things would play out after the play, when they come face to face.
Book #3 in the series follows Matt and India as they continue their search for Chronos. They continue to find themselves in the midst of guilds, magic, and their own growing relationship.
A beautiful, if a life in the middle of WWI can be called beautiful, story of life, love, art, lies, and so much more.
I have no idea what this book is about. So many gibberish words that I can‘t follow it, so I‘m bailing.
Book #2 in the series starts immediately where book 1 ends. Matt Glass and India Steele are still hunting for the magical watch maker but stumble upon magic in the mapmakers guild.
This was described as a thriller you can‘t put down & that‘s exactly what it was. A who-done-it that kept me guessing. I enjoyed that it was set in a real place, real hotel - that was cool.
Such a heartwarming story of a gay uncle helping his niece & nephew through a really terrible time. The “guncle rules” are great life lessons too.
Gah, I liked this one. More than I expected. It did a good job of weaving in the parents lives into this event-packed 24 hours of their kids lives. Read the blurb - it‘s a great description and know that the book lives up to it.
I love, love, loved this book. Poppy & Alex…a do they or don‘t they story. Unlikely best friends that take a summer trip together every year…until they don‘t. I laughed a lot, I cried a little, but I liked being along for the ride.
I tried but could not get into this book. The storyteller parts are too lyrical & poetic for me to follow. And Helen‘s part of the story is just confusing with too many characters & things going on that it‘s hard to follow. I feel a bit like I landed in Narnia, but it is too much effort to figure it out so I‘m going to bail.
It‘s like a winter version of a beach read. Or like a holiday hallmark movie. When Avery‘s too good to be true fiancé gets arrested by the FBI and ‘the last phone booth in manhattan‘ unknowingly directs her to her ex…she needs to decide what path to choose in this modern take on A Christmas Carol.
What a story! Ashlyn can feel the feelings of a book‘s previous owner. And when she finds two books that seem to be telling two sides of the same story, both with strong feelings of blame to the other…she knows the books won‘t have a happy ending, but what she ends up learning is so much more.
Kid read: I decided I should track all the chapter books I read with my kid…they count too! This is the first, so going forward I‘ll add a ‘kid read‘ notation to my review. This was a cute sort of coming to age story about a girl moving to a new town & leaving everything/everyone she knows behind, making new friends, having her first crush, showing her parents she can be responsible & making choices to be herself.
I hope our world & country never devolve into the reality described in this book. But if it does I hope for people like the main characters here.
I really enjoyed this book. By the same author that wrote Big Little Lies. It has a lot of characters, almost too many. And it dives into all the different ways people choose to live. But it all works.
I hated this book. Too abstract and full of prose. I could barely follow it and skimmed lots of it. It came highly recommended but I only read it to be done with it.
This picked up right where the last one left off, but this time Isla remembers her time with Grim. As she remembers more, learns to wield her power, and prepares for the coming war there are so many choices Isla has to make.
I could not put this down. A total thriller/page-turner where you aren‘t sure who is telling the truth. It really sucked me in!