My Thoughts on These Violent Delights

Title: These Violent Delights Author: Chloe Gong  I love a good star crossed lover plot. That is how this young adult novel was marketed on the Book of the Month website for this years November picks. But this novel is so much more.  While the cast of characters were inspired by Shakespeares’s “Romeo & Juliet” …

My Thoughts on The Lighthouse Keeper’s Daughter

The Lighthouse Keeper's Daughter, Author Hazel Gaynor. https://www.amazon.com/Lighthouse-Keepers-Daughter-Novel ★★★★ At first glance I thought this would be a novel about a dutiful daughter from the Victorian era. I put off reading this novel and wish I hadn't. Yes the novel's heroin Grace is a dutiful daughter and is an embodiment of the morals of her …

My Thoughts on The Library Of Legends

Book Title: The Library Of Legends Author: Janie Chang The Library of Legends, Amazon The Library of Legends, Goodreads The Library of Legends, Barnes & Noble ★★★★ Join University students Lian as she flee’s with her fellow students during the Japanese invasion of Nanking. Set in 1937 China the Government decides to order the evacuations of …

My Thoughts about Beach Read

Title Beach Read Author Emily Henry Beach Read, Goodreads ★★★★ I predict that Beach Read will be one of this summers go to books. The witty banter between the protagonist January and Augustus is entertaining and suspenseful. I loved that this novel wasn’t set in an exotic locale. Instead Emily Henry set up her characters …

In Five Years

It has been awhile since I last posted a book review. Partly because I've been adjusting to a new work schedule in my real world job. But mostly because I haven't read a book that I've been compelled to blog about. I finally found that desire to post after reading In Five Years by Rebecca …

Ribbons of Scarlet: A Novel of the French Revolution’s Women

I was hesitant to read a novel written by six different authors, I wasn't sure who the plot would flow, but I found myself really enjoying this novel. I enjoyed it so much that I took my time reading it, I wanted to soak in all the details. I've never really read anything about the …

The Testaments

The Testaments is a must read for fans of Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale.  In this latest novel published more than thirty years after The Handmaid’s Tale Atwood revisits Gilead, a theocratic society in which women are forbidden to hold jobs, love whom they choose and are forbidden to read.  The Testaments is set fifteen years after the events in the …

The Secrets We Kept

Imagine you spend years writing the novel you've always desired to write. You've poured so much of yourself into the novel that you can not fathom it not being published. Imagine that you're told it is impossible to publish as the Government doesn't want it published. Imagine that you're in love with the person who …

If Only I Could Tell You

"Once upon a time Audrey had believed that her life was set on a clear path and that any diversion led to a complete derailment. Only now did she realize that those moments of change were not an ending but a beginning: a chance for a different kind of life, a different kind of journey, …

The Whisper Man

"If you leave a door half open, soon you'll hear the whispers spoken. If you play outside alone, soon you won't be going home. If your windows left unlatched, you'll hear him tapping at the glass. If you're lonely, sad, and blue, the Whisper Man will come for you" ~ Alex North, The Whisper Man. …