Small Great Things by Jodi Picoult is a novel that my mom brought me over Thanksgiving weekend, which was celebrated October 8, 2018. My granny and then her had already read it and it was my turn. Because of how … Continue reading
Still Me is Jojo Moyes third novel involving the curious but lovely Louisa Clark. She has moved to New York to work for this uber rich family as the wife’s assistant. Louisa’s employer keeps insisting that they’re friends… but you … Continue reading
The Boat People is an extremely resonate book because it is so relevant to our modern refugee crisis. It seeks to look at all of the different perspectives in a fictional case where you can begin to unravel the many … Continue reading
Little Fires Everywhere was ok, I guess, but I find I didn’t find it very memorable if I am being honest. I feel bad saying that because I want to love every book I read and there were certainly things … Continue reading
Fat Cats is the fourth novel of the Dyed in the Green series written by George Mercer. At the end of Jasper Wild, Ben Matthews took a position at a national park in Tanzania so the focus of Fat Cats … Continue reading
*Lots of spoilers* The Book of Essie is Meghan Maclean Weir’s first novel. It was a captivating story, one of those ones that I could barely put down until it was done. Ester, known as Essie, is pregnant. Her father … Continue reading
** I am still reading the Right to be Cold and Beyond Words (half done). The links to those blog posts will become active as soon as those are done and posted, so if you’re reading this in early … Continue reading
Set in 1908 to about 1925, Dragon Springs Road by Janie Chang is about a young girl, Jailing, whose mother unexpectedly abandoned her on the estate of the family she worked for. She was taken in by that family and … Continue reading
Wood Buffalo is George Mercer’s second book in the Dyed in the Green series. For those of you who missed it, George Mercer also wrote Dyed in the Green, the first book in his series featuring protagonist, Ben Matthews, a … Continue reading
Dyed in the Green is a mystery novel written by Canadian author and (former) park ranger, George Mercer, who turned to writing mysteries set in Canada’s national parks. The book was published in 2014 or so and George Mercer has … Continue reading
“Every loss is unprecedented. You can’t ever know someone else’s hurt, not really — just like touching someone else’s body isn’t the same as having someone else’s body.” ~ somewhere in the book (yeah, I Googled the quote and THEY … Continue reading
Beneath a Meth Moon is a relatively short and beautifully written novel about the horrors of meth addiction. I coincidentally decided to read the book at the same time that I was watching Breaking Bad. It’s 2 really different perspectives … Continue reading
Bliss was written by Shay Mitchell and Michaela Blaney. Shay Mitchell is a Canadian actress Emily Fields in Pretty Little Liars and Michaela is her best friend who works in marketing. In Bliss, the main characters are Sophia, Demi and Leandra. … Continue reading
Always Fire and Honey 