Kathryn’s Pick: The Wrath and The Dawn by Renee Ahdieh The Wrath and The Dawn is a beautiful, twisted, and imaginative retelling of A Thousand and One Nights. Luckily, I was not familiar with the original story so I went into this with an unbiased mind and came out loving it! This novel is set…
Category: Fiction
Turtles All the Way Down
Cori’s Pick: Turtles All the Way Down by John Green I LOVED The Fault In Our Stars. And when I say loved, I mean it moved me to tears. I loved it so much I refused to watch the movie because I knew there was no way I could love the movie nearly as much…
Dead Woman Walking
Sara’s Pick: Dead Woman Walking by Sharon Bolton Enjoying a hot-air balloon ride, the passengers are inadvertent witnesses to a murder. The murderer, realizing that at least one of them has seen his face, follows them, waiting for the balloon to crash so he can finish them all off. Unexpectedly there is one survivor. She…
Little Fires Everywhere
Cori’s Pick: Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng Little Fires Everywhere weaves an intricate story of two very different families while exploring the complexities of motherhood, adoption, surrogacy, privilege, and class. The Richardsons live a life that thrives on routine. Where everything from their neighborhood to their daily schedules are meticulously planned. So when Mia…
Unraveling Oliver
Sara’s Pick: Unraveling Oliver by Liz Nugent A celebrated author of children’s books flies into a rage after dinner on night and beats his illustrator-wife almost to death. In the aftermath, he and others in his life explain how he came to this point. There is plenty of tragedy to go around starting with his…
Emma in the Night
Sara’s Pick: Emma in the Night by Wendy Walker Two sisters vanish one night leaving a car and shoes at the beach. Three years later, one of them returns. Held captive on an island off the coast of Maine and finally escaping, Cass is frantic to have help finding her sister. But forensic psychologist Dr….
Just One Damned Thing After Another
Sara’s Pick: Just One Damned Thing After Another by Jodi Taylor St. Mary’s Institute of Historical Research is a chaotic organization of historians, technicians, cooks, costumers, medics and other support personnel who send the historians back in time to observe and report back on historic events. The pods (don’t call them time machines) always smell…
Psychic Eye Mystery
Linda’s Pick: Psychic Eye Mystery Series by Victoria Laurie This is one of my favorite series. Each issue is a quick, easy read that keeps you riveted while being in awe of the main character’s psychic abilities. There are 16 books in the series with the 15th being published in July 2017. I’ve already recommended…
Mrs. Saint and the Defectives
Cori’s Pick: Mrs Saint and the Defectives by Julie Lawson Timmer Quirky, humorous and heartfelt, Julie Lawson Timmer’s newest book had me at ‘Defectives’. After a very public (and humiliating) divorce, Markie and her teenage son Jesse run for the hills, leaving behind everyone they knew from their private school and country club past. Looking…
The Maze Runner
Kathryn’s Pick: The Maze Runner by James Dashner Before picking up this book I saw The Maze Runner movie adaptation. The movie was interesting but never left me with the urge to pick up the book and discover more. Luckily, I recently changed my mind. After getting through the first few chapters I couldn’t put…
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