The Memory Collectors by Dete Meserve
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
This was such an unusual story, considering how much I read, I am always pleased when I can find a book with a plot i haven’t seen before. And I love time travel novels so I was excited to read this one. Once they started traveling, I kept looking for the connection between them.
Even though it got convoluted and a little hard to follow in some sections, this book in its heart was about grief, second chances, love, forgiveness and maybe a little bit about destiny. I loved the message it had about the power of self-forgiveness and I also loved that things can feel and be so different if we have the ability to widen the lens with which we get to see them.
with gratitude to netgalley and Crooked Lane Books for an advanced copy in exchange for an honest review
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The Eights by Joanna Miller
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
For some reason, I never got into this story. I liked reading about the women, I liked the math and i liked the idea of this book but I just didn’t get attached enough to any of the characters.
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The Seven O’Clock Club by Amelia Ireland
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
3.5 stars
I have mixed feelings about this story. There’s a big twist. Which to me is always risky because you either like it and then feel like it was a great book, or you hate it and then hate the book. I think i fall more in latter than former. But it didn’t make me as mad as these types of twists usually make me.
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The Perfect Divorce by Jeneva Rose
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
Many people seem to have liked this one more but I thought it was too similar to the other one and I tend to not enjoy stories that are the same, told the same way and leave me feeling the same.
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Whale Fall by Elizabeth O’Connor
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
3.5 stars
a quiet interesting book but i don’t think it will stay with me.
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A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
I must be the last person on earth who didn’t read this book (or didn’t see the show) but i finally read it. I enjoyed it too. Fast and easy read.
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Woodworking by Emily St. James
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Wonderful and uplifting story about coming back home to yourself, about community, about support, found family, and real family. And friendship. Loved it.
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The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
3.5 sweet little story about belonging and being different. It feels a little like The House in the Cerulean Sea in spirit.
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Rubbernecker by Belinda Bauer
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
3.5 stars
A neat and quick read about a mystery. An interesting twist with the main character being a medical student studying cadavers.
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Say You’ll Remember Me by Abby Jimenez
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Jimenez writes lovely characters, sweet stories, and always has me feeling like i got a lovely, warm hug.
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All That Life Can Afford by Emily Everett
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
I picked this up whimsically because it was a Reese pick. It was a great start but, for me, it petered out. And in the end it was meh.
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The Antidote by Karen Russell
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
A major undertaking by Karen Russell. I knew practically nothing about the Dust Bowl and I really enjoyed this story set in a fictional town. I liked each of the characters and their unique perspective. I liked how visual and all around immersed the reader became in the story, it was a full five-sense experience to read it. I really enjoyed the touch of magical realism as well, what a unique and lovely way to bring some history into the story. Excellent book.
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