Sometimes, when you finish a book you immediately know where it lands on your rating scale. Sometimes, you have no clue, or maybe you are struggling to figure out where you feel it fits best. Something important to remember about ratings and reviews is that they are totally dependent on the reader. All readers and… Continue reading Tips for Rating Books
Shines of Gaiety By Kate Atkinson Historical Fiction 391 pages Published September 27, 2022 by Doubleday Canada ⭐⭐⭐⭐ In 1926, while still recovering from the Great War, the London nightlife was thriving. In the clubs of SoHo, you’ll find everyone from dignitaries to gangsters spending their evenings together and young girls selling them dances. The… Continue reading Shrines of Gaiety: Review
Unfortunate Stars: A Wartime Confession Audiobook By Susan Lanigan Narrated by Greg Patmore Historical Fiction, Gay Romance 1 hour 16 minutes Published February 14, 2022 by Idée Fixe Press ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Czechoslovakia, 1938 – Friedrich Pflommer, a married man with two children, has fallen hopelessly in love with the most unsuitable person possible – the young,… Continue reading Unfortunate Stars: Audiobook Review
Starry-Eyed Love (Spark House #2) by Helena Hunting Audiobook narrated by Stella Bloom & Jason Clarke Contemporary Romance Published May 10, 2022 by St. Martin's Griffin & Macmillan Audio ⭐⭐⭐⭐ London and Jackson's story is a sweet and hot one. They originally met at a bar just after London and her boyfriend broke up. Jackson… Continue reading Starry-Eyed Love: Book & Audiobook Review
Five Little Indians By Michelle Good Historical Fiction, Indigenous Voices 292 pages Published April 14, 2020 by HarperCollins Content Warning: residential schools trauma, sexual assault, death, suicide ⭐⭐⭐⭐ After being taken from their families and homes as young children, forced into a church-run residential school, this story follows five young people as they face the… Continue reading Five Little Indians: Review
The Rosie Project (Don Tillman #1) By Graeme Simsion Romance 324 pages Published January 30, 2013 by HarperCollins Publishers LTD ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Don Tillman is a genetics professor with suspected Asperger’s seen by everyone but himself. He struggles in most social situations, has a limited number of friends and bad a very set way of doing… Continue reading The Rosie Project: Review
Murders at the Winterbottom Women’s Institute by Gina Kirkham Cozy Mystery/Crime, Fiction 356 pages Published May 25, 2022 by Bloodhound Books ⭐⭐⭐⭐ The quiet English village of Winterbottom is disrupted by a serial murderer that has left the village residents shaken and worried. Prunella Peirce, a newly single librarian, has recently moved to the small… Continue reading Murders at the Winterbottom Women’s Institute: Review
The Kiss Quotient (The Kiss Quotient #1) By Helen Hoang Contemporary Romance 323 pages Published June 5, 2018 by Berkley ⭐⭐⭐⭐½ Stella Lane is a 30 year old econometrician who has Asperger’s. Her mom is pushing her to find a partner and have babies, however, Stella can’t even stand to French kiss. So how is… Continue reading The Kiss Quotient: Review
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