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Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas by James Patterson My rating: 3 of 5 stars I am a long time reader of James Patterson mysteries and I love his writing - but had never read this one. I recently received as a christmas gift from a friend. I wanted to love this book, she loved this book. I did like the story but as I was reading I kept thinking about how some (most) of the statements made by Suzanne in this Diary for Nicholas were inappropriate for a mother to tell her son. And while the story was interesting, I struggled to get past this idea. It really wasn't until the end of the book, in that final twist where the book got to me. That said it was a nice, sweet and tragic love story that I don't regret reading. View all my reviews

The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow My rating: 3 of 5 stars Personal Rating: 5/10 C+ The premise/idea of this book was perfection, and I very much wanted to fall into the world of Doors with January and Love this story. But, in the end it didn't pull me in the way I expected and it didn't keep me the way I needed it to. The imagination to come up with this premise is genius, but the execution of the story took way too long to pull me in. I was not pulled in until at least page 150, and that's just too long. I know many people loved this story, including a good friend of mine. But it just wasn't for me. I also read this with my husband who couldn't finish the story, he is not much of a reader and this just wasn't the right book for him. But I thought the adventures of January would be fun for us to read together. I ended up rating this book 3 stars, I gave the premise 4 stars, the ending 3 Stars but the slow beginning 2 stars. If I wasn't r...

The Girl from Widow Hills by Megan Miranda My rating: 4 of 5 stars Personal rating: 7/10 - B This is book that was not on my radar at all until my someone from my work BookClub picked it. It was published in june of 2020 and it seems to have premiered rather silently and my an author that I haven't heard much of BUT has so many books with good ratings. Not sure how this author has escaped me before now. The premise of this book sounded good, so we ended up picking it for our March 2021 group read. I was very pleasantly suprised by this book. There were some good twists and turns, it had a solid story line and the final twists pushed the rating up a bit for me. It definitely had me wanting to read more and find the truth. This is a solid suspense/thriller and I look forward to reading more by Megan Miranda. View all my reviews

Recursion by Blake Crouch My rating: 5 of 5 stars Personal Rating: A+ AMAZING! This Book Absolutely BLEW MY MIND! and then the last line of the book just ended me, so completely! Blake Crouch is now officially one of my favorite authors and I can't wait to read more. What an introduction to an amazing mind. I don't want to give a single spoiler to this book. I was kept up nights working through the logic trying to find flaws in this story - it's flawless! It kept me in a whirlwind where I didn't know which way was up - in the best possible way. BRAVO - More Blake Crouch PLEASE!!! View all my reviews

Snap by Belinda Bauer My rating: 2 of 5 stars Personal Rating: C I don't have too much to say about this one. It was hard to follow at first and then Catherine was just such an unbelievable character that I lost interest. The most interesting part of the story was Jack's survival intincts but there wasn't enough believe things in the book to make it work for me. View all my reviews

The Book of Longings by Sue Monk Kidd My rating: 5 of 5 stars Personal Rating: A+ I cannot gush harder about how much i adored this book!!! When my friend suggested we read the book I wasn't sure what to think. I was immediately intrigued by the spicy take of Jesus having a wife, it gave me vibes of THE RED TENT by Anita Diamant (which I LOVED), and I think Sue Monk Kidd is an amazing author (See THE SECRET LIFE OF BEES). So I jumped at opportunity to dig into this one. Let me start by saying that I'm not a religious person but I grew up in a strict religious christian household and my husband is catholic - so I do have a background of understanding what this book means to some. My husband was offended by the concept, so I get it. However, I am also someone who understands that fiction is fiction, and no matter what your beliefs - sometimes taking the "what if" can be fun - even if you believe it couldnt be true. What I didn't expect was that this book would be...