Book Review: The Girl He Used to Know by Tracey Garvis Graves The lowdown from Goodreads Publication Date April 2, 2019 Annika (rhymes with Monica) Rose is an English major at the University of Illinois. Anxious in social situations where she finds most people’s behavior confusing, she’d rather be surrounded by the order and discipline…
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Book Review: The Things We Cannot Say by Kelly Rimmer
Book Review: The Things We Cannot Say by Kelly Rimmer The lowdown from Goodreads Publication Date March 19, 2019 In 1942, Europe remains in the relentless grip of war. Just beyond the tents of the Russian refugee camp she calls home, a young woman speaks her wedding vows. It’s a decision that will alter her…
Bad Blood by John Carreyrou Book Review
Bad Blood by John Carreyrou Book Review The lowdown from Goodreads Publication Date May 21, 2018 In 2014, Theranos founder and CEO Elizabeth Holmes was widely seen as the female Steve Jobs: a brilliant Stanford dropout whose startup “unicorn” promised to revolutionize the medical industry with a machine that would make blood tests significantly faster…
The Dropout
The Dropout Podcast by ABC Radio & ABC News Nightline Money. Romance. Tragedy. Deception. The story of Elizabeth Holmes and Theranos is an unbelievable tale of ambition and fame gone terribly wrong. How did the world’s youngest self-made female billionaire lose it all in the blink of an eye? How did the woman once heralded…
The Friend Zone by Abby Jimenez Book Review
The Friend Zone by Abby Jimenez Book Review The lowdown from Goodreads Publication Date July 9th, 2019 Kristen Petersen doesn’t do drama, will fight to the death for her friends, and has no room in her life for guys who just don’t get her. She’s also keeping a big secret: facing a medically necessary procedure…
The Case Against Adnan Syed
The Case Against Adnan Syed 4 Part Series Premieres on HBO March 10, 2019 9 PM EST Directed by Academy Award nominee Amy Berg, The Case Against Adnan Syed will explore the 1999 disappearance and murder of 18-year-old Baltimore County high school student Hae Min Lee, and the subsequent conviction of her ex-boyfriend, Adnan Syed, a case…
The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren Book Review
The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren Book Review The lowdown from Goodreads Publication Date May 14, 2019 Olive is always unlucky: in her career, in love, in…well, everything. Her identical twin sister Amy, on the other hand, is probably the luckiest person in the world. Her meet-cute with her fiancé is something out of a romantic…
The Beantown Girls by Jane Healey Book Review
The Beantown Girls by Jane Healey Book Review The lowdown from Goodreads Publication Date February 5th, 2019 1944: Fiona Denning has her entire future planned out. She’ll work in city hall, marry her fiancé when he returns from the war, and settle down in the Boston suburbs. But when her fiancé is reported missing after…
Buttermilk Doughnut Holes
Buttermilk Doughnut Holes If there’s one thing I know for sure, it’s that my love for doughnuts will endure. There is just nothing better in the world to me than a fried piece of dough with glaze. It screams weekend, special occasions, slumber parties & good cheer. Like, Have you ever eaten a doughnut &…
The Bride Test by Helen Hoang Book Review
The Bride Test by Helen Hoang Book Review The lowdown from Goodreads Publication Date May 7th, 2019 Khai Diep has no feelings. Well, he feels irritation when people move his things or contentment when ledgers balance down to the penny, but not big, important emotions—like grief. And love. He thinks he’s defective. His family knows…