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…
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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 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 Cottage on Rose Lane by Hope Ramsay Book Review
The Cottage on Rose Lane by Hope Ramsay Book Review The lowdown from Goodreads Publication Date December 4th, 2018 Jenna Fossey’s life is about to change. An unexpected inheritance and the chance to meet relatives she never knew existed has her heading to the charming little town of Magnolia Harbor. But as soon as she…
Hotel Scarface by Roben Farzad Book Review
Hotel Scarface by Roben Farzad Book Review The lowdown from Goodreads Publication Date October 17, 2017 Drugs, disco, and debauchery: This is the wild true story of the Mutiny, the decadent hotel that embodied Miami’s cocaine-fueled heyday–and inspired the legendary film Scarface. In the seventies, coke hit Miami like a hurricane, and no place attracted dealers and dopers…
Justice League: No Justice by Scott Snyder Review
Justice League: No Justice by Scott Snyder Review The lowdown from Goodreads Publication Date September 25, 2018 The events of Dark Nights: Metal have transformed the universe in ways both wonderful and terrifying…and unleashed four ancient entities with the power to destroy it all. Mystery. Wonder. Wisdom. Entropy. These four forces govern all of existence, and now…
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 Hating Game by Sally Thorne Book Review
The Hating Game by Sally Thorne Book Review The lowdown from Goodreads Publication Date August 9th, 2016 Nemesis (n.) 1) An opponent or rival whom a person cannot best or overcome; 2) A person’s undoing; 3) Joshua Templeman. Lucy Hutton and Joshua Templeman hate each other. Not dislike. Not begrudgingly tolerate. Hate. And they have…
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…
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…