Pretty solid book with well developed characters. I like how they showed the passage of time and brought them through multiple cases. I do not know a lot about true crime slueths, but while reading I felt like I had to suspend A LOT of belief. Do people inuding cops just give info to these internet people like it's nothing? Great for fans of thrillers. Just had moments where i felt the characters didn't make rational human decisions, but u guess that is for the sake of the story. Justifying ending, which is rare for the genre. Wanted a where are they now at the end for the other characters.

Jennifer Weiner has written an okay story in THE GRIFFIN SISTERS' GREATEST HITS. However I found the telling of it very slow and repetitious. Two sisters, very close in age and very, very far apart in regard to looks, hopes, and dreams among other things face life and adulthood. They have both done things that have badly hurt each others and a host of other people along the way. Can they reconnect and finally have their happy ending? Read the book if you want to know ...

This book was not for me. It wasn't as well written, and it was full of too many plot points. Plus, most of those plot points were entirely unnecessary. The story was full of sci-fi clichés. There were no characters worth rooting for or caring about, and anything they did wrong, led to zero consequences.

This book was just what I needed for a summer read, light and breezy. Twin Olive announces to her very close family that she and her fiancé are going to elope in Hawaii so not to remind her sister, Amelia, of her failed marriage. The family plans to surprise the couple in Hawaii with a full blown wedding. Ami and her cousin Diego set off early to start the preparations. Ami is forced to plan the wedding with charismatic best man Brody and eventually they like each other. Was this whole elopement a ruse to get Ami out of her rut. Read and find out. I also recommend the audiobook, it is read with multiple actors and sound effects.

I love Neal Shusterman. His concepts and syntax are always so, so engaging and this one was no different. The premise is: what if an epidemic virus made you perfectly content if you survived it? Sounds great, except capitalism relies on peoples' miseries and insecurities. Multiple storylines weave around each other to create a fast-paced and thought-provoking story.

This wonderful novel describes a rarely seen time in history. It is the 1300’s, and the plague comes to Avignon. Eleanore’s mother was a locally famous healer, and Eleanore has taken over her healing duties after her mother’s death. Women who healed were considered to be witches, but a famous physician takes Eleanore under his wing. Together they try to heal those afflicted with the plague. Several characters in the book are real historical people, including this physician. Very highly recommended!

I chose this book because I saw it in the East Meadow Newsletter and It was last months Book Club pick.

The beginning of the book was warm and informative; Ina was totally relatable. The middle of the book was interesting-learning about her foray into the food business; the failures and successes and lessons learned. At the end, I didn't want to read about her apartment in France and the interior decoration. Advice would have been good; bragging/name -dropping was a turn off. Although overall, the book was engaging, an editor should have removed many of the exclamation points!

Still Life by Louise Penny Really appreciated this sophisticated Mystery. Well written, well thought out, exciting, and engrossing. A different type of Mystery then many of the popular fiction I have read. Intricate plot planning, good character development, multi-dimensional characters, and a good mystery as well. I was very involved in trying to solve it. Also loved Armand Gamache, an introspective, honorable, diligent detective, interested in the people as well as the crime. I delighted in his manner of investigation, his desire to listen, to learn, to admit when he is stuck. Jane is dead, and many are suspected. As it is with small towns, everyone knows everyone and there are secretes, but there is also a marvelous feeling of community. The town itself becomes a character. A “Who done it”, of the highest caliber.

July 7,2025 completing the Color our World Rainbow Connection This book was so terrific... While dealing with emotional family issues, Rowley intertwines tenderness, warmth, humor and teenage raising brilliance! I just loved the connections between all of his characters and rode along with Patrick's ride through life. The descriptions of the scenery and adventures that Patrick, Maisie and Grant were on as they traveled through Europe were so real that I felt I was with them on their journey. The writer actually captures the Sound of Music tour in Austria perfectly and I found myself singing along with them. I also found myself truly laughing out loud and tearing up a lot... Great writing!!! Great book!!!