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

I wanted to like this book. But it (ironically?) shows that the sequels are not always necessary. In the first book the story was compelling but the ending felt muddy, and unfulfilling. Now we pick up with Anna, a character from the first book, who was kind of an anti-hero, but now she is more difficult to root for. She has gone from tragic victim to paranoid sociopath with a high kill count. Just not a compelling story.

I have enjoyed this author’s previous books so I decided to try this one. The musical parts are very interesting, but it goes off on a weird comic book adventure that ruined it for me.

The book had an interesting storyline told from two peoples point of View. Part of the story takes place in 1953 and part of the story takes place during WWII. A woman in 1953 is working in a thrift shop in England when she comes across a necklace that she thinks she recognizes s from her time as a volunteer for The International Red Cross delivery care packages to POW camps. The second Point of view is from a Jewish woman who lives in Paris during WWII The story s eventually intertwines and there is a bit of a surprise ending. I liked the book and I recommend it

Very much the Golden Girls we we all know and love. However, it was very difficult to get through this one. It would have made a good episode for the show but not a book.

Five high school friends make a forever pact to protect each other called the covenant. One night out in the woods a mysterious staircase appears and one friend walks up it never to be seen again. Years later, the friends are brought together to see another staircase in the woods and they all walk up it this time in hopes of finding their friend. What lies at the top of the staircase is a haunted house of sorts with a changing labyrinth of rooms and horrors and replays of their traumas that they must overcome to get out. Will they get out of this nightmare? Do they find their long gone friend? Read and find out.

The glamorous , talented and beautiful Vanessa Chapman sequestered herself on n isolated Scottish tidal island called Eris. She did her art work and besides her philandering, mooch of a husband who vanished decades ago, also had a long-time association with retired doctor Grace Haswell. Although she had several stormy relationships she produced art work of note. Art historian James Becker who is obsessed with Vanessa is the curator of the Fairburn Foundation and after her death loaned some of her works to the Tate Modern. That's where a forensic anthropologist sees one of her sculptures made of objects one of which he believes is a human bone. It is up to Grace to figure out how to mislead these people.

I didn’t care for this book, I think it made light of serious topics like depression and suicide

It is an excellent text to learn Spanish as a beginner, and can be borrowed from the library. (Hola! Hablo un poco de Espanol.) Hi! I speak a little bit of Spanish.

I my never ride a train again and that is the only spoiler. Most definitely worth the read. I was so engrossed that I was almost late for work, and I work from home. With A Vengeance by Riley Saeger is Not a perfect 5 stars but really close. By the way, don't keep guessing, just keep reading.