Well written book that starts on Long Island. The back story explores the ravages of the Vietnam Nam war, Vietnamese Refugees, and humanity. For those who lived through the turmoil of the Vietnam Nam war, it will bring memories flooding back. Another ‘Cannot put down’ book. There are many lessons embedded for Millenials, Gens X, Y, Z.

This book was really well written and was very interesting. A lot of the book was fun since it mentioned a lot of literary classics. The first 3/4 of the book are great. Once you get to the end and they start revealing the twists is when things go off the rails. I am all for twists, red herrings and suspending belief for the sake of the story, but the biggest reveal felt so arbitrary, it really felt tacked on. I wish the author worked harder on the reasoning for that instead of adding so many reveals.

Absolutely loved this story! The historical facts, the mystery and the setting really kept me enthralled. I learned a lot about the impact the war had on this very quintessential summer place. The human relationships were so very well entwined with the historical events.

Renaissance Florence comes vividly alive through the eyes of 15 year old Lucrezia de'Medici in Maggie O' Farrell book THE MARRIAGE PORTRAIT. Lucrezia is a historical figure whose short life and unhappy marriage are known through history. Her inner thoughts and actions are the author's fictional additions. Not only was I totally involved with the story, but cried over what could have been "if only ..." I loved it!

I wanted to read this book because I have in the past watched the reality show surrounding this family. I also followed news stories and social media about them and wanted to get a different perspective about events from the daughter who wrote the book.

This was a fascinating book. I know that it is hotly debated how much of this story was true and how much was sensationalized, but I still found it fascinating. I personally love the science of casinos, and this was a great insight into how these people dealt with it. I am no genius and only wish I had this ability. I really liked the way the author told this story when it was told to him. I also like how he got multiple perspectives. I have also seen the movie multiple times and liked it, but not as much as the book. It made me want to go back to Vegas.

Margaret Winterbottom a recently widowed, 89 year old woman, lives by herself in a nice neighborhood where she has alot of friends. Her over-bearing daughter and son-in-law want her to down-size or even go to a home, which Margaret refuses. When her good friend and neighbor, Barbara, is found murdered it shakes up Margaret who has a vivid memory of something Barbara told her, but she just can't remember what it is. With the help of her teenage grandson, James, she's determined to find the killer, remember what she was told and figure out why strange things are happening in her house, things she can't figure out.

The newest in the Women's Murder Club Series. I love this series. Some are better than others, but this one's good. Enjoy!

Everett dives into the very heart of Twain's Epochal odyssey, shifting the central view point from that of the unschooled , often credulous , but basically good-hearted Huck to the more enigmatic and heroic Jim, the Black slave with whom the boy escapes via raft on the Mississippi River.

Ok so I'm not a huge space fan, to be honest it scares me but I am a big Taylor Jenkins Reid fan so I had to give this one a go. On the surface, as a reader I thought I was getting a novel about women in NASA's Shuttle Program, but that was only a piece of what this story was about. Pros: I'm going to be honest, I usually don't go for this kind of romance but it worked and I liked both of the main characters. I loved the dual storyline with Barbara and Frances as it added depth to Joan's character and who she was. I also loved the NASA aspect and the nods to history. Cons: I wanted more of the space aspect. The book started off on such a high note but then it dragged in the middle. Thankfully the last quarter of the book really picked up. Overall, I really enjoyed this one!