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Restore Me
by Tahereh Mafi
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This is the fourth installment in the Shatter Me series, and it marks the beginning of a new chapter in Juliette’s journey. It’s fascinating to witness how much Juliette has evolved since the first book. Her character development is one of the strongest elements of the series, and in this book, we see her step into a leadership role in a way that feels both powerful and deeply vulnerable. There were more revelations in this book, pieces that were left out in the first three books begin to unravel here, surrounding Aaron Warner and Juliette’s past. The way these storylines are expanded adds layers of depth and kept me turning the pages. We meet so many new characters and we get to explore them as people as well, which I really like. Tahereh Mafi’s writing continues to shine in this book. Her lyrical, emotional style captures the internal struggles of the characters so vividly that you can’t help but feel their pain and inner turmoil. Overall, I highly recommend this book, especially to readers who’ve been following Juliette’s story from the beginning.
The Let Them Theory
by Mel Robbins
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Informative, inspirational and interesting. The book gives advice on how to deal with toxic people in our lives. How to be proactive and not reactive.
The Lemon Tree
by Sandy Tolan
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A Palestinian comes to visit his childhood home and encounters the Israeli who currently lives there, thus starts a dialog between them. I didn't feel that the viewpoints were balanced.
The Stolen Queen
by Fiona Davis
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Fiona Davis is my favorite author. I enjoy all her historical fiction novels especially this one because it involves the archaeological digs in Egypt which I find intriguing.
Destroy Me
by Tahereh Mafi
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This novella is from Warner’s point of view after the events of the first book: Shatter Me. I gave this book three stars not because I don’t like it but because there wasn’t anything crazy out of the ordinary about it and I think that had to do with the fact that I read the first three books and then came back to read this novella. I feel like it also got repetitive at times. I really enjoyed it in the sense that we get to see Warner’s feelings after he portrays himself as a tough bad guy in the first book. I think if you really want an element of newness, you should read it directly after the first book when we don’t know so much about Warner from the next books already. However, even though I read it after the first three books, I still enjoyed back tracking and getting to experience the events from the end of Shatter Me and beginning of Unravel Me and everything in between from Warner’s perspective. We also get to see bits from Juliette’s journal that is spoken about in Shatter Me and of course Mafi’s writing and use of similes and metaphors are excellent. It makes you feel the character’s pain.
Husbands & Lovers
by Beatriz Williams
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Very good book. Fast read, kept me interested. Great historical fiction novel.
The Banned Bookshop Of Maggie Banks
by Shauna Robinson
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Maggie works in a bookshop in a town that doesn't allow new books to be sold. She works around it with the help of the townspeople.
My Friends
by Fredrik Backman
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Fredrik Backman has a way to write broken people that you fall in love with. A priceless painting is gifted to a runaway foster kid by the artist himself. Can Luisa handle the responsibility of having such a priceless gift? As she travels with the artist’s best friend to sell the painting, the full story of the artist, his friends and growing up in a poor neighborhood is unfolded. This book weaves past and present together creating an intriguing story.
The Nickel Boys
by Colson Whitehead
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The book is a true story of the notorious Nickel Academy inspired by the Dozier School for Boys in Florida, a reformatory with a history of abuse and unmarked graves. The novel takes place in the 1950’s, which shed light on racism, injustice of that time. There are two main characters and through their interactions, we see the psychological impact of the abuse through vivid descriptions and character interactions.
Be Ready When The Luck Happens
by Ina Garten
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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!
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