How competitive is the housing market? Well it just might make someone do desperate things!

Yesteryear by Caro Clare Brown An influencer, who considers herself a tradwife (traditional wife) uses her platform to encourage returning to the past doing everything as it was done years ago, not electronics. One morning she wakes up to the discovery that she is living in the reality she has encouraged. How did she get here and what is going on. Is this some weird reality show, has she time traveled, what in the world is going on. Read to find out. Quite interesting.

THE GUEST LIST by Lucy Foley is not so much a who-done-it as it is a what-was-done-to-whom. The setting is a very posh wedding taking place on a very isolated island off the coast of Ireland. What could possibly go wrong? The guests are easily familiar types and everyone was a back story. When the book opens the reader has already been told that one of the merry makers won't make it off the island alive. But who? Had I been there there were many people I would bump off - starting with the bride and most of the groomsmen ... But who did the author have in mind to kill? And why? This was a very enjoyable read. I didn't pick the correct person for the corpse or the murderer even after I knew who was killed! Will read more from this author...

A solid book but a few issues. There were a solid 2 to 3 characters that were entirely unnecessary. It was an absolute waste, and I have no idea why they were there. The reveal was surprising but also disappointing and made little to no sense. None of the characters (the mom, the victim, the friend, the husband, etc.) Were worth rooting for. It was different than some previous ending of thrillers I had read. Which I appreciate, but that didn't make it better.

Disappointing and predictable. It is obvious from the first few chapters. It makes the book hard to enjoy. Virtually no characters to root for. This is only a debut novel, so I am hoping to read more from this author and see the storytelling improve.

I really enjoyed reading this summer read. I like that it’s setting is mostly in a beach town. It’s a nice change to read about a character that is a good person and easy to like. Dolly and Stewart’s story was fun to follow. Especially with a beautiful backdrop.

I had no idea what to expect from this book but it was so good! Crying over a Roomba was not on my itinerary.

This year's summer reading program guest speaker at the end of the summer party is the author John Searles. Searles, known for his mystery books, has tried his hand in another genre - the fictionalized account of a well-known person. In SINGLE GIRLS the life and times of the the writer, editor, and personality of Cosmopolitan fame Helen Gurley Brown is the star. The story was enjoyable and heartbreaking in turn. I wish I had paid more attention to all Brown said and did when I would have been able to benefit from it! Oh to be a single girl again ...

I thoroughly enjoyed this thriller that I listened to . I enjoyed the story and the reader with the australian accent. Mabel is such a great character both in the past and at age 80. It was a surprise to me about Mabel’s best friend, Daphne. I would highly recommend this book

You would think that a book of short stories there would be more than 1 story of any redeeming value. My favorite was "The Lunar Eclipse." Clearly author Nat Cassidy wants to be Stephen King. First Mr. Cassidy needs to become a writer and leave the horror to the expert. I guess 13 is unlucky for me to have selected this book toward Tic-Tack-Toe Summer Reading challenge.