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

It is not often that I feel sad reading a book. There is a lot of focus on the topics of loss, depression, struggle, death, and missing family. Some details felt unnecessary and felt like filler. Maybe it just added more layers of woe. The story was sad from multiple character perspectives. It is worth the read, but grab the kleenex.

This book is Historical Fiction that integrates two time periods. The Main Characters are : Henry Widener, a 27 year old Harvard graduate aristocrat who died on the Titanic: who graduated from Harvard and Violet Hutchins, a grieving Harvard Junior in 1992. The author pivots seamlessly between the two time periods as we discover what they have in common.

This series was suggested to me by a family member and I can't wait to read the next book in the series. This was a fun read and peaked my interest because it's main character was a baker, a hobby I happen to love. The book also includes several recipes that I am eager to try as well.

The premise of the book sounded interesting but it was way too long and repetitive. In this book AI is implanted in a brain dead individual and Julia is hired to manipulate "Bernie" (a nod to the movie "Weekend at Bernie's). The book is told through alternating points of view. Note: The 3 stars is rounded up from 2.5 stars.

Elsie Fitzpatrick finds her neighbor and nemesis dead in his kitchen one day which makes the police suspect her of murder. However the truth of who she really is and the past she’s hiding from comes out. She is Mad Mabel Waller, the youngest person convicted of murder in Australian history. Along the way Mabel makes new friends and discovers that maybe she was never mad and people should be careful who is telling the story. This book keeps you wanting more as Elsie/Mabel’s story unwinds between past and present. A must read.

Another enjoyable read in the Highler Series.

Lucy has taken a job at a retirement home to restore all of its original gardens. The flowers that have been planted, along with Lucy's "gift" change the lives of the home's residents and the home itself.

I'm a sucker for just about anything cyberpunk so the book that's often credited as having created the genre has naturally been on my TBR list for a while. Even within a genre like cyberpunk that tends to be very cynical and often abrasive, Neuromancer is definitely not for everyone. A friend of mine described it as "thoroughly unwelcoming" and I kinda love that description. Gibson just drops you into his bleakly predictive sci-fi world without bothering to explain how anything works and expects you, the reader, to do the heavy lifting and figure things out. This makes it a very challenging read, no doubt and I'd be lying if I said I understood everything (or even most things) that happened. I don't want to make it sound as if I disliked it though. It's incredibly unique with engaging characters at the center of its heist plot. The worldbuilding is very strong and is undeniably ahead of its time considering how much cyberpunk as a genre relies on ideas this book effectively created. I just find it to be a very difficult book to recommend.

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.