Very good book. Fast read, kept me interested. Great historical fiction novel.

I am a Liv Constantine fan. I was convinced with this one, that I had figured it out but once again I didn't get it right. These sisters always keep me on my toes.

A woman's mother disappeared when she was 12 years old. Never knowing what happened has held her back her whole life. She goes to Italy to try to find out about her mother's past, and what she learns changes her.

My new favorite book series. The TV series Tracker is based off of these novels and if you like the show, you will love the books. This one was very exciting with some thrills, twists and turns in the plot. Thre characters have a lot of depth to them and I highly recommend you start at the beginning of the series as their is a continuous undelying story that takes place throughout each of them.

Ruth Franklin did a lot of research to fill in the gaps about Anne Frank's life and death, Anne's writing and rewriting of the diary, Anne's father's editing of the diary through the years, and Ruth discusses the plays, books and movies based on Anne's life.

An emotional read, with insights into the meaning of friendships, the bonds we make with others, and the process of grieving. A shout out to Art Therapy.

I really enjoyed this light summer read and love story like its title.

For the July reading challenge and the Summer Reading program, I read the book, "Nine Perfect Strangers", finishing it on 7/28/25. This book was made into a TV mini-series. I watched the first season last year and it was very good. When the second season started and I saw the book would be perfect for the July challenge, I decided to read it. The book was definitely better than Season 2 of the show. Season 2 was very strange. So strange, in fact, that if there is a third season of Nine Perfect Strangers, I probably will not watch it.

I only picked this book because it met the challenge and the description sounded promising. I was wrong. The (biggest) twist was predictable from about the 5th chapter. When I first figured it out I was not sure if the author thought their readers were morons and would not see it, or if it was meant to be the biggest red herring ever (it wasn’t). Even for a mystery/thriller there was excessive and pointless death. If I could provide better advice, it would be to skip the epilogue. It was totally unnecessary and added plot lines at the bitter end that contribute nothing to the overall story, and actively takes away from it simultaneously. That is after seeing that the book was already 100 pages too long.

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.