Category Archives: 2-star reads
Book review: ‘Nice To Come Home To’ by Rebecca Flowers
It’s hard to sum up a book like Nice To Come Home To. I feel the snarky coming out, but . . . Rebecca Flowers’ novel about a 30-something realizing her life has gone awry isn’t terribly original. I mean, … Continue reading
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Book review: ‘Sleeping Arrangements’ by Madeleine Wickham
It’s official: I’m severing all ties with Madeleine Wickham. After reading a few of her books and consequently wanting to shove most of them into a mud pit, hopefully to be swallowed whole, I’m placing her on Meg’s Banned List … Continue reading
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Book review: ‘Wake’ by Lisa McMann
Well. Wake by Lisa McMann. There you are. Here I am. We’re not friends. We never will be. It’s been a while since I actively disliked a book as much as this one, friends. Here’s our premise: Janie is a … Continue reading
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Book review: ‘High Tea’ by Sandra Harper
Margaret Moore runs a quaint tearoom in downtown Los Angeles, where she’s lived near her ex-husband and grown daughter for decades. A British expat, Margaret adjusted reasonably well to life in the Golden State — but now, after years away … Continue reading
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Book review: ‘The DUFF’ by Kody Keplinger
Bianca Piper has always basked in her camaraderie with Casey and Jessica, her gorgeous (and blonde) friends at Hamilton High. Maybe she’s a little on the larger side than they are, sure, and her hair doesn’t have that same sleek, … Continue reading
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Book review: ‘A Desirable Residence’ by Madeleine Wickham
One house in Silchester, England, brings together three unlikely groups of people in this novel of deceit, debt and escalating — but unrealized — hopes. Liz and Jonathan Chambers are homeowners up to their eyeballs in money troubles, scrambling to pay … Continue reading
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