Title: The 5th Wave (The 5th Wave #1) Author: Rick Yancey Genre: Young Adult, Science Fiction, Dystopian, Fiction Publication Date: May 7, 2013 Review Date: Aug 21, 2023 Number of Pages: 457 (hardcover) My Rating: 4.5/5 Learn more here. Buy here: The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey is populated with people who realize their potential only when they’re forced to use it – heroes who have greatness thrust upon them. See the Cassie at the end of the book compared to the one in the flashbacks and first few chapters. Book Blurb: After the 1st wave, only darkness remains. After the 2nd, only the lucky ..read more

Title: Sweet Sweet Revenge Ltd. Author: Jonas Jonasson Translated by: Rachel Willson-Broyles Genre: Crime, Translated Fiction, Scandinavian Literature, Humor Publication Date: Sept 1, 2020 Review Date: Apr 3, 2023 Number of Pages: 336 (paperback) My Rating: 5/5 Learn more here Buy here: I adore books that span a variety of topics or ones that have an offbeat sense of humor. Sweet Sweet Revenge Ltd. by Jonas Jonasson has both, which is a joy to encounter.. Book Blurb: The brand new, laugh-out-loud, around-the-world adventure from the bestselling author of The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Clim ..read more

Title: The Woman in Cabin 10 Author: Ruth Ware Genre: Mystery, Thriller Publication Date: July 19, 2016 Review Date: November 21, 2022 Number of Pages: 341 (Hardcover) My Rating: 3/5 Learn more here Buy here: The Woman in Cabin 10 is a very twisty story that keeps you guessing, and you’re unlikely to guess it all! I was certainly surprised by where this ended up. If you treat this like I did – a quick locked room mystery to be read over the course of a single weekend – you may like it better! Book Blurb: Lo Blacklock, a journalist who writes for a travel magazine, has just been given the ..read more

Title: The Complete Persepolis Author: Marjane Satrapi Genre: Graphic Novel, Memoir Publication Date: October 30, 2007 Review Date: April 5, 2022 Number of Pages: 341 My Rating: 5/5 Learn more here Buy here: While Satrapi’s art and writing is beautiful, the story she conveys is often anything but. I think all human beings undergo experiences that influence them in a variety of ways, but few are as observant or introspective as Satrapi. Learning and expanding your worldview is one of the best things we can do with our lives, and books like The Complete Persepolis simultaneously remind us o ..read more

Title: Rosemary and Rue (October Daye #1) Author: Seanan McGuire Genre: Urban Fantasy Publication Date: Sept 1, 2009 Review Date: March 29, 2022 Number of Pages: 346 My Rating: 4.5/5 Learn more here Buy here: The plot is really tight and fast paced throughout, and there isn’t a dull moment anywhere. McGuire has the skill to make any sort of scene interesting and suffused with emotion. Book Blurb: October “Toby” Daye, a changeling who is half human and half fae, has been an outsider from birth. After getting burned by both sides of her heritage, Toby has denied the Faerie world, retreatin ..read more

Title: The Moving Finger (Miss Marple #3) Author: Agatha Christie Genre: Mystery Publication Date: July 1942 Review Date: March 29, 2022 Number of Pages: 299 My Rating: 4/5 Learn more here Buy here: A very engaging story with a lot of tiny details peppered throughout, and some lovely misdirection, a true Christie trait. Book Blurb: The placid village of Lymstock seems the perfect place for Jerry Burton to recuperate from his accident under the care of his sister, Joanna. But soon a series of vicious poison-pen letters destroys the village’s quiet charm, eventually causing one recipient t ..read more

Title: Connectivity Author: Peter Rouleau Genre: Literary Publication Date: June 7, 2021 Review Date: Sept 2, 2021 Number of Pages: 109 My Rating: 4/5 Learn more here Buy here: A Bildungsroman set in the present day. A lovely coming-of-age tale that covers surprising breadth of experience, with wonderful characters. Book Blurb: When Doug Faraday was a child, his life fell apart. When he was eighteen, he met Courtney Bressler, a cheerful, funny girl. He observed every significant event of her life for the next 15 years. And she never knew that he existed. Book Review: A Bildungsroman of s ..read more

Title: Dead Code (Trisha Carson #3) Author: Glenda Carroll Genre: Mystery Publication Date: Oct 27, 2021 Review Date: Oct 4, 2021 Number of Pages: 272 My Rating: 4.5/5 Learn more here Buy here: A fast paced tale of cyber-crime and amateur sleuthing with an engaging and brave protagonist. Book Blurb: Trisha Carson blunders into a nest of cybercriminals when her landlord’s grandson disappears after a San Francisco Giants baseball game. Reaching out to help, she lands in the middle of a frightening game and discovers that she is the main prize. ***** ​Amateur sleuth Trisha Carson is being w ..read more

Title: The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (Hercule Poirot #4) Author: Agatha Christie Genre: Mystery Publication Date: June 1, 1926 Number of Pages: 288 My Rating: 4.5/5 Learn more here Buy here: Book Blurb: Considered to be one of Agatha Christie’s most controversial mysteries, The Murder Of Roger Ackroyd breaks the rules of traditional mystery. The peaceful English village of King’s Abbot is stunned. The widow Ferrars dies from an overdose of veronal. Not twenty-four hours later, Roger Ackroyd—the man she had planned to marry—is murdered. It is a baffling case involving blackmail and death ..read more

The Library by Bella Osborne 4.5 of 5 stars Book Blurb: An unlikely friendship forms between a sixteen-year-old boy and a seventy-two-year-old woman as they rally the community to save their local library. Tom is invisible. He happily blends into the background of life. But Farah Shah changes everything. Farah makes Tom want to stand up and be seen – at least by her. So Tom quickly decides the best way to learn about women is to delve into romance novels, and he finds himself at the village library where he befriends 72-year-old Maggie. Maggie has been happily alone for ten years, at least th ..read more