The Plot (from Goodreads): Cassie Hanwell was born for emergencies. As one of the only female firefighters in her Texas firehouse, she’s seen her fair…
Month: October 2020
Sally Hepworth | The Good Sister
The Plot (from Goodreads): From the outside, everyone might think Fern and Rose are as close as twin sisters can be: Rose is the responsible…
Sally Rooney | Normal People
The Plot (from Goodreads): At school Connell and Marianne pretend not to know each other. He’s popular and well-adjusted, star of the school soccer team…
New Releases | November 2020
I can hardly believe this blog has already been up for a full month, but here we are. I’ve been having a blast, and I…
Chris Bohjalian | The Red Lotus
The Plot (from Goodreads): The first time Alexis saw Austin, it was a Saturday night. Not in a bar, but in the emergency room where…
Joshilyn Jackson | Never Have I Ever
The Plot (from Goodreads): Amy Whey is proud of her ordinary life and the simple pleasures that come with it—teaching diving lessons, baking cookies for…
Megan Goldin | The Night Swim
The Plot (from Goodreads): After the first season of her true-crime podcast became an overnight sensation and set an innocent man free, Rachel Krall is…
Emily Henry | Beach Read
The Plot (from Goodreads): A romance writer who no longer believes in love and a literary writer stuck in a rut engage in a summer-long…
John Marrs | The One
The Plot (from Goodreads): How far would you go to find the one? A simple DNA test is all it takes. Just a quick mouth…
Nicci French | The Other Side of the Door
The Plot (from NetGalley): Bonnie Graham stands in the open door of her friend’s apartment. She is alone, except for the dead body lying in…
Joy Fielding | The Bad Daughter
The Plot (from Goodreads): A hostile relationship with her sister and a complicated past with her father’s second wife have kept Robin estranged from her…
Alice Feeney | I Know Who You Are
The Plot (from the publisher): Meet Aimee Sinclair: the actress everyone thinks they know but can’t remember where from. Except one person. Someone who knows…
Lisa Jewell | Then She Was Gone
The Summary (from Goodreads): THEN: She was fifteen, her mother’s golden girl. She had her whole life ahead of her. And then, in the blink…
S.J. Watson | Before I Go To Sleep | Ten-Second Spoilers
The Book: Before I Go To Sleep by S.J. Watson, 2011 The Summary (from Goodreads): Christine wakes up every morning in an unfamiliar bed with…
Catherine McKenzie | You Can’t Catch Me
The Plot (from Goodreads): Twelve years ago Jessica Williams escaped a cult. She reintegrated into society, endured uncomfortable notoriety, and tried to put it all…
Katherine Center | How to Walk Away
The Plot (from Goodreads): Margaret Jacobsen has a bright future ahead of her: a fiancé she adores, her dream job, and the promise of a…
Megan Miranda | All The Missing Girls | Ten-Second Spoilers
The Summary (from Goodreads): It’s been ten years since Nicolette Farrell left her rural hometown after her best friend, Corinne, disappeared from Cooley Ridge without…
Kaira Rouda | The Favorite Daughter
The Book: The Favorite Daughter, by Kaira Rouda, 2019 The Characters: Jane and David Harris, their daughters Mary (who died before the book began) and…
Sally Hepworth | The Family Next Door
The Book: The Family Next Door, by Sally Hepworth, 2018 The Characters: The residents of Pleasant Court: Essie and Ben, Essie’s mom Barbara, Fran and…
Robin Wasserman | Mother Daughter Widow Wife
The Book: Mother Daughter Widow Wife, by Robin Wasserman, 2020 The Characters: In the past: Wendy Doe, the amnesiac and Lizzie, the research scientist studying…
Lisa Jewell | The House We Grew Up In
The Book: The House We Grew Up In by Lisa Jewell, 2014 The Characters: The Bird family: parents Lorelei and Colin; children Meg (husband Bill),…
Megan Miranda | The Girl From Widow Hills
The Book: The Girl From Widow Hills by Megan Miranda, 2018 The Characters: Arden Maynor, aka Olivia The Plot (from the publisher): Everyone knows the…
Sally Hepworth | The Mother-in-Law
The Book: The Mother in Law by Sally Hepworth, 2019 The Characters: Married couple Lucy and Ollie, Ollie’s mother Diana, and sister Nettie The Plot…
Nine Books I’m Most Excited to Read in October 2020
Happy October! This is my favorite month: haunted houses, fall drinks, scary movies, thrillers…what’s not to love? It’s also no longer blazing hot anymore, and…