Audiobook Review: The Martian by Andy Weir

I am very late to The Martian party, but I finally listened to this Audie-winning audiobook. This is a thrilling read made even better by the stellar audiobook narration and I’m glad I read it before seeing the movie. At Comic-Con this summer I saw author Andy Weir on a “Book to Screen” panel and […]

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Book Review: Pretty Baby by Mary Kubica

In Pretty Baby, Mary Kubica’s (The Good Girl) sophomore novel, a Chicago humanitarian is moved to bring home a homeless teen and her baby, much to her husband and daughter’s chagrin. Who is this girl and what is she running from? I really enjoyed last summer’s The Good Girl and so have been eagerly anticipating […]

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Blog Tour: Maybe in Another Life by Taylor Jenkins Reid

Taylor Jenkins Reid’s MAYBE IN ANOTHER LIFE is on sale today! This book really appealed to me with its “Sliding Doors” premise, the idea of fate, soul mates, relationships and second chances, and finding happiness and meaning in your life. This is the first book I’ve read by Reid (though I have her other two books […]

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Audiobook Review: Luckiest Girl Alive by Jessica Knoll

Ani FaNelli is a successful magazine writer and she’s about to marry Luke, the man of her dreams. But, she’s still dealing with the demons from her high school days and feelings of inadequacy. A documentary about her troubled past threatens to expose the skeletons in her closet and the perfect life she’d constructed. Jessica […]

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Audiobook Review: Finding Jake by Bryan Reardon

Finding Jake is a tense, topical little book that centers on the aftermath of a school shooting. In a parent’s worst nightmare scenario, stay-at-home dad Simon hears that there was a shooting at his kids’ high school. All the students are accounted for except for his son Jake. Could he be one of the shooters? […]

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The Good Girl by Mary Kubica Audiobook Review

In The Good Girl, key characters piece together the mystery of a young teacher’s abduction. The Good Girl caught my attention with the “Gone Girl” comparisons. And for the last three summers I’ve read a suspenseful summer like this one (Gone Girl, Reconstructing Amelia prior to this.) As a psychological thriller, the comparisons to that other […]

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