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Continue reading →: Mary Jane by Jessica Anya Blau – Book Review (Shellby)
Mary Jane is an amazing coming of age novel of a fourteen year old girl growing up in a straight-laced home located in the wealthy neighborhood of Roland Park, Baltimore. I actually lived in Baltimore City for five years (almost eight, if you include my time at Towson University in…
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Continue reading →: Evidence of the Affair by Taylor Jenkins Reid – Book Review (Shellby)
If you’re looking for a story that packs a lot depth in a super short number of pages, then this is the book for you! This book had me humming to the tune of Illicit Affairs by Taylor Swift the whole time I was reading; TJR should consider renaming it…
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Continue reading →: Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus- Book Review
Tracie’s Version 1960s California – there isn’t room for a woman chemist. But that doesn’t stop Elizabeth Zott from trying. It’s clear from the beginning she will do whatever it takes to follow her passion and live out here dream, but when an unexpected death happens leaving her with an…
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Continue reading →: Confess by Colleen Hoover- Book Review
Tracie’s Version Not my favorite CoHo book, but still a work of art. Auburn moves to Dallas, Texas for a very specific reason. She has no room for error, but when she stumbles into Owen’s art studio fate has a different plan for her.Owen is struggling with problems of his…
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Continue reading →: Watching You by Lisa Jewell- Book Review
Tracie’s Version Taking place in Melville Heights, a sleepy little town filled with upper middle class families. One day, someone is murdered in their own kitchen.In a town where everyone is always watching each other, there is no way the murder will get away with it… but it wouldn’t be…
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Continue reading →: The Paris Library by Janet Skeslien Charles- Book Review
Tracie’s Version If you liked Kristin Hannah’s “The Nightingale” I would highly suggest this novel. Goodreads synopsis: “Based on the true World War II story of the heroic librarians at the American Library in Paris, this is an unforgettable story of romance, friendship, family, and the power of literature to…
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Continue reading →: All Your Perfects by Colleen Hoover- Book Review
Tracie’s Version Quinn and Graham have a storybook romance. Until a series of events build up and there may be no going back. Can a perfect love story between two imperfect people survive a lifetime of hardships?The storyline seems pretty simple, right? Wrong. The themes in this book are deep.…
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Continue reading →: Author Highlight- Rupi Kaur
I read Rupi’s first book “Milk and Honey” a few years ago while on maternity leave with my first son and I instantly fell in love with her writing. Poetry was never something I have really ever enjoyed as an adult. I never felt like I could relate to most…
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