🌟🌟🌟🌟 1/2 Meticulously researched and likely one of the most factually rich true crime novels I have had the pleasure to read, this tragically terrible story, written by the step-sister of a young woman, Stephanie Kupchynsky, who disappeared mysteriously on July 31, 1991 from her apartment in Greece, NY, is…
🌟🌟🌟🌟1/2 A howling wind, a raging blizzard. Somewhere in the depths of the US Midwest, one day’s travel out of Chicago. Five teens, led by our narrator and main protagonist, Nell, are enroute to a state theatre championship, along with their drama teacher, when they are forced to take refuge…
🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 A pitch-perfect thriller, this book is dark and devious and thoroughly engaging - with enough twists and turns to keep even the best psychological sleuth guessing. Helen, Serena, Rory and Daniel. College friends at Cambridge, (Rory Haverstock is Helen’s brother) and as the couples pair up and their studies…
🌟🌟🌟🌟 1/2 Gorgeous, complex and tragic in its sweeping reach, this is a book about love, and ironically, (considering the title) its cost. Set in 1967, in swinging volatile London, the world is changing and each of our protagonists cannot help but be affected. Phyllis Fischer - a forty year…
🌟🌟🌟🌟 1/2 Molly Gray is a charming “old soul”, someone we would likely recognize as on the autism spectrum were we to meet her, who lives her life by a closely-held moral code largely based on back-in-the-day wisdoms taught to her by her much-loved Gran. Abandoned as an infant and…
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ This absolutely beautiful book would be as at home on display on a coffee table as it would be bedside reading - as long as it is easily accessible when planning your next bird-friendly garden. Packed with full color photos of plants and birds that are vibrant and spectacular,…
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️+ Simple and sweet and oh so resonant to animal lovers everywhere, - if books could sing, this picture book would be an opera. Pure magic, from cover to cover, this little book is big on heart and so endearing I had to read it through several times. Gorgeously illustrated,…
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ This is an absolutely gorgeous book with so many beautiful recipes it's hard to know where to start when planning your next Indian meal. Written by an Indian-American internal medicine physician, the recipes presented are rooted in the native Gujarati foods of his youth, adapted from more traditional versions…
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️1/2 This impeccably written and absolutely chillling true-crime drama details the horrific murder of Betsy Faria in 2011, and the harrowing and twisty rode to justice that followed. Co-authored by the criminal defense attorney assigned to the case, the story is packed with details straight from the case file -…
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 1/2 Set in the charming village of Thirsk, Yorkshire , when three retired primary school teachers, (Thelma, Pat and Liz), are faced with the suspicious death of a friend, Topsy, they reluctantly take up the task of uncovering the “ordinary evil” lurking beneath the unassuming facade of their quiet…