Category: book club
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Book Review: Great Big Beautiful Life by Emily Henry
Going into this book, I’d read and heard a lot of mixed reviews saying that this book deviates from Emily Henry’s typical style. I wasn’t too concerned about this because the style of this book actually aligns more with my typical reading preferences, so I feel I was lucky in this regard…
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Book Review: The Woman Who Smashed Codes by Jason Fagone
Elizabeth and William Friedman were renowned codebreakers who got their start in the early 20th Century. Until modern times, it was William who got a lot of the glory for his career, largely thanks to his wife’s persistence to put him in the history books. Meanwhile, Elizabeth’s contributions were left as quiet footnotes. In this…
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Book Review: The Wedding People by Alison Espach
I didn’t pay too much attention to this book when it was first published. I’m not one who gravitates toward wedding stories and, for whatever reason, I thought this was a murder mystery, and I had already read a book with this presumed premise I envisioned…
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Book Review: Emily Wilde’s Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett
This book was initially recommended to me by a friend because of the historical and academic tone, but I’d put it off being intimidated by the faerie storyline. When it ended up being selected for a group read, I decided not to put it off any longer. Definitely different for me, but a nice different!…
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Book Review: I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman
This book wasn’t on my radar until it was selected for a group buddy read. I went into it fairly blindly and I think not having any expectations helped me to fully enjoy it…
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Book Review: The Seven Year Slip by Ashley Poston
I can see why people really love this book and I so wanted to be one of those people. Alas, it was not a good match for me…
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Book Review: Just for the Summer by Abby Jimenez
I almost didn’t pick up this book because typically I can take or leave romcoms. Just for the Summer was nominated for The Global Book Nook’s group read at the beginning of the summer and I only picked it up in the last day or two of that month because I was waiting for a library hold…
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Book Review: Divine Rivals by Rebecca Ross
A friend of mine initially recommended this book to me, saying I would love the setting and the fact that the protagonists are writers. I’m always skeptical of fantasy even though I did find the premise intriguing. When it was chosen as a group read with The Global Book Nook, I figured it was a…
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Book Review: The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson
Though this book has caught my eye in bookstores, I went into it somewhat blindly. I knew it involved H.H. Holmes, but I didn’t anticipate everything else it included…
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Book Review: Pachinko by Min Jin Lee
This book hadn’t been on my radar but I have seen it around over the past few years. I picked it up when it was selected as a group read. I’m glad I got to go into it with an open mind. I came away with mixed emotions…