Category: contemporary fiction
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Book Review: The Heartbreak Hotel by Ellen O’Clover
This book started off strong for me. I loved the vibes, the setting, and even the setup. By the halfway point, I felt like I was in reader limbo…
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Book Review: Father Elijah by Michael O’Brien
I am fascinated by prophecy discussions. This book has come up often when looking up books on the subject. Although it’s a novel, I found that quite a bit correlates with today’s ideologies despite being written in the 90s. My only regret is that I didn’t start from the beginning of the series…
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Book Review: The View From Lake Como by Adriana Trigiani
I don’t think any modern-day author can capture the idea of Italy better than Adriana Trigiani. There is something enchanting about the country. Although I have only spent a week of my life there, I still speak about it as though it were a significant era. Watching Jess ‘come home’ was such a treat…
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Book Review: Big Fish by Daniel Wallace
I’ve been intrigued by this story for a long time. I’ve seen clips of the movie adaptation and I’ve listened to the Broadway musical soundtrack, but I wanted to hold off on fully watching the movie or looking into the musical until I read the book…
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Book Review: Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo
Because of Winn-Dixie was one of my favorite movies growing up. I’ve probably had the book sitting on my shelf since childhood, and I know I attempted to read it at least once, but it took until adulthood to finally sit down and give it a proper read…
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Book Review: The Clinic by Cate Quinn
I feel like it’s been a long time since I’ve read a true thriller. This was a good book to reintroduce me to the genre. It ran long, but at least it was a page-turner…
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Book Review: Priscilla Speaks by Kirk Ward Robinson
Priscilla Speaks is the fourth installment of The Speaks Saga. I was aware going in that I would be reading out of order (though it is my preference to start at the beginning, even when the books can be read as standalones)…
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Book Review: The Lost Story by Meg Shaffer
I knew I was gambling with this book because I didn’t love The Wishing Game even though I really wanted to. I was hopeful when I saw that The Lost Story is supposedly inspired by The Chronicles of Narnia, but I didn’t see it aside from a second realm, and that’s a massive stretch if we’re looking for comparison…
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Book Review: Say You’ll Remember Me by Abby Jimenez
Thankfully, I was warned that this book treads into darker topics/depictions than what you would normally find in a romcom. Even with this warning, I was surprised by just how sad it became. I don’t mind reading sad books, but for someone looking for a pick-me-up, this isn’t going to be it…
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Book Review: My Friends by Fredrik Backman
How do I even begin talking about my experience reading this book? How am I going to sum up all of my thoughts and feelings in a few short paragraphs? All while avoiding spoilers!…