Monday, January 10, 2022

Five Total Strangers by Natalie Richards - 2 Stars

 "When Mira flies home to spend Christmas with her mother in Pittsburgh, a record-breaking blizzard results in a cancelled layover. Desperate to get to her grief-ridden mother in the wake of a family death, Mira hitches a ride with a group of friendly college kids who were on her initial flight.

As the drive progresses and weather conditions become more treacherous, Mira realizes that the four other passengers she's stuck in the car with don't actually know one another.

Soon, they're not just dealing with heavy snowfall and ice-slick roads, but the fact that somebody will stop at nothing to ensure their trip ends in a deadly disaster."

Not starting the year out good. I only gave this one 2 stars because for the first half of the book I was actually intrigued. But starting about half way through I was just like get on with it already. The main character was really whiny and the questions she had about her trip mates just kept getting repeated and started to get really annoying. The ending wasn't really a jaw dropper, either. Everything just fell flat. 

Friday, January 7, 2022

It Ends With Us by Colleen Hoover - 4 Stars

 "Sometimes it is the one who loves you who hurts you the most.

Lily hasn’t always had it easy, but that’s never stopped her from working hard for the life she wants. She’s come a long way from the small town in Maine where she grew up— she graduated from college, moved to Boston, and started her own business. So when she feels a spark with a gorgeous neurosurgeon named Ryle Kincaid, everything in Lily’s life suddenly seems almost too good to be true.

Ryle is assertive, stubborn, maybe even a little arrogant. He’s also sensitive, brilliant, and has a total soft spot for Lily. And the way he looks in scrubs certainly doesn’t hurt. Lily can’t get him out of her head. But Ryle’s complete aversion to relationships is disturbing. Even as Lily finds herself becoming the exception to his “no dating” rule, she can’t help but wonder what made him that way in the first place.

As questions about her new relationship overwhelm her, so do thoughts of Atlas Corrigan — her first love and a link to the past she left behind. He was her kindred spirit, her protector. When Atlas suddenly reappears, everything Lily has built with Ryle is threatened."

This one wasn't really what I thought it was when I chose it, but it turned out to be pretty good. It was fairly fast paced and I had several different endings in mind, but none of them were right. Not sure if I'll pick up anything else by her because I'm not a huge romance fan, but this one was good. 

Tuesday, January 4, 2022

2022 Alphabet Challenge

 2022 Alphabet Challenge


A-All We Ever Wanted by Emily Giffin
B-The Butterfly Garden by Dot Hutchison
C-Christmas Chocolate and Crimes by Cindy Bell
D-Dreams of Joy by Lisa See
E- Every Last Secret by A.R. Torre
F-Five Total Strangers by Natalie Richards
G- The Girl Next Door by Jack Ketchum
H- Her Pretty Face by Robyn Harding
I-It Ends With Us by Colleen Hoover
J-June, Reimagined by Rebekah Crane
K-
L- The Lobotomist's Wife by Samantha Greene Woodruff
M- #Murderfunding by Gretchen McNeil
N- Notorious Nineteen by Janet Evanovich
O-Oona Out of Order by Margarita Montimore
P- Phantom Limb by Lucinda Berry
Q-
R-Run Away by Harlan Coben
S- The Secrets of Us by Lucinda Berry
T- Take My Hand by Dolen Perkins-Valdez
U-
V-
W- Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs? by Caitlin Doughty
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Y-
Z-