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Jessica H.

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The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware

Addictive, Dramatic, Adventurous

The Nightingale: A Novel by Kristin Hannah

Dramatic, Informative, Inspiring

What I Was Doing While You Were Breeding: A Memoir by Kristin Newman

Poorly Written, Pointless, Boring

A Wrinkle in Time (Time Quintet) by Madeleine L'Engle

Adventurous, Inspiring, Interesting

Reincarnation Blues: A Novel by Michael Poore

Graphic, Dark, Unconvincing

Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine: A Novel by Gail Honeyman

Interesting, Insightful, Fun

Beautiful detail of the inter thoughts of a young woman, yet the book was slow in story line and built too quickly at the end to be completely convincing. Many plot holes were left at the end.

Red Sparrow: A Novel (1) (The Red Sparrow Trilogy) by Jason Matthews

Dramatic, Interesting, Graphic

Three words to describe book: interesting, informative, and a bit graphic.

Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows: A Novel by Balli Kaur Jaswal

Fun, Interesting, Adventurous

The book was slow, unconvincing, yet interesting in that it captured a culture that isn’t my own.

I Thought It Was Just Me (but it isn't): Making the Journey from "What Will People Think?" to "I Am Enough" by Brené Brown

Persuasive, Insightful, Informative

Carry On: A Story of Resilience, Redemption, and an Unlikely Family by Lisa Fenn

Inspiring, Unconvincing, Interesting

Cinder by Marissa Meyer

Brilliant, Boring, Addictive

Something in the Water: A Novel by Catherine Steadman

Addictive, Dramatic, Dark

My three words for the book: poorly written, unconvincing, and slow. I was expecting a lot more and the main character only made made me want to put down the book and never pick it up again.

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (Movie Tie-In Edition) by Rebecca Skloot

Informative, Interesting, Insightful

Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal by Christopher Moore

Fun, Interesting, Insightful

The Great Alone: A Novel by Kristin Hannah

Adventurous, Dramatic, Addictive

The book was interesting and well written, but not as good as her other novel “The Nightingale.” I felt like it could have gone deeper on the subject of the Vietnam War” and day to day life in Alaska in the late 1970s.

Girl Wash Your Face by Rachel Hollis

Inspiring, Life Changing, Optimistic

My three words to describe this book were: unconvincing, poorly written, and ultimately pointless. I wouldn’t recommend this book to anyone. It was a memoir sold as a self-help book, but with no feel of authenticity. Rachel had no research to back up her arguments and little information to help people improve their lives.

The Dinner List: A Novel by Rebecca Serle

Interesting, Fun, Boring

Baking Cakes in Kigali by Gaile Parkin

Informative, Slow, Interesting

Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens

Beautiful, Interesting, Addictive

Fast read, but Unconvincing and not realistic.

Pachinko (National Book Award Finalist) by Min Jin Lee

Interesting, Beautiful, Insightful

The River: A novel by Peter Heller

Dramatic, Adventurous, Insightful

Unconvincing, dark, and a bit dramatic.

Ask Again, Yes: A Novel by Mary Beth Keane

Insightful, Dramatic, Interesting

The Nightingale: A Novel by Kristin Hannah

Dramatic, Informative, Inspiring

The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware

Insightful, Interesting, Inspiring

Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude (Pitt Poetry Series) by Ross Gay

Beautiful, Inspiring, Insightful

CIRCE by Madeline Miller

Adventurous, Interesting, Epic

Beartown: A Novel by Fredrik Backman

Insightful, Interesting, Inspiring

Multidimensional book on how parents shape their children for the better and worse. Highly recommend.

More Than Words by Jill Santopolo

Boring, Adventurous, Romantic

Boring, unconvincing, and poorly written.

Evvie Drake Starts Over: A Novel by Linda Holmes

Fun, Boring, Romantic

Boring slow unconvincing.

On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous: A Novel by Ocean Vuong

Beautiful, Boring, Confusing

Thought provoking and insightfully written! I couldn’t get parts of this book out of my thoughts.

When We Believed in Mermaids: A Novel by Barbara O'Neal

Romantic, Addictive, Dramatic

This was a light read. Not very inspiring or interesting.

Magic Hour: A Novel by Kristin Hannah

Interesting, Dramatic, Insightful

Well written, yet slow to start and predictable throughout.

Blindspot: Hidden Biases of Good People by Mahzarin R. Banaji, Anthony G. Greenwald

Maybe it’s a good thing that the topics explored in this book are no longer new, but widely discussed. Unfortunately, it doesn’t cover any concrete strategies for using our knowledge of biases to improve the way we move through the world.

The Giver of Stars: A Novel by Jojo Moyes

Inspiring, Adventurous, Informative

Well written escape into history not often explored by writers.

The Wish List: A heartbreaking and charming page-turner by Ruby Hummingbird

Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones by James Clear

Insightful, Fantastic, Inspiring

Julian of Norwich: Wisdom in a Time of Pandemic-And Beyond by Matthew Fox

Couldn’t finish. It was poorly written and wish it had actually used the writings of the saint.

Anxious People: A Novel by Backman Fredrik

Fun, Interesting, Insightful

Good book for interesting discussion. Not the author’s best book but still a worthwhile read.

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