The Girl I Was by Jeneva Rose -- Imagine your 2016 as a thirty-something adult who hasn't been able to land a permanent job, and somehow you wake up to your 2002 self as a college student. But instead of your body going back to that time, you are thirty-something you AND you meet yourself as that college student. What lessons could each of you teach the other? This is basically what happens to Alexis, and it was a pretty cute, fast read on this first day of November!
The Girl in the Green Dress by Mariah Fredericks -- This is a mystery featuring Zelda Fitzgerald and Morris Markey told from the perspective of the latter as he seeks to find out what happened to Joseph Elwell. Eh...not my favorite.
Jane and Dan at the End of the World by Colleen Oakley -- Jane and Dan are eating at a very expensive restaurant on a secluded hill when the restaurant is taken over by domestic terrorists. Oddly many of the details follow the novel Jane published many years back. This book isn't as scary as it sounds; thankfully the terrorists aren't very terrorizing, and it was actually a bit of a lighthearted book.
Catch Her When She Falls by Allison Buccola -- Micah still lives where she grew up, but now she owns a coffee shop. Ten years after her senior year in high school, she revisits the past when her best friend was murdered by Micah's boyfriend.
The French Kitchen by Kristy Cambron -- This book goes back and forth from Kat during her time in France during World War II to a few years later when she returns to find her missing brother Gavin.
Too Old for This by Samantha Downing -- I guess it's a sign of our aging population, but I've noticed an interesting "genre" the last several months: older women murders. And usually the books are actually funny in many ways. In this book Lottie tries to dissuade Plum (yes, Plum) from her docuseries about Lottie's life. When Plum insists she will make the docuseries with or without Lottie's help, wellllll, too bad for Plum.
The Dark Library by Mary Anna Evans -- Estella Emily Ecker who prefers to be called E or Dr. Ecker if you are one of her students, teaches English at a college, and she wants a better position, but you know how tough that is for women to achieve in a man's world such as 1940s USA. After her father dies, she explores her house to learn more about her family. Pretty good story.
MIdnight Is the Darkest Hour by Ashley Winstead -- Ruth is the good girl, preacher's daughter, shy and quiet. Things change the summer she and Everett become friends. He was always the outcast at school, the unchurched son of a drunk. This book flips between THEN and NOW telling of these two young people in southern Louisiana.
The First To Lie by Hank Phillippi Ryan -- Ellie is a reporter for a new news channel, and she's investigating a company linked to faulty medicine. Meanwhile Nora is going undercover trying to learn more from women affected by this medicine. Then there is Meg. This book was a bit confusing for a while, but I gradually got into the story.
Four Wives by Wendy Walker -- Four women - friends to varying degrees - Janie, Love, Gayle, and Marie come together to plan a gala,and deal with various issues in their own lives and families. Pretty good.
My Beloved by Jan Karon -- I've not read one of the Mitford books in many years so I would have enjoyed this a bit more if I remembered more of the backstories, but it was a sweet book. I especially enjoyed around the 287 page mark when Pauline visited Cynthia. There was some tough love, but some grace and kindness, too. And this book title speaks to me as well. Sadly, the author mentioned losing her only child to pancreatic cancer and how that impacted her for quite some time. My heart goes out to her.
Talking to Strangers by Fiona Barton -- Kiki, a reporter, and Elise, a police detective, search for answers when a lady named Karen is found dead in the woods. This book deals with dating apps and disastrous outcomes. Good mystery-type book!
Gone Before Goodbye by Reese Witherspoon and Harlan Coben -- Maggie is a former surgeon - she lost her medical license after she took too many pills to dull the pain - and she's intrigued by a former mentor's offer to meet with her in New York City. There she is hired to fly somewhere to perform surgery for a billionaire. Intriguing, right?
MOVIE ALERT: I so seldom watch movies that it's noteworthy enough to report that Andrew and I watched A Walk in the Woods on YouTube "free with ads" on Wednesday. We read this book years ago, and I think I watched this movie already, but I watched it again. It's about Bill Bryson's walk on parts of the Appalachian Trail.
Before She Was Found by Heather Gudenkauf -- When Cora ends up by the train tracks, stabbed, her family wonders what happened. Were Jordyn and the new girl Violet involved? The reader hears from Violet's mom's perspective as well as the psychiatrist and excerpts from Cora's journal and an online chat she had with an unknown someone. Pretty good.
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