I read BirdBox when it came out and LOVED IT! Somehow I missed that he wrote a sequel, whoops! It wasn‘t as tense as BB but I liked Malorie overall. The end seemed to come out of nowhere and wrapped things up a little too nicely, but still a solid book. (14)
⭐️: 4/5

Eh. Kinda slow. Some parts were funny. Kinda hopped all over. (13)
⭐️: 2.75/5

This book was….weird. Which is part of the reason I‘m picking it. It was almost like satirical horror? Is that a thing? Honestly not sure, I‘m not a horror queen myself. Easy to read though, laugh-out-loud in some parts as well! (12)
⭐️: 3.5/5

This is a book I never would have chosen for myself (16th century France, oof) but it was so good and I‘m pumped my book club chose it! I devoured it in a weekend. I thought the island section dragged a teeny bit, but really enjoyed it as a whole! (11)
⭐️: 4.25/5

The final re-read of the series. So good! Sobbed at the end. (10)
⭐️ : 4/5

Another re-read for me. I forgot how much I love the Hunger Games! This one isn‘t as good as the first, but it‘s close. (9)
⭐️: 4/5

This is a re-read for me…. Honestly I‘ve probably read them all 5-6 times. THG is to me what Harry Potter is to a lot of other people 😆. Can‘t wait for the prequel to come out next month! (8)
⭐️: 4.5/5

I found the first third of this book a little slow, but the rest was so good! I ended up crying when I was describing it to my partner. There‘s so much pain and trauma, but also humor and clarity. (7)
⭐️: 4/5

A very typical FM thriller - fast paced, quick read, a few holes…but overall entertaining! (6)
⭐️: 3.5/5

I LOVED The River, which was my first PH book, but was not impressed with The Painter or The Lone Ranger, so I was hesitant to try this one. I‘m so glad I did though, this book was amazing! I read it in a day. The ONLY complaint is the Hannah side story - it didn‘t add anything and I agree with other reviewers that PH is not great at writing female characters. (5)
⭐️: 4.25/5

This was odd, but fun! And also deeply sad at parts. Fast read, done in a day. Wish we could have gotten into Constance‘s head a bit more! (4)
3.75/5

I liked this one - it took a hot second for me to get into it, since there are so many characters and timelines. And it was too long. But it kept me wanting to read, with a few surprises thrown in, too! (3)
⭐️: 3.75/5

The end of this book absolutely gutted me! I loved the first book, and this is almost as good. The first 100 pages are slow, but the last 200 are not. I hope he writes a third! (2)
⭐️: 4/5

This book was bad. Really bad! Elin is a terrible cop, the Penn/Steed thing was just pointless, the story was messy, I didn‘t care about any of the characters and it just draggggged on. Rough start to the year 😆 (1)
⭐️: 2/5

This book. This Book! OH MY GOD THIS BOOK! I devoured it (see what I did there 😝). Read it in a day and can‘t stop thinking about it. (57)
⭐️: 4.75/5

This was between a So-So and a Pan. The actual stories of UAP are super cool, but this book gets so bogged down by government acronyms, and bureaucratic bullshit, I struggled to follow along. (56)
⭐️: 2.5/5

Loved it! Couldn‘t put it down, I just had to know what was going to happen! (55)
⭐️: 4/5

This was too long, had way too many characters, and just didn‘t hold my attention. Also, a GP vet doesn‘t just randomly do a kidney transplant on a dog, FYI 😆 And Gus, the MC, made mistake after mistake after mistake. (54)
⭐️: 2/5

Short and stressful! It was like being a lobster in a pot of lukewarm water set on a stove, heating up so slowly you don‘t realize you‘re dying until it‘s too late. And I mean that in the best way! (53)
⭐️: 4/5

This is not my typical book, but it was a book club pick…and I loved it! And now I want to expand the teas I drink 😆. At its‘ core, this is a book about a mother‘s love. (52)
⭐️: 4/5

I don‘t know, guys…this book has so many great reviews from people who loved it, and I just did NOT. I don‘t like the way CW writes - in every conversation Walk had, the person he was talking to used his name COPIOUSLY, to the point of literal distraction. That‘s not how people talk! And Duchess? 13 year old girls don‘t talk like that! I liked the story, but not how it was written/how the main characters were portrayed. (51)
⭐️: 2.75/5

I really enjoyed this, minus truly disliking Rose. I liked the three different POVs. APs books are hit or miss for me, but this one was a hit! (50)
⭐️: 4/5

This was ok - it‘s hard, because The River was the first book by PH that I ever read and I absolutely LOVED it. But I just can‘t find that in any of his other books! Not the worst, not the best. (49)
⭐️: 3/5

Although the MC was moderately annoying, McFadden knows how to write in a way that keeps you reading! Another easy, quick thriller. (48)
⭐️: 3.5/5

This was decent! I read it in a day - just a quick, easy-to-read thriller. There are some holes (buy a camera for your home, lady) and Alice was annoying AF, but all in all it was enjoyable! (47)
⭐️: 3.5/5

Maybe it was the fact that several people talked this book up to me that it fell somewhat flat…it just didn‘t live up to the hype! It‘s well written but I didn‘t connect with (or remember) many of the characters other than Demon. Who is Martha? Who is Ruby? Who is Swap-Out? By the end of the 500+ page book, I truly couldn‘t remember. (46)
⭐️: 3/5

This was lovely - I‘m a hard core GG fan, and was so interested in learning about Kelly‘s life! I had (incorrectly) assumed that GG was her “big” role, but she has truly done it all! (45)
⭐️: 3.5/5

This was great! It‘s a short book and I finished it in a day. Disillusioned teens, shitty parents, climate disaster, rednecks with guns… loved it! (44)
⭐️: 4/5

This was heavy - well written but I found it dragged on way too long. And the haint element was hard to get into, as anything other worldly tends to be for me. (43)
⭐️: 3/5

I thought this was great! My only dislike was not getting resolutions to the Ginny Krusi storyline, and I wish she had gone more into when her dad asked her to cover for him. I thought I‘d end up not liking the author, but that wasn‘t the case at all! (42)
⭐️: 4/5

Yikes. This book has WAYYYYYY too many loose ends, the whatever-you-call-it between Mac and Jenny (or Rebecca? Who knows) was laughable, and none of the characters were likable, memorable or interesting! It made me mad because the first 100 pages were so good and then it all went downhill. And the END? Woof. (41)
⭐️: 2.25/5

I absolutely LOVED the first 85% of this book. I was taking notes on the characters because there are so many, and keeping track of the little threads that intertwined between them…and then the last 100 pages. OOF. I almost can‘t forgive him for the lack of an ending. But the first 579 pages were so good! (40)
⭐️: 3.5/5

I don‘t know why I liked this so much, but I did! The restaurant industry is messed up and DC touches on so much of it. Hopefully things are slowly but surely changing. Great read! (39)
⭐️: 3.75/5

I don‘t know how I managed to go through high school in the early 2000‘s and never read this book - and yet, here we are! This hit a little too close to home - it‘s good though! (38)
⭐️ : 3.5/5

A low pick for me - it was about 100 pages too long. And I, for the life of me, had the HARDEST time remembering the “J” names! I literally made a list of them 😂 But a gripping story! (37)
⭐️: 3.5/5

Slow. I found it hard to connect with. I didn‘t know 80% of the people that were name dropped (and there were A TON), but being that this took place almost 60 years ago, it‘s not surprising. Just not my style! (36)
⭐️: 2/5

Hannah, the MC, was by far the worst character I‘ve read in a long, long time! But the story itself was dark and funny at times and interesting. If Hannah was not HORRIBLE, this would have been a pick. (35)
⭐️: 3/5

I didn‘t love the flow of this book, as it jumped around often, but the overall theme of it is great. It‘s depressing, but well written. (34)
⭐️: 3.5/5

I ended up really enjoying this book, and I cried a lot! I admit it was hard not to harshly judge the author in the beginning, and after multiple of her stupid mistakes. But it‘s a great read, and really pushes themes of forgiveness and living in the present. (33)
⭐️: 4/5

This is a very soft pick for me…I love the creativity of it and it was a unique take on a vampire story. I just get tired with books constantly making mothers out to be martyrs. Does every mother regret every decision they make in regard to their kids? The husbands were TERRIBLE but I didn‘t like the wives much, either! (32)
⭐️: 3.25/5

The first half was pretty MEH, but the second half redeemed itself. Not as good as the first book, but not terrible. (31)
⭐️: 3/5

This book was just so-so. I found the main character Hannah spineless and annoying. It sounds like April was never a good friend, girlfriend or person to anyone, so it was hard to believe Hannah was having such a tough time with things 10 years later. And I doubt Will would have so readily forgiven April at the end. But maybe I‘m a cynic 😆 (30)
⭐️: 2.75/5

I think I wanted to like this book more than I actually did. I just didn‘t connect with the main character, and I truly could not keep the J names straight in my mind (Jules, Jude, Jonah, Junior and Jelly). I enjoyed the ending though, and like a book that can make me cry! (29)
⭐️: 3/5

I‘m not TOADally (see what I did there?) sure how I feel about this one…it was a slow burn, and depressing. The first half kept my attention but it faltered as I went on. Just…different. (28)
⭐️: 3/5

Such a quick, easy, entertaining read! I knew a twist was coming, but did not get it right. (27)
⭐️: 3.75/5

This was great, as KH‘s books tend to be! I agree that the first half was engaging and fast paced, and the second half faltered a bit, with Frankie‘s constant (understandable) breakdowns. But still, a great read! (26)
⭐️: 4/5

Ugh, this was rough. I was so bored. Nothing happened. I felt connected to no one (minus Junia the mule 😆) and struggled to finish this. (25)
⭐️: 1.5/5

This was an amazing book! Dystopian, but hopeful. It bounces back and forth, pre and post pandemic, but follows a group of people whose lives are intertwined throughout. (24)
⭐️: 4.75/5

This was pretty good! A teeny bit too long, but a good, easy read. And I even guessed the “bad guy” too, which I never do 😝 (23)
⭐️: 3.75/5

Nope. Nope nope nope. The way the characters talked? Nope. The male author writing as a dead female veterinarian? Nope. The end?!? NOPE. (Ok, it wasn‘t TERRIBLE, but I truly disliked this book). (22)
⭐️: 1.75/5