by: Barack ObamaPublished: Nov 17, 2020Genre: Biography, Nonfiction768 Pages, AudioBook by Audible (HH:MM) 29:10GoodReads Link It’s a loooooong read, and took me 2 months to finish. There is a lot of insight and backstory to his early years as 44 but also, a huge information dump of things that weren’t interesting at all (to me).… Continue reading A Promised Land
Tag: TBR 2021
The Last Thing He Told Me
by: Laura DavePublished: May 4, 2021Genre: Mystery, Fiction, Suspense320 Pages, AudioBook via Audible (HH:MM) 08:49GoodReads Link Hannah is running around, state to state, trying to find answers about why her *new* husband has run off in the face of a federal case against his start-up company. She is also now the primary caregiver for his… Continue reading The Last Thing He Told Me
The Hunting Wives
by: May CobbPublished: May 18, 2021Genre: Thriller, Mystery, Fiction356 Pages, AudioBook from AudibleGoodReads Link There are no likable characters. Sophie is running behind Margot as if she is the bees-knees. These grown women with their social hierarchy burns me up because didn't your mother tell you; "If Margot abuses a child and you also going… Continue reading The Hunting Wives
The Kindest Lie
by: Nancy JohnsonPublished: Feb 2, 2021Genre: Contemporary, Race, Fiction336 Pages, AudioBook from AudibleGoodReads Link GoodReads Synopsis: It’s 2008, and the inauguration of President Barack Obama ushers in a new kind of hope. In Chicago, Ruth Tuttle, an Ivy-League educated Black engineer, is married to a kind and successful man. He’s eager to start a family,… Continue reading The Kindest Lie
The Proposal
by: Jasmine GuilloryPublished: Oct 30, 2018Genre: Romance, Contemporary, Fiction325 Pages, Audiobook from AudibleGoodReads Link Sure. Girl meets guy – handsome, successful, educated, doctor guy – girl likes guy; girl and guy live happily ever after. Guillory is going to give you a love story all tied up with a pretty bow at the end, I… Continue reading The Proposal
The Vanishing Half
by: Brit BennettPublished: Jun 2, 2020Genre: Fiction, Contemporary343 Pages, E-BookGoodReads Link This book snatched my (hypothetical) wig off. I enjoyed the historical context of passé blanc because I don’t feel like it gets mentioned much. There was a time when it was common for French Creoles and even, Native Americans to pass as white in… Continue reading The Vanishing Half
The Survivors
by: Jane HarperPublished: Sept 22, 2020Genre: Mystery, Thriller, Fiction384 Pages, Hardback from Book of the MonthGoodReads Link The story picks up after a heated town hall but overall, the ending was underwhelming. I wish Harper had focused more on the thin line of grief-stricken parents, that she wove through the novel. In the end, it… Continue reading The Survivors
Too Good To Be True
by: Carola LoveringPublished: Mar 2, 2021Genre: Thriller, Mystery, Fiction342 Pages, E-BookGoodReads Link WHAAAT?! Everything about this story was off the rails. Skye is way too young t be dealing with Burke, I don’t care how handsome he is. She should be enjoying her young-adult life and not worrying about marrying this man with a questionable… Continue reading Too Good To Be True
Don’t Look For Me
by: Wendy WalkerPublished: Sep 15, 2020Genre: Thriller, Mystery, Fiction342 Pages, E-BookGoodReads Link A wild ride! Why would Molly just leave her car in some podunk town and never look back on her old life? It makes no sense. On her from her son’s basketball game, a school she traveled to often, Molly’s car is abandoned… Continue reading Don’t Look For Me
We Are All The Same in The Dark
by: Julia HeaberlinPublished: Aug 11, 2020Genre: Mystery, Thriller, Fiction352 Pages, E-BookGoodReads Link A slow burn, for sure. Most of the story is forgettable but, of course, Wyatt is written off as some reclusive, freak who murdered his dad and his sister. Which, makes it so obvious that it’s not Wyatt. There are a lot of… Continue reading We Are All The Same in The Dark
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