Fiction by Catherine Ryan Howard
This is THE Catherine Ryan Howard book, the one she is famous for. I thought I had read it before, but it turns out I had just heard the concept or watched the movie or something, because if I had read THIS book before I would have remembered.
This is a lovely story.
Fiction by Beth O'Leary
Tiffany Moore is desperate to find a new place to live in order to get away from her terrible ex-boyfriend, but she really doesn’t have enough money for anything decent, especially in London. She ends up signing on to a strange flat sharing agreement with a man called Leon, wherein she gets the flat’s single bedroom on nights and weekends, and he occupies it on weekdays from eight am to six pm.
Theoretically the two of them will never see each other. But the reader can guess that they definitely will …
This was a lovely little straight romance with great characters. I will look for more by this author!
ONE AND A HALF THUMBS UP
Fiction by Drew Hayes
I'd call this a parallel novel in the "Super-Powered" book series. (see below for the last one of those)
In this book, Owen Daniels (whose sons Herschel and Roy are main characters in the Super-Powered novels) decides to come out of his self-imposed exile and rejoin the world of superheroes. But after so long out of the game, the only team who is willing to take him is a group of Corpies, supers who offer services for corporate hire.
As I would expect from this author, this was a really good story.
Nonfiction by Dr. Edith Eva Eger
In 1942 Dr. Eger was a Jewish teenager in a town on the border of Czechoslovakia and Austria. Her father was a talented tailor and her mother and two sisters were accomplished musicians. Then suddenly the Nazis were in power and the family was shipped to Auschwitz. In 1980 Dr. Eger is a respected psychologist in El Paso, Texas. This book is about what happened to her in between.
It's a very moving story and also she has practical advice about overcoming trauma.
Fiction by Agatha Christie
Fiction by Noelle Ihli
The Thicket is a Halloween attraction in an Iowa cornfield; they have a corn maze, carnival rides, and "haunted" cabins. But what happens if a real-life killer uses the haunted area as his hunting ground?
This is an exciting story that's basically a horror movie in book form.
I also read by this author: Ask for Andrea
Fiction by Sarah Pinborough
Louise is a single mother and a medical receptionist who meets a cute guy in a bar one night and feels an instant attraction. Then it turns out that the cute guy is David, the new doctor at her work, and he's married. THEN she makes friends with his wife Adele and generally gets way too involved with both of them.
These are weird and unpleasant people, but the story is definitely exciting. There are some unexpected elements that stretch belief, but the twist ending is a real surprise!
