My rating: 3.5/5 stars Picture Perfect tells the story of Cassie Barret, a university anthropologist who is married to one of Hollywood’s biggest stars, Alex Rivers. From the outside, their relationship looks ‘picture perfect’ but in reality, their marriage is a terrible cycle of violence and denial. Trigger Warning: this book deals heavily with the… Continue reading Review: Picture Perfect by Jodi Picoult
My rating: 4/5 stars “Sometimes the truth is messy and difficult but it isn’t always best left. Sometimes it saves you.” Can I just say that it is impossible to read the title of this book and not automatically think of the popular song of the same name by Simple Minds, which then, for me,… Continue reading Review: Don’t You Forget About Me by Mhairi Mcfarlane
My rating: 2.5/5 stars Finished this one. I think it’s overhyped. There are interesting concepts backed by research described in this book. For example, I liked reading about the research surrounding how we can easily misunderstand people/misinterpret intentions due to mismatching behaviours. So for example, we think someone who is sad or guilty is meant… Continue reading Review: Talking to Strangers by Malcolm Gladwell
2019 was probably my busiest year yet and as a result, I read less books this year than I have in the past. I’m finishing the year with a total of 42 books, spanning a diverse range of authors and genres. For a full list of all the books I read, you can check out… Continue reading Favourite Reads of 2019
The Female Persuasion by Meg Wolitzer My rating: 5/5 stars “I think there are two kinds of feminist. The famous ones, and everyone else. Everyone else, all the people who go and do what they’re supposed to and don’t get a lot of credit for it, and don’t have someone out there everyday telling them… Continue reading November Wrap-Up 2019
The Cabin at the End of the World by Paul Tremblay My rating: 2/5 stars Andrew & Eric are made to question their reality and their beliefs when a group of people show up at their door one sunny day and tell them the world is ending and that the fate of humanity depends on… Continue reading April Wrap-Up 2019
Domestic by Tobi Nifesi My rating: 3/5 stars Gone Girl meets 13 Reasons Why ? When Alicia returns home to find her husband dead, she is distraught. An early investigation leads police to consider Alicia the primary suspect in her husband’s death but it becomes evident that there is much more to this murder mystery… Continue reading March Wrap-Up 2019
The Nest by Cynthia D’aprix Sweeny My rating: 4/5 stars Nothing was a sure thing; every choice was just an educated guess, or a leap into a mysterious abyss. Life has a funny way of working out in the end. Everything happens for a reason. What’s meant to be will be. Those are all common… Continue reading February Wrap-Up 2019
Lost Boy: The True Story of Captain Hook by Christina Henry My rating: 4.5/5 stars “When I hear him laughing, out there in the sky and in the night, and that laugh burns me deep down in my heart, I know I’ll find a way to make him sorry. I will make him sorry. I… Continue reading December Wrap-Up 2018
Wake Up Missing by Kate Messner My rating: 3/5 stars When Cat falls out of a treehouse, she suffers a serious concussion which lands her in the most advanced brain treatment centre in the country. There, she meets four other kids: Ben, Quentin, Sarah and Trent. Soon after arriving at the centre, Cat becomes… Continue reading November Wrap-Up 2018
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