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Hollow Bones | Book Review
By Jodi Picoult In ONE Word: Fabulous ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ SUMMARY 2026. Molly Fitzgerald, 25, is the youngest-ever head of the Rhode Island Emergency Preparedness Department. Molly was a driven brainiac and had graduated from Columbia with a master’s in public health at the age of 19. She had become obsessed with disasters and planning for them when she learned at a young age that her mother, Eloise, was at the World Trade Center for a doctor's appointment on September 11, 2001,

Lisa Harvey
6 hours ago2 min read


The Thoroughbreds | Book Review
The Thoroughbreds | Book Review It’s a new school year at the elite Tiffin Academy in Massachusetts, and the seniors are elated but now the pressure is on. It's time for submitting college applications, writing college essays, and having their last hurrahs.

Lisa Harvey
10 hours ago2 min read


Mother Daughter Sister Stranger|Book Review
Eliza Ramsey, 17, and her sister Bea, 21, were flying home to Boston with their parents from Northampton on their dad’s single-engine plane. Bea had just graduated from college. Their dad was flying the plane as he had done so often. Once airborne, the plane plummeted to the ground.

Lisa Harvey
11 hours ago2 min read


You’ll Be Sorry | Book Review
The large, remote, and mysterious Dixon Family lodge with breathtaking views, has stood vacant for over thirty years in a small mountain town in New Hampshire. Now it’s overgrown and run-down, a shell of its former self. All six members of the Dixon family—mom, dad, and their four children—disappeared from the house late one August night during a major thunderstorm, never to be heard from again.

Lisa Harvey
Jul 102 min read


Fury in Death | Book Review
NYPSD Lieutenant Eve Dallas faces one of the most brutally violent crime scenes of her career when she is called to investigate the murder of biotech executive Larry Chu. The victim has been beaten so severely that it seems almost impossible for a single unarmed attacker to have committed the crime.

Lisa Harvey
Jul 102 min read


The Secrets We Hide | Book Review
North Falls #2 By Karin Slaughter AN INTENSE AND FAST-PACED MURDER INVESTIGATION ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ SUMMARY Sheriff Emmy Clifton and her siblings are driving home from their mother’s funeral when she hears four shots ring out from a nearby house. It happens to be the home of her good friend, Allison Vickery. Allison has been a repeated victim of domestic abuse and was planning on leaving her current partner any day. When they pull into the driveway, they see Allison’s suitcases nex

Lisa Harvey
Jul 72 min read


The Women in White | Book Review
By Sarah Pekkanen A Suspense-filled Parapsychology Research Story ⭐️⭐️⭐️ SUMMARY In the 1960s, four young women at the esteemed Marquis University participated in a controversial parapsychology experiment led by a renowned researcher. Just as the group seemed to be making a breakthrough in extrasensory perception, all four women suddenly disappeared, and the program was abruptly terminated. Decades later, the mystery remains unsolved. Today, Riley Bell, recently divorced an

Lisa Harvey
Jun 182 min read


Meet Me in Paris | Book Review
I love how Meet Me in Paris has every kind of love story wrapped into one perfect present from Paris. It’s a wonderful, easy read despite the numerous stories and characters. Author Kristen Harmel makes us feel as if we are spending a week in Paris, observing and relating to the stories swirling around us. I have already booked my flight to Paris for next summer! I hope my week is as amazing as the book.

Lisa Harvey
Jun 182 min read


A Dark Path | Book Review
And Other Kate Burkholder Short Stories By Linda Castillo A Dark Path by Linda Castillo Cover Art Great Short Stories That Grab Your Attention in Minutes ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ SUMMARY A DARK PATH is a collection of six short stories by award-winning author Linda Castillo, who is best known for the Kate Burkholder series. The series is a set of complicated crime thrillers set in the Amish country of Ohio. Burkholder is formerly Amish and serves as the astute local Chief of Police of

Lisa Harvey
Jun 182 min read


The Soldier and the Swan | Book Review
In 1943, Vivienne Hartley was a prima ballerina with the San Francisco Ballet when she fell in love with and married Charlie Sterling, a handsome soldier. But shortly after they married, she had to give up the spotlight to care for Charlie, who was paralyzed in the war. Living in her husband’s wealthy and overbearing mother's home is difficult, and she can’t seem to do anything right

Lisa Harvey
May 222 min read


Whistler | Book Review
Daphne Fuller, 53, and her husband, Jonathan, are spending the day at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. Soon after entering the museum, Jonathan notices an older man quietly following them. The man turns out to be Eddie Triplett, Daphne’s former stepfather from more than 44 years ago.

Lisa Harvey
May 222 min read


The Last Mandarin | Book Review
By Louise Penny and Mellissa Fung The Last Mandarin by Louise Penny and Mellissa Fung BookArt A DEEPLY COMPELLING INTERNATIONAL CYBERTERRORISM Mystery ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ SUMMARY Alice Li, a first-generation Chinese American and food blogger, and her estranged but iconic mother, Vivien Li, a human rights activist, are having lunch in an upscale DC hotel. What happens next is pandemonium as alarms sound everywhere. Alarms, not just in DC or the United States, but everywhere in the world

Lisa Harvey
May 72 min read


A Founding Mother | Book Review
A Novel of Abigail Adams By Stephanie Dray and Laura Kamoie A Founding Mother by Stephanie Dray and Laura Kamoie Book CoverArt A STORY OF A STRONG WOMAN AHEAD OF HER TIME ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ SUMMARY Abigail Adams was the second First Lady of the United States. Before that, she and her husband, John, a country lawyer, lived in a rustic saltbox farmhouse outside of Boston. She lovingly raised her four children—Nabby, John Quincy, Charlie, and Tommy—during a tumultuous time of revolution

Lisa Harvey
May 32 min read


The Anniversary | Book Review
By Alex Finley The Anniversary by Alex Finlay Book Cover Art A BRISK and ENJOYABLE THRILLER with GREAT CHARACTERS ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ SUMMARY On May 1, 1992, Jules Delany, a rich and popular high school sweetheart, survives an attack by the elusive and terrifying May Day Killer. He has killed five girls over the past five years. Jules keeps the attack to herself and doesn't even tell her family. She struggles with the trauma, shame, and guilt. She is most perplexed by why she surv

Lisa Harvey
Apr 282 min read


Things We Never Say | Book Review
By Elizabeth Strout Things We Never Say by Elizabeth Strout Book Cover Art A Thought-Provoking Story of a Man Taking Stock of his Life ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ SUMMARY Things We Never Say follows Artie Dam, a reflective and emotionally guarded 57-year-old man who is taking stock of his life and relationships. Artie is a husband, a father, an avid sailor and a beloved high school teacher of history. As he interacts with his family, friends, and students he is noticing more and more what h

Lisa Harvey
Apr 252 min read
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