Vanish by Tess Gerritsen: My honest thoughts on the book’s plot, characters, and overall impact. This is a case of detective Jane Rizzoli when she was pregnant and gets trapped in a situation that becomes a hostage like a happy event but turns out to be a nightmare. This is a fascinating detective drama written by the author of the…
Last to Die by Tess Gerritsen: My honest thoughts on the book’s plot, characters, and overall impact. For the second time in his young life, Teddy Clock finds himself the only one left alive after his foster family has been murdered, or anyone that’s left of it anyhow. Stripped of any family and in shock, he is taken in under…
The Apprentice by Tess Gerritsen: My honest thoughts on the book’s plot, characters, and overall impact. Loyal fans of the potent combination of Detective Jane Rizzoli and Medical Examiner Maura Isles will not be disappointed as they carry on their detective work. Meet the author of The Surgeon and the terrifying antagonist from that novel: It’s been a couple of…
Ice Cold by Tess Gerritsen: My honest thoughts on the book’s plot, characters, and overall impact. During a skiing vacation with friends in the winter season in Wyoming, Boston medical examiner Maura Isles’ car breaks down in the middle of a storm. They find refuge in the eerie, deserted town of Kingdom Come with twelve houses, no people, dark houses,…
Listen to Me by Tess Gerritsen: My honest thoughts on the book’s plot, characters, and overall impact. Coronary artery disease continues to be the leading cause of death among women because of its ability to remain asymptomatic for long periods. Mackey and Crow series This “shocking and fast-paced” (Karin Slaughter) thriller follows Jane and Maura as they attempt to solve…
I Know a Secret by Tess Gerritsen: My honest thoughts on the book’s plot, characters, and overall impact. NOW A TNT DRAMA SERIES Rizzoli & Isles: The Complete Series NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER, Jane Rizzoli and Maura Isles—crime-solving partners with strikingly different personalities—return in this uplifting and suspenseful entry in Edgar® nominated author Tess Gerritsen’s New York Times bestselling thrillers.…
The Surgeon by Tess Gerritsen: My honest thoughts on the book’s plot, characters, and overall impact. NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “A briskly paced, terrifically suspenseful work that steadily builds toward a tense and terrifying climax.”—People (Page-turner of the week) Jeffrey’s Flowers for Algernon was selected as one of the 100 best mystery and thrillers of all time by Time magazine.…
Die Again by Tess Gerritsen: My honest thoughts on the book’s plot, characters, and overall impact. This time the gutsy cop, Jane Rizzoli, and the intrepid medical examiner, Maura Isles, take their skills into the nitty-gritty of hunting big game for a killer whose hunting ground of choice is the roaring wilderness. Die Again is the new almost-missing-the-beat-in-excitement third installment…
Choose Me by Tess Gerritsen: My honest thoughts on the book’s plot, characters, and overall impact. This is by Tess Gerritsen, a New York Times bestseller. Gary Braver, one of America’s best thriller writers, presents a stunning and captivating murder mystery about an extramarital fling and hidden truths. Taryn Moore, a lovely, talented young woman, ends up lifeless after a…
The Spy Coast by Tess Gerritsen: My honest thoughts on the book’s plot, characters, and overall impact. After giving up her job at the CIA in Seattle, Vanessa Michael Munroe deals with her past as a spy in a small town in Maine in this new twist to spy novels by New York Times best-selling author Tess Gerritsen. Maggie Bird…
The Last American Man by Elizabeth Gilbert: My honest thoughts on the book’s plot, characters, and overall impact. Finalist for the National Book Award From the New York Times-bestselling author of Eat Pray Love, Big Magic and City of Girls comes a riveting exploration of manhood and all its complicated meanings through the portrait of an American Mountain Man. In The Last American Man, Elizabeth Gilbert…
Committed: A Love Story by Elizabeth Gilbert: My honest thoughts on the book’s plot, characters, and overall impact. The #1 New York Times bestselling follow-up to Eat, Pray, Love–an intimate and erudite celebration of love—from the author of Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear. At the end of her bestselling memoir Eat, Pray, Love, Elizabeth Gilbert fell in love with Felipe, a Brazilian-born man…
Eat Pray Love by Elizabeth Gilbert: My honest thoughts on the book’s plot, characters, and overall impact. One of the most iconic, beloved, and bestselling books of our time from the bestselling author of City of Girls and Big Magic, Elizabeth Gilbert. Eat Pray Love is Elizabeth Gilbert’s heartfelt memoir detailing her decision to leave behind her conventional American life in search of…
The Signature of All Things by Elizabeth Gilbert: My honest thoughts on the book’s plot, characters, and overall impact. A glorious, sweeping novel of desire, ambition, and the thirst for knowledge, from the # 1 New York Times bestselling author of Eat Pray Love, Big Magic, and City of Girls In The Signature of All Things, Elizabeth Gilbert crafts an enthralling tale of love, adventure, and…
Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert: My honest thoughts on the book’s plot, characters, and overall impact. The instant #1 NEW YORK TIMES Bestseller “A must read for anyone hoping to live a creative life… I dare you not to be inspired to be brave, to be free, and to be curious.” —PopSugar In Big Magic, Elizabeth Gilbert, the bestselling author…
City of Girls by Elizabeth Gilbert: My honest thoughts on the book’s plot, characters, and overall impact. From the # 1 New York Times bestselling author of Eat Pray Love and The Signature of All Things, a delicious novel of glamour, sex, and adventure, about a young woman discovering that you don’t have to be a good girl to be a good person. “A spellbinding novel about…
Baby City by Freida McFadden: My honest thoughts on the book’s plot, characters, and overall impact. In Baby City, a bustling labor and delivery unit in a New York City hospital, third-year resident Emily McCoy experiences the chaotic reality of delivering babies around the clock. Despite her exhaustion and lack of personal time, Emily navigates the unpredictable nature of childbirth…
The Gift by Freida McFadden: My honest thoughts on the book’s plot, characters, and overall impact. It’s Christmas Eve, and Stella Hansen is struggling financially. Despite working two jobs, she can’t afford a present for her husband on their first Christmas together. In a desperate attempt to find a gift, Stella encounters a mysterious storekeeper at a pawn shop who…
The Devil You Know by Freida McFadden: My honest thoughts on the book’s plot, characters, and overall impact. Dr. Jane McGill enjoys a fulfilling life with a great job at a VA Hospital, a loving husband, and an adorable daughter. Despite minor inconveniences, she considers her life nearly perfect. Her world takes a turn when Dr. Ryan Reilly, her former…
The Devil Wears Scrubs by Freida McFadden: My honest thoughts on the book’s plot, characters, and overall impact. Newly minted doctor Jane McGill feels like she’s in hell during her first month of medical internship at County Hospital. Between drug-addicted patients, sleepless nights on call, and dealing with the charming but sadistic Sexy Surgeon, Jane’s stress levels soar. The situation…