The Last Anniversary

The Last Anniversary by Liane Moriarty
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

I love Liane Moriarty - even her less amazing books still hold my attention. I ran through this one, totally hooked to find out about the Munro baby and whether Sophie would meet Mr. Right. I confess I wasn't as enamored with some of the characters in this story (Sophie being one of them), and it was a little disconcerting to read about a new mother who didn't connect with her baby as I was in my first days with a newborn. However, the first big twist was predictable, but the second more subtle twist was so clever and made it so the book is just shy of a four star read for me.

If you like Moriarty, this one is worth reading even if it's just to carry you over until her next book comes out. Happy reading--

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets...Again

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

With Aidan in the NICU, I needed a story that was familiar and where good would win the day. This, of course, fit the bill. Happy reading--

You're Not Listening - Round Two

You're Not Listening: What You're Missing and Why It Matters by Kate   Murphy
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

I don't usually reread books so close to when I read them the first time, but I reread this one for a book club. I was a little less enamored the second time around, but the conversation especially during this social justice movement and during the pandemic seems even more important.

Pretty Things

Pretty Things by Janelle Brown
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

I don't usually read mysteries - Louise Penny being the recent exception. But the description of the book was intriguing. Still I was on the fence because I was days away from having a baby, and my reading time was getting short. Then the book opened with a well written and very creepy scene in Lake Tahoe, and I was hooked. The confused morality of who is in the wrong and who is in the right is cleverly constructed by Brown. My loyalties never fully shifted, but I didn't anticipate liking certain characters and hating others. Brown did a great job weaving her story, and now I wish that I was in Tahoe, albeit for a much more relaxed and less dramatic visit.

Read it-- it's like a juicy Access Hollywood meets a high school reunion meets contemporary fiction. How's that for a description? Happy reading--