Review: Hollywood, Ending

Hollywood, Ending by John Green
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

I read a review that described this as a mash-up of Jennette McCurdy's I'm Glad My Mom Died, Into the Blue, a Lee Strasberg studio acting class, and I would add, characters that could be likened to Zendaya and Tom Holland (a couple who make movies together).
But at its very foundation, it's about severe abuse, trauma, and how one recovers, if one recovers, and whom they depend on.


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Review: Fishbone Cinderella

Fishbone Cinderella by Elizabeth Lim
My rating: 3 of 5 stars



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Review: I See You've Called in Dead

I See You've Called in Dead by John Kenney
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Hated the first part - a pretentious, white guy, screws up his career by doing something ridiculously stupid.

But that leads to him meeting Tim, his landlord, and the second part of the book was poignant and heartfelt.


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Review: The Patron Saint of Liars

The Patron Saint of Liars by Ann Patchett
My rating: 4 of 5 stars



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Review: The Calamity Club

The Calamity Club by Kathryn Stockett
My rating: 3 of 5 stars



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Review: The Romance Revival

The Romance Revival by Christina Lauren
My rating: 2 of 5 stars



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Review: Country People

Country People by Daniel Mason
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Offbeat & folksy.
Great dog.
North Woods was so much better.
Audiobook cast was fantastic.

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Review: Into the Blue

Into the Blue by Emma Brodie
My rating: 5 of 5 stars



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Review: Man Overboard!

Man Overboard! by Kathleen Rooney
My rating: 2 of 5 stars



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Review: Land

Land by Maggie O'Farrell
My rating: 5 of 5 stars



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Review: We All Live Here

We All Live Here by Jojo Moyes
My rating: 4 of 5 stars



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Review: How to Start: Discovering Your Life's Work

How to Start: Discovering Your Life's Work by Jodi Kantor
My rating: 0 of 5 stars



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Review: Just for the Summer

Just for the Summer by Abby Jimenez
My rating: 4 of 5 stars



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Review: The Book Witch

The Book Witch by Meg Shaffer
My rating: 4 of 5 stars



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Review: Yesteryear

Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke
My rating: 4 of 5 stars



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Review: Mad Mabel

Mad Mabel by Sally Hepworth
My rating: 3 of 5 stars



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Review: The Midnight Show

The Midnight Show by Lee Kelly
My rating: 3 of 5 stars



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Review: Savor It

Savor It by Tarah DeWitt
My rating: 3 of 5 stars



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Review: Upward Bound

Upward Bound by Woody Brown
My rating: 3 of 5 stars



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Review: Family of Spies

Family of Spies by Christine Kuehn
My rating: 4 of 5 stars



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Review: Brawler

Brawler by Lauren Groff
My rating: 4 of 5 stars



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Review: A Fortunate Miscalculation: A Sweet Regency Romance

A Fortunate Miscalculation: A Sweet Regency Romance by Karen Thornell
My rating: 0 of 5 stars



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Review: The Barn: The Secret History of a Murder in Mississippi

The Barn: The Secret History of a Murder in Mississippi by Wright Thompson
My rating: 5 of 5 stars



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Review: My Name Is Emilia del Valle

My Name Is Emilia del Valle by Isabel Allende
My rating: 2 of 5 stars



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Review: Strangers: A Memoir of Marriage

Strangers: A Memoir of Marriage by Belle Burden
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Even generational wealth, ancestral legacy, education, and property can't prevent complete heartbreak and grief over a husband's infidelity and abandonment.
A solid memoir that I really enjoyed.


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Review: Strangers: A Memoir of Marriage

Strangers: A Memoir of Marriage by Belle Burden
My rating: 4 of 5 stars



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Review: Lady Tremaine

Lady Tremaine by Rachel Hochhauser
My rating: 4 of 5 stars



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Review: Attachments

Attachments by Rainbow Rowell
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

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I didn't know anything.

I didn't know it was going to be funny. On the very first page.

I didn't know that there were going to be nerds playing Dungeons & Dragons, and girlfriends emailing each other, and bad breakups, and marital drama, and a boy still living with his mom, and sadness, and uncertainty.

I didn't know you could write a romantic comedy from the guy's point of view. And it work.

I didn't know it was going to be a cross between Bridget Jones meets a Friends episode.

I didn't know that Rainbow Rowell could write two totally and completely different books, but yet nail the relationships in both. Absolutely perfectly.

I didn't know I would be so happy that I'd read Eleanor and Park first, because I would have assumed that it was going to be Ha Ha Funny, when it clearly was not. Whew.

I didn't know I was going to love everything about this book. Everything.

I didn't know what I was missing.


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Review: Broken Country

Broken Country by Clare Leslie Hall
My rating: 5 of 5 stars



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Review: Heart the Lover

Heart the Lover by Lily King
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

WOW what a way to end 2025.


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Review: Beasts of the Sea

Beasts of the Sea by Iida Turpeinen
My rating: 3 of 5 stars



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Review: Paper Girl: A Memoir of Home and Family in a Fractured America

Paper Girl: A Memoir of Home and Family in a Fractured America by Beth Macy
My rating: 4 of 5 stars



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