Turning pages, chasing twists
Summary: Hen and Lloyd have moved into a new home in a suburb of Boston. Hen has had a prior history of bipolar and finally has her medication stabilized and is working as an illustrator. After a dinner party at their neighbors’ house, Hen spots an item that was a key piece in a murder …
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Summary: Seraphina’s mother committed suicide hours after the birth of her and her twin brother. Even stranger, the au pair also left the town and was never heard from again. The novel switches between the current time period, which is shortly after the death of Seraphine’s father and back to when the au pair was …
Summary: Caroline was a wealthy woman who was happily married and putting the finishing touches on their new and expensive beach house. Caroline notices a stranger outside her house one night and on the very first page, we learn that she wishes she never saw this man because it made her whole life change. Aiden, …
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"BEST BOOK OF 2019" Summary: The town of Barkley Hill, NC have always wondered about the "marsh girl." Kya Clark had grown up alone on the marsh after both of her parents and siblings left when she was a young girl. The book opens with the death of a popular and handsome young man named …
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Summary: Lucy is a young mother with a complicated relationship with her mother-in-law, Diana, who is extremely introverted and possibly perceived as snobby. Diana is very wealthy and heads an organization that helps young refugees in Australia that are pregnant. Diana's children often are angered by how much help she gives to these poor …
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Summary: Gretchen Rubin, author of The Happiness Project and The Four Tendencies, provides readers with information to help with the organization of our lives to help with our inner calm. Gretchen gives us many ideas, tips, and strategies to getting control of the clutter in our lives. She gives the reader many ways to create …
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Summary: In 2016, Dani Shapiro found through a DNA sample and genealogy website that her biological father was not her real biological father. Inheritance is Dani Shapiro’s journey to find her birth father. My Thoughts: I chose Inheritance due to it being chosen as The Happier Podcast’s book of the month. I love anything associated …
Summary: Dare to Lead explores how we can lean into the vulnerability as leaders to become better human beings. She reminds the readers how to use empathy, connection, and courage as leaders. By using her extensive research and her personal experiences, Brene reminds us that we need to be vulnerable and have the tough conversations and …
Summary: Twenty years ago two boys were murdered in a Bristol near a dog racing track. The surviving best friend of the two boys has let this fester in his head and has started a podcast to begin researching the murder. A man was convicted of the crime, but Cody, the boys' best friend, still …
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Last year we decided to take the kids to Orlando before they got too much older. We thought it would be fun to do the week prior to Christmas since we've been to Disney before, but we've only been there in the summer. We found a great deal on VRBO for a 3 bedroom, 3 bathroom …
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