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jennifercoon21
Aug 1, 20232 min read
Review: Lucy on the Wild Side
Lucy on the Wild Side by Kerry Rea was such a wonderful romance between Lucy, the primate specialist at the Columbus Zoo, and Kai...
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jennifercoon21
Jul 31, 20231 min read
Review: The Lottery
The Lottery by Shirley Jackson is a short story, but I read this story in a collection of other short stories. I read Jackson's more...
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jennifercoon21
Jul 18, 20232 min read
Review: You Could Make This Place Beautiful
You Could Make This Place Beautiful is a memoir by Maggie Smith (not the actress) and her experience with betrayal and divorce. As a...
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jennifercoon21
Jul 18, 20232 min read
Review: The Return of the King
The Return of the King by J.R.R. Tolkien, or the final installment of the Lord of the Rings trilogy, was an adventure to read. I don't...
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jennifercoon21
Jul 14, 20232 min read
Review: Natural Beauty
Natural Beauty by Ling Ling Huang is a body horror thriller which explores the narrator's experience of trauma, race, and beauty. The...
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jennifercoon21
Jul 13, 20232 min read
Review: This Boy We Made
This Boy We Made: A Memoir of Motherhood, Genetics, and Facing the Unknown by Taylor Harris is a story about the author's son, Tophs, who...
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jennifercoon21
Jul 12, 20232 min read
Review: Royal Holiday
Royal Holiday by Jasmine Guillory was the perfect pick-me-up for pleasure reading. I love a good romance book, and Guillory knows how to...
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jennifercoon21
Jul 12, 20232 min read
Review: Anastasia, The Last Grand Duchess, Russia, 1914
Anastasia, The Last Grand Duchess, Russia, 1914 by Carolyn Meyer is, so far, my favorite book in the Royal Diaries series. This one is...
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jennifercoon21
Jul 12, 20231 min read
Review: Dog Songs
Dog Songs by Mary Oliver is a poetry collection centering and celebrating the beloved four-legged friends that Oliver loves. Not all of...
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jennifercoon21
Jul 9, 20232 min read
Review: The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Brontë is an epistolary novel that tells the romance of Helen Huntingdon/Graham and Gilbert...
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jennifercoon21
Jul 8, 20232 min read
Review: Ready Player One
Ready Player One by Ernest Cline was an adventure. It follows Wade Watts as he tries to find the golden egg that James Halliday, the...
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jennifercoon21
Jul 6, 20232 min read
Review: The Last Thing He Told Me
The Last Thing He Told Me by Laura Dave is a mystery thriller that begins when Hannah Hall's husband, Owen, suddenly disappears after a...
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jennifercoon21
Jul 5, 20232 min read
Review: Tiny Beautiful Things
Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice by Dear Sugar by Cheryl Strayed was such an incredible delight of a book. I read the 10th anniversary...
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jennifercoon21
Jul 4, 20232 min read
Review: The Martian
The Martian by Andy Weir was my April book club pick for my sorority's book club. This book was out of my comfort zone because I don't...
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jennifercoon21
Jul 3, 20232 min read
Review: Nora Goes Off Script
Nora Goes Off Script by Annabel Monaghan follows Nora, who is a screenwriter for the equivalent of the Hallmark channel. She writes...
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jennifercoon21
Jul 2, 20231 min read
Review: Isabel, Jewel of Castilla, Spain, 1466
Isabel, Jewel of Castilla, Spain, 1466 by Carolyn Meyer is the fictional diary of the 14-year-old princess whose brother, the King, tries...
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jennifercoon21
Jul 1, 20232 min read
Review: Spare
Spare by Prince Harry was all over the internet when it published in January earlier this year. I wasn't originally planning to read it,...
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jennifercoon21
May 9, 20232 min read
Review: The Nightingale
The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah was such an emotional, captivating story. This goes between two different perspectives: first person...
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jennifercoon21
May 9, 20231 min read
Review: The Undying
The Undying: Pain, Vulnerability, Mortality, Medicine, Art, Time, Dreams, Data, Exhaustion, Cancer, and Care by Anne Boyer is a memoir...
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jennifercoon21
Apr 25, 20232 min read
Review: Nine Liars
Nine Liars by Maureen Johnson is the fifth installment of "Truly Devious." Stevie and her friends at Ellingham Academy are in their...
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