Category Archives: Book Review

Book Reviews (Listed Alphabetically by Title)

The Housemaid

The Housemaid by Freida McFadden is a page-turner that I’ve seen around for a while now, but I didn’t take much of an interest in at the time. I wasn’t particularly drawn in by the cover and wasn’t familiar with the author. But, I read her newly released psychological thriller, The Teacher, recently, and I …

The Housemaid: Recap, Summary & Spoilers

Prologue Part I Part II Part III Epilogue Prologue The book opens with someone being questioned by a cop, Connors, after having found a body in the attic, certain they’ll be arrested. Another cop interrupts the them, telling Connors he should come upstairs and see something. Part I THREE MONTHS EARLIER Chapter 1 – 3 …

Apples Never Fall: Recap, Spoilers & Chapter-by-Chapter Summary

Prologue The book opens on a Saturday morning. A car stops near an abandoned mint green bike with four green apples spilled over next to it. The driver gets out and puts the bike in his trunk. He plans on gifting it to his wife. However, 20 minutes later the man is killed in a …

The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store: Recap, Summary & Analysis

Part I – Gone Part II – Gotten Part III – The Last Love Epilogue Part I – Gone Chapter 1: The Hurricane In June 1972 in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, the day after Hayes Street on Chicken Hill is torn up to make room for a new townhouse development, a skeleton is found at the bottom …

The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store

In The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store, McBride tells a compassionate and humorous story about community and its people. The book was selected as one of Barack Obama’s favorite books of 2023, it’s been popular among various book clubs and the reviews have been fantastic. I also previously read Deacon King Kong, also by James …