So, my review of Olive, Again will be coming up next week-ish, but I first wanted to do a re-read of the first book, Oliver Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout. If you’re just trying to get caught up for the sequel, note that you don’t actually need to have read this first book (Olive Kitteridge) to …
Pharmacy Henry Kitteridge, husband of Olive Kitteridge, is a pharmacist. He hires a shop assistant, Denise Thibodeau. Denise is 22, plain and newly married for one year (to a man who is coincidentally also named Henry). Denise is pleasant and she brightens up Henry’s days. Jerry McCarthy is a delivery boy at the shop, and …
So, I’m finally crossing Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi off my to-read list! I’ve been meaning to get to this title ever since it came out since it seemed like it was the type of book I’d enjoy, but it kept getting preempted by other new releases. I finally found some time …
I’m kicking off the new year (and new decade!) with a quick mystery novel from Lisa Jewell, The Family Upstairs, which was released in November 2019 in the U.S. Hope everyone had a fun and festive holiday season, with lots of yummy food and good books. While the premise of The Family Upstairs seems like …
(If you’re looking for the The Starless Sea Book Explanation section — explaining the characters, who the Owl King is, what’s going on in the book, etc — it has been moved here.) Book 1: Sweet Sorrows Once, very long ago… A pirate is locked in a cell. Each night a girl brings him food, …
