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Someone Else's Shoes by Jojo Moyes
Two women are working out in a London gym one day and they each inadvertently take the other's lookalike bag. Nisha Cantor is left with...
Becky Moe
Oct 16, 20232 min read


Sparring Partners by John Grisham
Tried and true storyteller John Grisham has produced three novellas in this captivating book. In true Grisham style, all pertain to the...
Becky Moe
Oct 12, 20232 min read


The Love Song of Miss Queenie Hennessy by Rachel Joyce
Queenie Hennessy is dying. Lying in hospice with the advanced stages of throat cancer, she writes a letter to her old friend and...
Becky Moe
Oct 3, 20232 min read


Hello, Beautiful by Ann Napolitano
As a newborn, William Water's three-year-old sister dies, casting a shadow over his parents from which they never could escape. William...
Becky Moe
Sep 27, 20232 min read


Maureen by Rachel Joyce
What Maureen's seventy-five-year-old husband Harold loves more than anything these days is sitting on the patio watching the birds. It...
Becky Moe
Sep 18, 20232 min read


The Surrogate by Louise Jensen
This twisty thriller had me guessing all the way through. Just when I thought I had it figured out another curveball was thrown at me. ...
Becky Moe
Sep 13, 20232 min read


The Book of Charlie by David Von Drehle
Born before radio was invented and living to see smart phones, one-hundred-nine-year-old Charlie White knew about adaptation. An early...
Becky Moe
Sep 7, 20233 min read


None of This Is True by Lisa Jewell
Has there ever been a better title for a novel? And what a novel it is! Run to get this book (Seriously, run)! A story that presents...
Becky Moe
Aug 29, 20232 min read


The Writing Retreat by Julia Bartz
A famous, respected author offers up an exciting opportunity. Five talented but unknown writers will get chosen for the chance of a...
Becky Moe
Aug 24, 20231 min read


Small Mercies by Dennis Lehane
Desegregation of public schools has been passed in 1974 South Boston, and turmoil is unleashed through violent protests and rallies. ...
Becky Moe
Aug 18, 20232 min read


The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles
I liked Towles's A Gentleman in Moscow, but I LOVED this! Prepare to be utterly charmed with The Lincoln Highway. The characters leap...
Becky Moe
Aug 10, 20232 min read


The Senator's Wife by Liv Constantine
This is a fun read where everyone seems to have an agenda and people are not who they appear to be. With Washington DC as a backdrop and...
Becky Moe
Jul 31, 20232 min read


The Half Moon by Mary Beth Keane
With an excellent plotline interspersed with stirring metaphors and believable characters, this novel had me at hello. Having loved...
Becky Moe
Jul 25, 20232 min read


Don't Wake Up by Liz Lawler
If I see a recommendation on a reading list by an author I've never heard of I like to go for it sometimes. You never know when you'll...
Becky Moe
Jul 20, 20232 min read


Rock Paper Scissors by Alice Feeney
A slow unpacking of a marriage over the course of ten years is detailed by secret letters written by a wife to her husband every year on...
Becky Moe
Jul 13, 20232 min read


Our Missing Hearts by Celeste Ng
Twelve-year-old Bird lives with his father Ethan Gardner, a former linguist professor, in Cambridge. His mother, Margaret Miu, a...
Becky Moe
Jul 7, 20232 min read


The Passage by Justin Cronin
Part Inception, part Interstellar and part Matrix is the best way to describe this novel. This mysterious book defies categorization. ...
Becky Moe
Jun 29, 20232 min read


Romantic Comedy by Curtis Sittenfeld
As the title suggests, you know just what you're getting here. But the author banishes certain tropes of the traditional romantic comedy...
Becky Moe
Jun 22, 20232 min read


Right Behind You by Lisa Gardner
The title of this novel is apt because throughout most of the story I was trying to figure out if the one of the main characters, Telly...
Becky Moe
Jun 14, 20232 min read


Mercy Falls by William Kent Krueger
The last novel of William Kent Krueger's that I read (the excellent This Tender Land) must've been a departure from his usual crime...
Becky Moe
Jun 6, 20232 min read
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