The pacing in this one was tough. I hear this is the weakest book because it's so much build-up along with SO. MUCH. ARMY. DETAIL. If I never read about encampments again, I'll be happy. Still, the main characters finally hook up in the last 100 or so pages, so slog through it, it's worth it.

I love this book!! Noelle and Snow were special. I loved how this book touched on dating after loss from both perspectives. The way A.E. Valdez writes friendships is refreshing and real. I love everything she writes.

Great book!!!

Awesome!!!

A delightful annotated compilation of works from the wizarding mythology of the Harry Potter world!

The dogs get into stuff and get dirty but then they take a bath. I can read this by myself.

Based on separate suggestions from two trusted reader friends, I decided to venture outside my normal mystery/thriller genre and give Kristin Hannah’s The Nightingale a try. It was a wise decision. Although it is a long book (17.5 hours in audio, expertly read by Polly Stone), I finished it quickly because it was so interesting and so well written. Vianne Mauriac and Isabelle Rossignol are sisters, very different in both age and personality, trying to survive in war-torn Nazi occupied France. Politics, culture, religion, weather, family, friendships and the disruption of normal life all factor into a captivating story. Not a spoiler — Rossignol is French for Nightingale, which becomes significant in the long run.

Easy to read

20 contestants compete in a reality show inside a desert compound while the world crumbles around them.

We read this for book club. It presents some points of view that I had not considered. I really enjoyed it.